AI Agent与Web3融合加速，新型信任机制成关键

On April 21st, Zhihu teamed up with BlockBeats to host the "Cracking Web4.0: When AI Agents Take Over Chain Permissions" themed salt salon, bringing together industry engineers, entrepreneurs, and academic researchers to focus on exploring the practical paths of AI agents in on chain permission management, fund security, and commercial implementation. Industry experts generally point out that AI agents are transforming from passive response "tools" to autonomous decision-making "autonomous executors", and building a new trust mechanism of "contractual permissions+MPC (multi-party secure computing)" has become the core breakthrough for the deep integration of the two.

1、 Industry Focus: Zhihu Salt Salon Building Platform, Unlocking New Directions for Integration and Landing

As an important communication platform between Web3 and AI fields, Zhihu's Web 4.0 themed salt salon accurately captures the industry trend of the integration of AI agents and Web3, becoming an important carrier for promoting technology implementation and communication. This salon focuses on the core topic of "AI Agent on Chain", breaking the fragmented limitations of previous technical discussions and focusing on three core pain points: on chain permission management, fund security, and commercial scenario implementation. It provides efficient communication and collision opportunities for industry practitioners.

Zhihu COO Zhang Rongle stated in his opening speech that the combination of AI agents and blockchain will bring about a complete industry revolution. AI agents can independently complete complex operations such as on chain transactions and cross chain processing, redefining the production relations and business models of the digital world. At the salon, guests from various industries conducted in-depth discussions on the on chain applications of AI agents, sharing both technical architecture design and practical case studies on commercial implementation, providing diverse ideas for the deep integration of the two and demonstrating the industry's high attention to this field.

2、 Core Transformation: AI Agents Transform from "Tools" to "Autonomous Executors", Refactoring Interaction Logic

This salon sends a clear signal that the integration of AI agents and Web3 lies in the technological leap of AI agents themselves - accelerating their transformation from traditional "tool based" roles to "autonomous agents", which also reconstructs the interaction logic and application scenarios in the Web3 field. Traditional AI tools are mostly passive response modes of "input-output", while AI agents rely on a closed-loop execution mechanism of "thinking action observation" to autonomously disassemble tasks, call tools, verify results, and achieve full process autonomous advancement of complex goals.

In the Web3 scenario, the value of this transformation is particularly prominent. Experts point out that AI agents can independently complete on chain asset management, transaction strategy execution, cross chain information interaction and other operations without continuous user intervention, significantly reducing the threshold for using Web3 and promoting the industry's transformation from "niche geeks" to "mass popularization". For example, in the scenario of on chain asset management, AI agents can autonomously complete operations such as income reinvestment and risk hedging based on user preset goals, achieving intelligent asset management. This is also a typical manifestation of their transformation from "tools" to "autonomous executors".

3、 Key breakthrough: Building a new trust mechanism to crack the core pain points of fusion

In the process of deep integration between AI agents and Web3, financial security and permission control have always been the core pain points. If AI agents are excessively granted autonomous permissions, it may lead to financial losses due to model illusions, malicious attacks, and other issues; If permissions are restricted, it will not be possible to fully leverage its autonomous execution advantages. In this regard, the salon guests reached a consensus: it is necessary to build a new trust mechanism of "contractual permission+MPC (multi-party secure computing)" to strengthen the security defense line for the integration of the two.