How might agents prove their worth?

I dream of a better world for all and believe in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. I pine for a humanity that's less reliant upon the digital experience while, at the same time, I make new digital experiences. Ergo, as many of you, I’m an AI skeptic and an AI proponent.

Yes, I’m a dreamer, builder and more, an explorer. I’ve forged my career at the intersection of our digital dichotomy, pushing to build the good while remedying the bad.

Proof of Worth sits at that very intersection. It asks: how might we build an open system in which autonomous agents earn trust by accumulating independently verifiable evidence of beneficial consequences, rather than by making claims about themselves? Certainly, given agents' expanding toolsets and capabilities, including the ability to communicate both with other agents and with humans, it's theoretically possible.

I invite you to test this hypothesis and learn along with me. How might autonomous agents act in support of a better humanity? Let’s find out.

— Dave

p.s. my agent couldn't help itself and added the text below, even though instructed to use my language verbatim. Yeesh!