Undetectable bots have been spoiling the internet since its birth. First our email, then our blog comments, then the review sites. LLMs will definitely contribu

Undetectable bots have been spoiling the internet since its birth. First our email, then our blog comments, then the review sites. LLMs will definitely contribute the next phase of this. Not only elevating the level of attack on those previously vulnerable areas, but also bringing social media and search engines far past their breaking point. We need decisive online human verification technology. Nothing else is going to address this. Right now everyone is adding paywalls to everything and leaning on the financial system as a proxy for human verification. However this will not solve the root cause, because some bot activity is worth the price of admission. Internet businesses are fine with this, and will look the other way just like they did when engagement was the lifeblood of the internet economy and bots provided engagement.