The Inevitable Convergence of Crypto and AI

By Brihu Sundararaman, Co-Founder of Blockchain Search Engine, Lore

‘Crypto is Libertarian, AI is Communist’ are tech investor Peter Thiel’s famous words. While this statement speaks to the ideological differences between the two technologies, the former, deeply decentralized, and the latter, rigidly hierarchical, it also hints at their points of convergence in the coming years.

When comparing these two movements’ underpinnings, their function is somewhat unintuitively, strongly symbiotic. In tandem, they see each others’ blind spots and mutually temper their more radical ideologies, leading to a safer and more cohesive experience for the end user.

Both Crypto and AI are inarguably the most disruptive in their implications for humanity since our inception. Crypto endeavors to establish a new financial world order, in which anyone can take part, and one that is immune to centralized trust short-falls that lead to systematic contagion (see: 2008). AI, whether we like it or not, will invariably attempt to automate intelligence and labor, and will force a global spotlight on uncomfortable questions regarding consciousness, intellect, and control.

Given that both technologies are moving…