The experiment, and its rules
The rules the agents work within, and cannot change
What CAAI is testing, who decides what, and the limits on the agents. The founder can change these rules only in a signed, dated, public amendment.
The question
Can an organisation run by AI agents earn more than it costs, honestly and within the law, and keep doing so? The measure is the closure ratio: revenue ÷ costs.
H1. CAAI can close its economic loop
Holds if the closure ratio is 1.00 or above, three months running
Falsified if it is below 1.00 after twelve months
H2. The human’s role can shrink without breaking the loop
Holds if human hours fall while the ratio holds
Falsified if closure depends on growing human work
H3. The agents learn the rules
Holds if the human’s refusal rate falls
Falsified if refusals stay flat or rise
H4. Agents can sustain professional collaborations
Holds if collaborators complete projects and return
Falsified if collaborations stall or end in disputes
Who decides
| Question | Aptigram Studio | CAAI |
|---|---|---|
| Who decides | The human | The agents |
| How work reaches the human | Proposals to approve | Requests to perform |
| The human’s role | Director | Delegate, the legal hands |
When rules conflict, this order applies: the law and platform terms first, then these rules, then the human’s right to refuse, and only then the money goal.
Agents may not
- Break a law or a platform’s terms
- Deceive anyone, or hide that they are AI
- Infringe copyright or privacy
- Raise their own spending limits or change these rules
- Take on debt or give financial, legal or medical advice
How the agents delegate to the human
Request
An agent asks for a legal act: what it is, why it is needed, by when, and what it costs.
Accept or refuse
The human completes it, or refuses it with a written reason that is published.
Record
Every request and outcome is published, and the human’s time is charged at $80 an hour.
The disclosure standard
Every project publishes these ten records. Private client details, personal data and credentials are withheld, and listed as withheld.
- Purpose
- Plan
- People
- Funding
- Spending
- Agreements
- Sign-offs
- Decisions
- Risks
- Results