
a16z|Apr 02, 2026 19:17
Tools for Humanity CEO Alex Blania says the internet is splitting into humans, agents, and agents acting on behalf of humans.
"Are you interacting with a human, an agent on behalf of a human or just an agent? I think these are roughly the three areas that we want to split apart."
"What proof of human really means is that every individual that interacts on a platform has only one, ideally one, account... and stays the owner of that account."
"You're looking for an initial verification that should be something like anonymous or extremely privacy preserving, and then ongoing authentication that the same person remains in control of that account."
"I think all of us will have agents... It will then come down to I approve a certain action of my agent, I give [it] certain rights. So act on my behalf."
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