Open any news app, web browser, social media feed, or podcast this month, and you’ll see one topic dominating discussions: AI and crypto, writes Forbes Web3 .
In Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind, Yuval Noah Harari explores how history is shaped more by what he describes as “coincidences” than by deterministic, predictable events. This concept recurs throughout his work, as Harari examines the unpredictable and often arbitrary events that have directed human history.
This perspective proves true once again regarding the recent surge in AI and crypto discussions. It all started with the meteoric rise of a memecoin tickered “GOAT”, partially endorsed by a pseudo-spiritual posting AI bot on X named @truth_terminal. The bot independently chose to promote this memecoin, sparking widespread interest.
Since then, the idea of an AI-crypto convergence has swept across headlines. But as an average reader, you might feel overwhelmed and wonder: why are AI and crypto even intersecting?
Answering this simple question isn’t that straightforward; it requires delving into some complex concepts and technologies. Let’s break it down:
1. What is AI, and how did it rise? Where are we now?
2. The essence of crypto and its underlying technology: Blockchain.
3. The convergence: How decentralized AI comes into play.
AI burst into mainstream headlines with OpenAI’s launch of ChatGPT in November 2022, but it didn’t appear out of thin air. AI has a long history in academic and research circles.
If you’ve seen the movie 2001: A Space Odyssey, you may recall how it portrayed AI on the big screen, imagining its potential—mostly its potential dangers, in the film’s context. Made in the 1960s, the movie featured an AI with a name, HAL 9000, at a time when computers were barely understood by the general public. And yet, even then, the concept of AI had deeper roots. Many in the tech world view the Turing Test as one of the earliest models of artificial intelligence.
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