Revisiting The Fundamentals of Crypto x AI with NEAR | Crypto x AI Event

In this thought-provoking discussion with Can Gurel (Delphi), the NEAR co-founders share insights on Illia’s work co-authoring the groundbreaking “Attention is All You Need” paper that introduced transformers, their vision for user-owned AI and democratizing access to AI capabilities and more.

Key insights include:

How NEAR’s original focus on AI developer tools led them to discover the need for better payment infrastructure for distributed workforces
Their framework for user-owned AI that optimizes for individual success rather than platform profits
Technical challenges and solutions for distributed AI training and inference
The importance of private computing for enabling user-controlled AI systems

The conversation provides valuable perspective on the intersection of AI and crypto from pioneers who have worked at the cutting edge of both fields, offering insights into how decentralized technologies could enable more democratic and user-centric AI development.

“The reality is we kind of have like a little bit of a model that some data we don’t want to share… Your assistant will be able to help you with filing your taxes and finding ways to file receipts for expenses, and it will need to have access to all of this. What you don’t want is all of this data end up leaking or showing up in somebody else’s chat.” — Illia Polosukhin, NEAR Protocol

Watch more sessions from Crypto x AI Month here: https://delphidigital.io/crypto-ai

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Crypto x AI Month is the largest virtual event dedicated to the intersection of crypto and AI, featuring 40+ top builders, investors, and practitioners. Over the course of three weeks, this event brings together panels, debates, and discussions with the brightest minds in the space, presented by Delphi Digital.

Crypto x AI Month is free and open to everyone thanks to the support from our sponsors:

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https://near.org/
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Follow the Speakers:

Can Gurel on Twitter/X ► https://x.com/cannngurel
Illia Polosukhin on Twitter/X ► https://x.com/ilblackdragon
Alex Skidanov on Twitter/X ► https://x.com/alexskidanov