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In cstross's Accelerando (2005) [1], there is an autonomous group of shell corporations all-but-DDOSing Delaware by spawning new companies and dynamically changing corporate structure.

Back then, I believe, Stross had already conceptualized "corporations as slow AI", (which is a separate concept from above).

[1] which you can read for free online https://www.antipope.org/charlie/blog-static/fiction/acceler...

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That was the idea that stuck with me the most from the novel. I did a bit of a surface level dig into what that would look like:;

https://www.startuplevelup.com/corporations-as-an-api/

What I think is missing is the lineage of an agent's identity. A public key maybe?

I'll never pass up a chance to "+1" Accelerando. When I first read it, I found it very intriguing though far-fetched, as good SciFi novels often are. However, we are already witnessing some of the dynamics described in there, which is quite mind-blowing.

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