# Proof of personhood; free speech for humans, not machines

- **Speaker:** Greg Osuri
- **Attribution:** attributed
- **Said:** 2024-03-19
- **Theme:** AI Agents — https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/ai-agents/
- **Source:** Decentralizing AI: Compute Protocols and Proof of Work - Panel Discussion \| Proof of Data 2024 (Recall Network)
- **Watch at:** 00:23:36 — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUoePJrzyDQ&t=1416s
- **Canonical:** https://www.gregosuri.com/predictions/ai-agents/2024-03-19-proof-of-personhood-free-speech-for-humans-not-mac-lsh6/
- **Cite as:** Greg Osuri, "Proof of personhood; free speech for humans, not machines," Decentralizing AI: Compute Protocols and Proof of Work - Panel Discussion \| Proof of Data 2024 (Recall Network), 19 Mar 2024, 00:23:36. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uUoePJrzyDQ&t=1416s

## Quote — verbatim

> I don't see a reason why humans would not have some degree of proof of personhood as a prerequisite to use the network... as much as I'm a free market fundamentalist and a free speech fundamentalist, I do believe that free speech should be limited to humans and not machines, because as a humanist... maybe in 30 years down the line this talk will be used as a way to suppress robotic speech.

## Context — site annotation, not spoken

He notes Akash is a proof-of-stake network "where humanity has a stake — as far as I know, no bots own Akash."