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March 17, 2023 β€’ 71 mins

Arif Khan is the CEO and CoFounder of Alethea AI, a research and development studio building at the intersection of generative AI and blockchain.  

In this episode, Arif shares why he believes we can avoid a future of "AI colonialism" with decentralized, community-owned AI, powered by DeFi and Web3. Arif has been working with two transformative technologies for years: artificial intelligence and crypto. He shares a strong conviction for why we can ensure many, instead of a few elites, benefit from the impact of AI by leveraging the decentralized, permissionless infrastructure of Web3.  

THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION OR ENDORSEMENT TO BUY ANY TOKEN OR NFT RELATED TO ANY PLATFORMS DISCUSSED.  

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The DeFi Podcast Resources

πŸ“Š PUSH PROTOCOL | WEB3 COMMS PROTOCOL https://push.org/

🌊 STADER | MULTICHAIN LIQUID STAKING https://staderlabs.com/

🌿 LENS | DECENTRALIZED SOCIAL GRAPH https://lens.xyz/

πŸ“±ORB | IOS/ANDROID MOBILE APP FOR LENS SOCIAL MEDIA https://orb.ac/

πŸ€– UTILITI.AI | ALL-IN-ONE PLATFORM TO LAUNCH DAPPS AND GAMES https://www.utiliti.ai/

⛩️ UTOPIA | PAYROLL AND EXPENSE MANAGEMENT FOR DAOS https://www.utopialabs.com/

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Topics Covered  

00:00 - Intro 

03:25 - Thoughts on bank runs and synthetic media 

07:00 - Why Arif got into AI 

10:45 - Alethea tokenizing AI with iNFTs 

15:45 - Why there should be self-custodial AI 

19:45 - Reality of AI being centralized and easily censored today 

24:00 - Could a tokenized community govern AI resources?

27:00 - Why democratic governance is necessary to govern AI 

32:45 - Web3 infra benefits AI 

34:50 - Free will distinguishes humans from AI 

36:30 - Will AI achieve its own free will? 

38:15 - Web3 elements to benefit AI 

44:20 - The risk of AI colonialism 

50:30 - Permissionless access to AI is key 

53:00 - Use cases of AI built by Alethea 

1:00:20 - Alethea analogy to the movie Her 

1:01:45 - Generative abundance, scarcity, trust, provenance 

1:05:00 - Challenges of synthetic media solved by Web3 

1:06:45 - Closing  

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Guest Links  Arif Khan on Twitter

https://twitter.com/ArKhan 

Alethea AI on Twitter 

https://twitter.com/real_alethea 

Learn about Alethea AI 

https://alethea.ai/ 

Alethea AI Discord 

https://discord.gg/aletheaai 

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Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. Do your own research. All opinions expressed by DeFi Dad and guests are solely their own opinions and do not reflect the opinion of his team at 4RC.  

DeFi Dad has participated in Alethea since 2021 and holds the ALI token as of this recording.

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