In Singapore, a majority of consumers express openness to AI agents that shop on their behalf, yet only a small fraction are willing to surrender the final act of purchase entirely. A Global Payments survey spanning seven nations finds Singaporeans uniquely insistent that government stand as guarantor before trust is extended to autonomous commerce. The data captures a civilizational moment: humanity reaching toward convenience while tightening its grip on control, and asking its institutions to hold the line between the two.