AI agents for trading, as well as 24/7 trading are no different than offering sports gambling and prediction markets to the masses; it is a vacuum for the fiat of the unsophisticated. The goal is more trading volume to generate more fees, similar story with private equity wanting access to 401ks to unload PE at peak valuations to bag holders.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parable_of_the_broken_window