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OutOfHereyesterday at 1:41 PM1 replyview on HN

What about services for AI agents? I don't mean services where the agents use a human's account, but one where they use a permissionless or a dedicated account that they self-registered. By politician grade logic, I guess it won't be long before AI agents are mandated to have a separate annual registration, permit, and fee, not that we should agree to any of it.


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nullbiotoday at 6:02 AM

Yep, it'll either be connected through your own internet passport, or it'll be connected through a separate permit which is tied to your own passport.

In the end the monopolies will be the big winners.

I'm sure the perspective is something like: If we don't do this, the web just gets flooded with bots and nobody ever knows if they're speaking to a human or not. How do you trust reviews, social media posts, advertiser statistics, and so on?

The issue with this approach, though, is that there's such a large blackmarket for stolen identities that all of the actors who already do this sort of activity will be able to continue doing it anyway.

Doesn't really seem like there are any good solutions to be found. Every solution involves some loss of freedoms.