“Okay, that’s cool – but what does this have to do with crypto?”
Do you know what blockchains are really good at?
Verify data.
Okay, okay, it doesn’t sound very exciting when we put it like that – but think about the importance of data verification, when AI can fabricate just about anything:
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A clip of the president declaring war.
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A recording used as evidence in court.
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A video of a CNN anchor announcing a stock market crash.
We don’t know which chain will do it, or how it will even work at scale – but after seeing such convincingly ‘normal-looking’ AI-generated images, one thing is certain:
At some point in the near future we will need a universally accepted/accessible method to authenticate the media we consume.
(And blockchain is the ideal candidate for the job).