As AI agents spread, the harder problem is proving a real human is there
nullpointerr404 · reddit · 2026-07-26
The author says playing with AgentKit and World ID made them focus less on “smarter AI” and more on a basic future problem: how apps will tell whether a real human is involved when AI agents are everywhere.
They frame it as an emerging identity and trust issue that could become common over the next few years, and ask whether people are already worried about it or if they are overthinking it.
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