Artificial intelligence (A.I.) is going to change everything, and crypto is the key to surfing this wave – as opposed to being washed away by it. It’s a simple idea, but what am I really talking about? A.I. and blockchain are both incredible technological breakthroughs, and they both exist in the digital space. A digital ledger and a digital mind.

But I want to emphasize what really connects these two technologies. They might look like separate concepts, other than the fact that they both run on computers (just like everything else these days).

But crypto is key to the development of artificial intelligence because of what A.I. needs to reach its full potential: Information. Reams of it, and ultimately, even all of it.

Information is what A.I. uses to learn, develop its conditions, and get smarter, better, and faster at doing its particular job. When we finally achieve “artificial general intelligence” or A.G.I. – that is, A.I. that can perform any task, not just the one it was designed for – access to information is going to make that possible as well.

That need for information is where crypto comes in. A.I.-supporting cryptos offer us
something we could never get by, say, just buying stock in a company working in A.I. tech. The cryptos offer us direct control over the networks and services that actually facilitate A.I. development.

Yes, I know, owning stock means you “own” the company, but let’s get real – you’d need to own thousands, or, more likely, tens of millions of shares just to get a shot at moving the needle.

Network- and service control is much more concrete, and ultimately much more lucrative, than the arbitrarily enforced “ownership” that buying a stock would grant. I expect the leading A.I.s in crypto to be the foundation of not only a new technology but a new fortune…