I&#x27;ve been reading &quot;Darknet&quot; via Kindle and it has this idea of &quot;autonomous companies&quot; that do high frequency trading, shuffle around money, and eventually even start &quot;replacing&quot; people by email and video chat.<p>As we have more and more of these systems tied together - usually via APIs - I think it&#x27;s getting more more likely where things can &quot;just work&quot; transparently.<p>If I need gas for the car, it can go get it, billing to my account on file. If I need diapers for the kid, the system detects that, orders them automatically, delivers them automatically, etc. There are few humans involved anywhere.<p>It&#x27;s a fascinating and has society-shaking implications.