between privacy, energy, and digital freedom
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We at Cryptonomist were present at the Paris Blockchain Week, where a high-level panel was held dedicated to the future of artificial intelligence in synergy with blockchain technology. A heated discussion, rich in technical and ethical insights, highlighted the opportunities and contradictions of this technological convergence. From the management of personal data to the energy cost of AI, up to the user sovereignty, the debate touched on the critical points of tomorrow’s Web3. Taking the stage were Amelia Daly, Kevin Riou, Claudio Bedino, Ethan Pierse, and Aymen Soufi, five industry experts who offered complementary and in-depth perspectives on how to tackle the mass adoption of blockchain thanks to artificial intelligence. The real cost of AI: every prompt has a price The panel opened with a surprising reflection: every interaction with ChatGPT or similar costs about 0.46 dollars. A figure that includes energy consumption, computing power, and the infrastructure necessary to generate real-time responses. This cost does not fall on the end user, especially if they use free versions. But then, who pays the bill? The answer is as simple as it is unsettling: value is extracted from our data. The user, in exchange for free access, gives up valuable information that is processed, stored, and often monetized. A well-known dynamic, which makes a different, more ethical, and decentralized approach even more urgent. AI and Blockchain: data protection and participation Precisely in this context, the blockchain comes into play, seen as a tool for privacy protection and returning control to users. One of the speakers emphasized how, through tokenization and decentralized architectures, it is possible to break the monopoly of big tech, which today hold enormous amounts of personal data. AI and blockchain together can create new models of information governance, in which the user decides how, when, and with whom…
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