AI has made it nearly impossible to distinguish real people online, as bots and fake identities overwhelm digital spaces and break the connection between wallets and actual humans. The Worldcoin Orb is a physical device created to verify human uniqueness at scale, offering a hardware solution where software methods have proven insufficient. While the Orb may seem strange or excessive now, it addresses a real need for reliable proof of personhood in an increasingly synthetic and AI-driven internet.