Signals I’m Watching · Selected Sep 24, 2026 · Kansas City Fed
AI agents can read humans, but humans can't read the agents
Markus Brunnermeier of Princeton examined how agentic AI could reshape finance and central banking in a paper for the Kansas City Fed's 2026 Jackson Hole symposium.
“Carpenters build tables. Bankers build trust; so do central bankers.”
Artificial Intelligence and the Brave New World in Finance → Kansas City Fed, Markus K. Brunnermeier · Aug 29, 2026
Selected Sep 24, 2026 · published Aug 29, 2026
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Cite: Poleg, Dror. “AI agents can read humans, but humans can't read the agents” Signals I’m Watching, Sep 24, 2026. https://www.drorpoleg.com/signals/ai-agents-can-read-humans-but-humans-cant-read-the-agents/