Today Illia Polosukhin, founder of Near Protocol joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss the intersection of AI and blockchain technologies, exploring how decentralized infrastructure can enable "user-owned AI" through privacy-preserving model training, confidential computing, and autonomous agents that operate via smart contracts without centralized control.
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Evolution from AI to Blockchain: Near Protocol evolved from an AI project focused on teaching machines to code to a blockchain platform, and now combines both technologies.
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Significant User Base: Near Protocol has achieved 50 million monthly active users, demonstrating substantial adoption.
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Autonomous AI Agents: Near has developed autonomous AI agents that can operate independently once deployed, including an example of an agent given $10,000 to trade based on Twitter sentiment.
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AI-Blockchain Integration: The platform combines decentralized compute for running AI with smart contracts that execute actions, creating truly autonomous systems.
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AI in Governance: Near is experimenting with "AI senators" that people can vote for, which then make governance decisions, potentially solving the principal-agent problem in representation.
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Jurisdictional Framework: Near is creating infrastructure for jurisdictions and courts to enforce rules on AI agents, essentially putting governance into AI.
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CHAPTERS:
(00:00) About the Episode
(03:58) From Transformers to Blockchain (Part 1)
(17:01) Sponsor: Linear
(18:30) From Transformers to Blockchain (Part 2)
(21:23) Blockchain Security Fundamentals (Part 1)
(33:36) Sponsor: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure
(35:00) Blockchain Security Fundamentals (Part 2)
(39:01) Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Solution
(51:11) Confidential Computing Infrastructure
(58:07) User-Owned AI Models
(01:14:47) Marketplace and Governance
(01:18:57) AI-Crypto Synergy Vision
(01:27:50) Autonomous Agents Future
(01:31:22) Outro
