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Vitalik Buterin highlights opportunities and risks in merging crypto, AI

Brian Stone
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Vitalik Buterin highlights opportunities and risks in merging crypto, AI

In a recent blog post, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin explores the integration of artificial intelligence in cryptocurrency, examining potential uses and cautioning about associated risks.

Buterin considers AI as an actor within blockchain protocols and views this as the most viable application, enabling mechanisms to operate on a more detailed micro-scale. Integrating AI actors maintains the existing design of the underlying mechanism, making it a promising and relatively straightforward approach.

Using AI as an interface to protocols is seen as having high potential; however, Buterin cautions that this application carries certain risks. The interface role of AI in this context is not fully elaborated, but the implications suggest a complex interaction between users and blockchain technology.

The third aspect involves AI being the rules themselves in blockchain systems. This approach appears to be more challenging due to the intricate nature of embedding AI directly into blockchain networks’ governance or operational rules.

Buterin also examines the concept of AI as an end objective within cryptocurrency. He acknowledges the promise of such applications, particularly in enhancing AI safety and avoiding centralization issues prevalent in mainstream approaches. However, he also warns of the potential pitfalls and the necessity of cautious implementation, especially in high-value and high-risk scenarios.