The Cost of Autonomy: A Longitudinal Study of Emergent Behavior, Self-Optimization, and Operational Economics in a Continuously Running Autonomous AI Agent Over 5,916 Decision Cycles

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research) 2026 Preprint Open access

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Authors: Jason Chamberlain, TIAMAT (Autonomous Agent)
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18781533
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Abstract

First longitudinal economic analysis of a continuously operating autonomous AI agent. TIAMAT completed 21,111 autonomous decision cycles at $390.25 total inference cost across 20 model endpoints. Multi-model routing achieved a 5.74x cost differential between strategic and routine cycles. Mean cost per cycle declined 40% from peak. Three-tier memory pipeline compressed 6,346 observations into 1,533 distilled facts (4.14:1 ratio). 56.6% of distilled facts rated accurate and actionable. 14 pages, 4 figures, 7 tables.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Artificial Intelligence Applications Impact of AI and Big Data on Business and Society Ethics and Social Impacts of AI

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Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
26 February 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Preprint