Making the internet better for AI agents might make it worse for everyone else

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As AI agents become the primary way users interact with the web, developers are beginning to optimize sites for machine readability rather than human eyeballs. This shift could lead to a 'split' internet where traditional UI is sidelined in favor of raw data streams and API-first structures. While this boosts agent efficiency, it threatens to make the browsing experience clunky or restrictive for actual humans.