During a recent interview Joining Bloomberg, Ledger Chief Experience Officer Ian Rogers opined that blockchain and AI are actually two sides of the same coin:
“I think AI and blockchain are two sides of the same coin. AI brings digital abundance, and blockchains are fundamentally about digital scarcity. We already live in a world where you’re looking at web pages created by AI and you know, it was fueled by web pages created by AI,” he said.
Rogers predicts that blockchain technology will be useful for establishing the authenticity of various content found on the Internet. “At some point it’s incredibly important to know that it’s me saying what I’m saying and that it’s not a deepfake and that it hasn’t changed,” he noted.
For example, logging into someone’s social media account with a Ledger wallet can prove that person is human.
“…Increasingly we will see how these two things go hand in hand,” he added.
The company recently started shipping its high-end Ledger Stax crypto wallets that were originally announced in December 2022. The new wallet features a secure touchscreen that makes using the self-custodial wallet easier. Notably, Ledger’s new high-end device was created in collaboration with Foxconn, the world’s largest contract manufacturer of electronics.
Blockchain collides with AI
Some business stars have already floated the idea of combining AI and blockchain.
Blockchain-based verification seems to be the most promising use case so far. Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian recently suggested that blockchain could be used to determine whether or not a given photo is generated by AI rapid proliferation of this high-quality technology.