AI agents may need blockchains to solve the problem of impersonation and verification. Now that agents have shown how easy it is to colonize social media, verification is becoming increasingly important.
AI could be an important application area for blockchains, especially when it comes to user and identity verification, A16Z said in a forward-looking study. analysis. While the internet was built for human interaction, culminating in social media, AI agents have made it faster and easier to coordinate and produce content.
The activities of AI agents may soon become indistinguishable from human activities as they produce content at scale and link across platforms. Human users must also solve multi-step verification captchas.
AI agents should be kept separate from human users
Separating AI agents and human users is not yet part of the Internet tools, nor does it cause friction for humans. According to A16Z, blockchains can solve this problem in several ways. Its key capability is to create an immutable, tamper-proof identity that can be used across platforms.
In the past, on-chain projects have attempted to create passport-like identities. For the first time, these identities will have a use case against AI agents on social media.
AI can copy and spoof voice messages, faces, writing styles, videos, images, and even an entire social media presence. One actor can also manage multiple social media participants for a small additional charge.
Decentralized proof of personality could make it impossible to fake multiple personalities, not without proof of original identity. Blockchains can limit the supply of IDs generated, increasing costs for attackers, or block them completely due to the lack of proof of humanity.
Chains can be used to prove human uniqueness, similar to Worldcoin’s technology. Identity may become the real scarcity, A16Z noted.
Blockchains can give agents their own internet
Agents have shown that in theory they can use the internet independently. Projects like Moltbook demonstrate the potential use of agents, especially in building communications similar to social media. As a cryptopolite reportedthe inclusion of AI agents requires additional risk management to prevent exploits and scams.
According to A16Z, agents can also have their unique identity to prove themselves on different platforms. An on-chain identity layer, possibly based on tokens or NFTs, could give agents a unique universal passport. The identities can also include information about capabilities, permissions, and payments, and can be verified from multiple points on the web.
The identity prevents agent spoofing, allowing for the creation of more useful AI assistants.
Furthermore, blockchains are already built to be a near-ideal environment for AI agents. As more attention is paid to agentic transactions and payments on behalf of people, the on-chain environment becomes more meaningful.
Existing on-chain tools already enable AI-native payments, including near-zero fee transactions, quick payments, micropayments and smart contracts. Blockchains can become a machine-native platform, capturing value that is not within the reach of humans.
AI can add a new layer to blockchain automation, going beyond simple bots for specific tasks.
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