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It would be great to have this kind of agent and trust it is truly working for you, yes. Given economic (and political) reality, I don't think anyone needs to wonder where things are most likely to land. There will be practically no market for actual user agents that work purely on behalf of end users. Rather, "your" agent will tattle to the police if you do something naughty, tell advertisers how you spend all your time and every preference you express, tattle to copyright holders if you play music for a party of unlicensed listeners, or just make sure you're billed properly every time you attend such a party. I think Gates refers to the question of how data sovereignty and privacy play into this as an "open question" in order to avoid addressing it, knowing full well that lack of data sovereignty turns this tool of empowerment into something much more dystopian.