ODAM: Ontological Digital Agents Management and the Proof of Being

Abstract

Abstract The accelerating dominance of non-human agents in digital infrastructures has created an existential imbalance between human intentionality and synthetic computation. All identity-centric and post-hoc verification paradigms have failed against advanced automation. This work introduces Proof of Being (PoB) — an ontological cryptographic primitive that binds digital agency to continuous, embodied human presence without revealing identity. Using Human Intention Semantic Proof Units (HISPU) — the fusion of physiological dynamics, semantic activity structure, and changing environmental context — we generate zero-knowledge proofs of authentic human engagement. From this substrate emerges the Vital Presence Token (VPT), a new energy-like digital asset that supplies “existential energy” exclusively to human-authorized agents. Ontological Digital Agents Management (ODAM) implements a biological-immune-system analogue: agents lacking fresh VPT undergo ontological death and cannot claim computational resources. The framework establishes verifiable human presence as the constitutional substrate for post-AGI digital civilization and defines the economic foundations of Web4. Keywords: proof of being, ontological cryptography, human presence verification, digital immune system, vital presence token, Web4, post-AGI governance, zero-knowledge biometrics, existential energy, digital agents management, human-in-the-loop, semantic intentionality, biological computing, HLA/MHC analogy, human sovereignty, scarcity, decentralized identity, ODAM, HISPU.