Ed Felten

“When a button is clicked in the user's browser, it will be hard for a remote site to tell whether this was done by a human hand or directed by an AI agent on the user's computer,”

Ed Felten · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-01

Felten said it will be hard for remote sites to distinguish between human clicks and AI-agent-directed clicks.

“never sleep and never lose focus,”

Ed Felten · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-01

Felten noted that AI agents never sleep and never lose focus, raising potential costs for companies like banks.

“If there is a battle over AI access, it will slow the adoption of AI agents. But in the end, agents will win out because they will be so useful to users, so that sites that are too effective in blocking agents will lose business,”

Ed Felten · said date not stated · reported 2026-11-01

Felten said agents will ultimately win out because of their usefulness, and sites too effective at blocking them will lose business.