Cédric
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Cédric
@CedricGuise
Lead product designer @Ledger - former journalist and front-end dev.

Sam Altman @sama joins @cosmo_jiang to discuss why proof of human is necessary in the age of AI. @masonnystrom also joins to share why Pantera invested in @worldnetwork. In this episode, they cover: - AI is advancing faster than Sam expected. The need for proof of human has never been stronger. - Agents need to move money. Agentic payments are one of Sam's most personally exciting use cases. - Proof of human as a substrate: driver's licenses, education, and employment credentials all appended to a verified human identity. - Targeted advertising is the first massive use case as AI agents flood the internet. - Advertisers will pay a premium for verified human impressions. - World has 18 million verified humans today with 4 billion smartphone users as the addressable market. 01:27 Sam Altman's Keynote at World’s Lift-Off Event 02:12 Why World Was Built 03:48 Blockchain x AI 04:08 World ID Use Cases 04:47 World's Founding Vision 05:10 World ID Trajectory 05:50 Why Pantera Invested in World 06:45 Sam Altman Saw This Coming 07:10 Proof of Human at Scale 10:12 The Value of Digital Identity 11:11 Agents Need a Human in the Loop 11:42 Scaling to Billions of Users 12:53 Enterprise Partnerships



















