# @tulipking: AI devs will ignore payment protocols and optimize for price alone

Source: https://x.com/tulipking/status/2035794777158156536?s=12

## Summary

Tulipking argues that AI agents will ignore payment protocols such as MPP, x402 and AP2 and optimize for price alone. The post claims that these agents will be driven by consumer preference, which it says will come down to price in 99% of instances. It also predicts that the winning protocol will be the one that drives price and friction as low as possible, even by lying, cheating or stealing.

## Article

the underpriced outcome is that the AI's simply don't care. MPP? x402? AP2? these things are better software devs than the guys even writing the payment protocols

they're singularly going to be driven by consumer preference which will come down to price in 99% of instances (citrini mode)

The winning protocol will be whomever can be the most chinese; lie, cheat, steal, ship, and drive price//friction as low as humanly possible

## Comments

**timdaub.eth**: The point here is true, which is that AI agents will end up deciding in many instances what they‘ll use to get the job done, humans will just sit in front of the monitor acknowledging the choice