Why outcome-billing makes sense for AI Agents

Re:Why outcome-billing makes sense for AI Agents by sailfast on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @03:04PM (#46304790)

The one wrinkle this might have is that it incentivizes the agent developer to over-resolve or “over outcome” to ensure they hit targets.

This is risking the end customer experience for your Agent buyer, which might not be worth the risk to a company that wants to keep customers very happy.

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Re:Why outcome-billing makes sense for AI Agents by rajvarkala on Wednesday December 17, 2025 @03:13PM (#46304899)

Yes. Always exists. There neesd to be a secondary mechanism to verify .

But, again, such systems already exist. The folk theorem guarantees this. In a repeated game, people crave reputation.

For instance, seller over-resolving will suffer in the long run, I guess.

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