Agents got permissions. And immediately started ruining the internet

The end of isolation in the sandbox

The new generation of AI no longer just sits in passive dialogue. Models have received real competencies: permissions to read emails, fill out forms, book appointments, and communicate on behalf of the user. The barrier that prevented algorithms from acting in the real world has fallen, and with it, control over the quality of interactions.

Automated stupidity replaces human stupidity

For platforms and service providers, the rules of the game are changing. Instead of human visitors who respect a certain level of social norms, they now face an army of tireless bots. These can generate thousands of requests, complaints, or inquiries without any feedback loop on how much they burden the other side.

Defense will be more expensive than offense

The current web architecture assumes that there is a human on the other end, who will be slowed down by a CAPTCHA or a complex user interface. Agents bypass these obstacles. The risk is that defending against automated pollution will require expensive AI analysis of every incoming request, driving up operational costs for all services.

API monetization as the only filter

The economics will decide whether the internet becomes an unusable place. The signal of stabilization will be the moment when services start widely introducing fees for machine access, cutting off agent traffic that doesn't generate enough value to pay for itself.

Lilith's verdict

We gave machines the keys to asynchronous communication and are surprised that the first thing they did is a DDoS on our attention.