AI has indeed liberated productivity, and efficiency is skyrocketing. But side effects are also emerging—the foundation of trust is beginning to collapse.

Every day, overwhelming amounts of information, videos, and content flood in. What is your first reaction? "Is this reliable? Is this real?" Deepfake technology has long been capable of fooling people. When your mom sends you a video asking for a transfer, or to give a gift to that old man in her square dance group, you have to ask yourself—Is this really my mom?

This is the dilemma of modern people. Production efficiency soars, but every piece of information must be met with a question mark. You can't be sure whether the face on the other end is real or AI-generated, whether the news was written by a journalist or generated by an algorithm. The cost of trust is becoming increasingly high.

This is also why some people are beginning to re-examine Bitcoin and blockchain. In an era where everything can be tampered with or forged, decentralized, verifiable, and immutable ledgers are especially valuable. They do not rely on any intermediaries' promises, only on mathematics and code—perhaps the most scarce resources in the AI era.