AI agents could outnumber humans online within a year, Diamandis relays
PeterDiamandis · x · 2026-09-30
Peter Diamandis relays a prediction from chandhok at the Moonshots Live stage: within the next year, there could be more AI agents than humans operating online. He frames it as a shift happening 20x faster than the PC-to-smartphone transition (20 years), raising open questions: how do agents prove identity, who owns them, and where does liability sit?
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