Vitalik Buterin Warns Against Uncontrolled AI Race and Envisions Ethereum as Infrastructure
The Ethereum founder criticizes the reckless race toward Artificial General Intelligence and outlines a vision in which Ethereum could serve as decentralized infrastructure for AI systems.
Ethereum founder Vitalik Buterin has expressed criticism in a post on X regarding the current race toward Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Rather than relying on indiscriminate acceleration, AI development should be guided in a way that protects human freedom and distributes power more evenly, according to Buterin [1].
In his vision, Ethereum could play an important role as infrastructure for AI applications. This includes tools that enable more private interactions with AI models and reduce dependence on centralized providers [1]. As concrete use cases, Buterin cited running models locally, anonymous payments for AI services, and cryptographic methods for verifying AI systems.
Furthermore, the Ethereum founder sees blockchain as a platform for the economic coordination of AI systems. Bots could pay other bots, deposit security guarantees, and build reputations without being dependent on individual companies [1].
In combination with AI-powered decision-making tools, such systems could help make decentralized governance models actually viable, according to Buterin. For him, it's about "choosing a positive direction" in dealing with AGI [1].
Sources
- [1]btc-echo.de
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