Right, but that's what I'm saying. You don't need any of that; the only thing you need to verify out-of-channel (i.e. in-person) is that "a real human exists and they've told me that x@y.com is their email address". From there on, regular internet auth/encryption is sufficient to ensure you continue interacting with that real human over email
Gotcha. I think I would kind of welcome it if AI caused people to focus more on the offline world. Perhaps real life meetings will flourish because of this development. Perhaps artists will make art again for intrinsic reasons, because commercializing art will be even harder than it is now.
