Former Coinbase executive Balaji Srinivasan envisions a future where cryptocurrency will become the primary form of money in the era of artificial intelligence (AI).
Srinivasan, with a following of 1 million on the social media platform X, believes that crypto symbolizes “digital scarcity” while AI embodies “digital abundance.” However, he emphasizes that AI will not eliminate all forms of scarcity.
In a world where generative AI and robotics are prevalent, money itself will transform into cryptocurrency, much like intelligence transforms into electricity. Srinivasan outlines three key reasons for this shift:
1) Cryptocurrency is the scarce asset in a time of AI abundance, serving as a means to verify human identity amidst advanced AI capabilities.
2) Money acts as a bridge between different economic entities, facilitating transactions between individuals and robots. Even though you don’t need to pay your own robot to function, you may need to pay another entity’s robot for services.
3) While certain forms of scarcity may disappear in the AI age, overall scarcity remains, necessitating the continued existence of money. For instance, stationary household robots like washing machines may be replaced by mobile counterparts in the future.
Srinivasan asserts that web3 platforms like Bitcoin (BTC) and Ethereum (ETH) offer superior security compared to web2 systems. He predicts that in the AI era, the most crucial form of scarcity will be crypto private keys, which will control the operation of robots.
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