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Is AI the new crypto?
The negative-value cases of AI
are harder to pinpoint. The TikTok algorithm may be the best example of wasted time, though in a world without AI-powered feeds, social media consumption is likely still very high.
John Luttig • Is AI the new crypto?
Most enabling technologies are relatively missionless: cloud infrastructure, semiconductors, mobile, even the internet. Perhaps AI should be mission-neutral at the infrastructure level, while the mission gets defined at the application layer. DeepMind’s stated mission seems to point in the right neutral direction: “solve intelligence, and then use
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In 2023, AI must absorb an influx of tourists – thin GPT wrappers, MBA tweet threads about AI trends, LinkedIn bios changing from #crypto to #AI. Genuine technologists will join the development effort, but filtering out negative human capital is challenging.
Undoubtedly, more builders are needed to apply and productionize the latest technologies,
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The productionization of AI systems is nascent, but net net, it seems to crush crypto on value creation.
John Luttig • Is AI the new crypto?
Crypto’s original application required its original sin: tokenized architecture. The corrupting force of financialization ultimately overpowered the usefulness of the technology.