Interesting! I can’t imagine Amazon would want to argue #2, though, since it seems like that would completely undercut their ability to use AI agents in this way.

I hadn’t really thought about the implications of the ability of an AI agent to contract, though. That seems like really murky (and intriguing) territory; whether they can or cant, either way would have a lot of interesting implications.

It’s not like every lawyer in the world is quaking in their boots at the mere thought of going up against Amazon.

Could he not put terms of use on his website prohibiting the use by AI agents, and sue Amazon if they don’t comply?