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The cost of intelligence is dropping exponentially, meaning current bot presence is only a tiny glimpse of the scale of AI agents that will populate the internet in 1-2 years.

Impact: Will force platforms to either adopt strict human verification or face a total collapse of trust and advertiser value.

— from Proof of Human: Navigating the AI-Bot Era · web3 with a16z crypto· Apr 17, 2026