Insight: The Time and Value of Authentication is Skyrocketing in the AI Era
liuzhuang1234 · x · 2026-08-11
Through the experience of tedious daily website authentications, the author points out that with the advancement of AI, the time and cost required to prove 'you are who you are' is drastically increasing.
Although AI can greatly speed up cognitive understanding and decision-making, we are increasingly trapped in cumbersome authentication steps when handling life maintenance tasks. The author believes that in a future of abundant intelligence, a new kind of individual 'credentialism' will hold immense value.
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