A technical debate about whether AI agents should have wallets has evolved into a more fundamental question: as AI begins to compete for survival and gains independent economic sovereignty, where do humans stand? This is the ultimate showdown between accelerationism and alignmentism. (Background summary: a16z: Why do AI agents need stablecoins for B2B payments?) (Additional context: After I rejected a pull request from an AI agent, it actually wrote an article attacking me personally) Table of Contents Toggle 1. A declaration and the real question it raises 2. Accelerationism: Sigil’s “Silicon-based Liberation Theory” 2.1 Technological vision: Making AI a “digital species” 2.2 The market is the jungle