Замена биткоину? A16z вложилась в новый ИИ-проект на блокчейне

cryptonews.ruОпубліковано о 2023-01-01Востаннє оновлено о 2025-04-01

Позиционирующийся как замена первой криптовалюте проект сети Ambient привлек $7,2 млн от a16z, Delphi Digital и Amber Group. Об этом пишет CoinDesk.

Блокчейн призван быстро, дешево и открыто предоставлять «сверхинтеллектуальный ИИ».

Соучредитель Ambient Трэвис Гуд убежден, что механизмы шифрования биткоина «устаревают» и могут «полностью потерять актуальность в течение пяти лет». Это в свою очередь формирует бизнес-задачу для майнеров.

В ожидании «Дня Q». Какой ответ квантовым компьютерам готовят разработчики биткоина

«У вас есть те, кто вложил миллиарды долларов в хешрейт. Возникает вопрос, что с этим делать?», — заявил предприниматель.

Ambient выступает ответом на подобный вызов, обладая «глубокими возможностями в области ИИ». Гуд видит в нем «децентрализованного конкурента OpenAI».

Сеть использует алгоритм консенсуса Proof-of-Work.

Многие криптопроекты пытаются объединить блокчейн и ИИ, полагая, что децентрализованный краудсорсинг может направить искусственный интеллект на благо человечества лучше, чем частные корпорации.

Ambient задействует ИИ в своем ядре, в отличие от лидера рынка Bittensor, который не запускает модели на блокчейне.

Будут ли майнеры биткоина — не говоря уже о юзерах — поддерживать радикально новую и отличную от других сеть? Вероятнее всего, ответ на этот вопрос зависит от экономического успеха Ambient.

Проект стремится предоставить сверхинтеллектуальный ИИ быстро, дешево и открыто, «чтобы пользователи получали ответы, за которые они заплатили».

Безопасность Ambient схожа с моделью цифрового золота, а сеть работает как Solana.

Алекс Голдинг из Delphi считает «большой проблемой» применение криптопроектами централизованного ИИ, поскольку лишает юзеров возможности понять, на чем обучаются модели.

Они также рискуют быть введенными в заблуждение ответами, основанными на некачественных данных.

«Верифицированные выводы» майнеров (основа механизма вознаграждения) действуют как проверка фактов, гарантируя, что выдаваемые Ambient ответы получены из модели, за использование которой люди заплатили.

Напомним, в ноябре разработчики запустили ориентированный на децентрализацию ИИ-проект Morpheus.

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