Goertzel: decentralized watermarking could beat World's Orb for proof of humanity
bengoertzel · x · 2026-08-28
Ben Goertzel tackles proof-of-humanity: on an internet filling with capable AI agents, how do you prove a vote or artifact came from a person? He credits Sam Altman and Alex Blania's World (Orb + World ID) as the most serious attempt so far, but argues it isn't open or decentralized enough — and proposes his OpenWater decentralized watermarking and digital-data-provenance framework as a better path that needs no biometric hardware.
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