Epistemic status: Speculation on one path of AI development, but it has been on my mind for a while
Note: I haven't found this idea developed anywhere, but possible it has already been discussed
Blockchains today suffer from a locked-in syndrome. There is a vibrant activity and innovation within the ecosystem, however most of it is self referential. DeFi protocols allow users to trade, lease and stake DeFi tokens that themselves support the governance of those protocols. Painstaking efforts are extended to link, in a decentralized way, some of the tokens to the external world. Example of complex protocol designed to achieve a decentralized link to external information is the USD-linked Dai stablecoin.
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Hi, I’m a European working in a hedge fund in Hong Kong. I’ve been on the site for many years, but only as a passive reader. However, last week I finally wrote my first post about what I think is an underinvestigated AI scenario - development of AI as oracles on blockchain. It immiedietely got buried under other posts so I’d like to repost it here. I would very much appreciate any comments on the idea https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/p9CSjcCoLqFptogjW/ai-oracles-on-blockchain-1