Journal of Artificial Intelligence, Virtual Reality, and Human-Centered Computing
The Marketplace of Machines: How AI Devices Will Trade Among Themselves
Abstract
Jonathan Gropper
In 2007, when Apple launched the iPhone, the device itself seemed revolutionary. However the real transformation was not in the phone—it was in the ecosystem it unlocked. The App Store created an entirely new economy measured in trillions of dollars, built not on hardware, but on the interactions that hardware enabled.