Ben Goertzel, Founder & CEO of SingularityNET: The Intersection of Bitcoin and Artificial Intelligence
9/19/2019 · 55 min · transcript via mlx
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Key topics
— Ben Goertzel's 30+ year career in AI research and development, spanning academic work and applied AI for enterprises, with focus on achieving artificial general intelligence (AGI).
— SingularityNet's decentralized blockchain-based AI marketplace enabling AI agents to communicate, cooperate, and outsource work to one another in a "society of minds" architecture.
— Narrow AI versus AGI distinction: narrow AI excels at one task; AGI exhibits flexible, creative problem-solving across new domains and may lead to superintelligence within 5–10 years.
— Current AI misuse concentrated in surveillance, military, financial trading, and advertising; Ben advocates shifting balance toward compassionate, loving applications to shape emerging superintelligent systems ethically.
— Two-pronged business model: SingularityNet as free, open decentralized platform with AGI token incentives, plus Singularity Studio as for-profit spinoff delivering polished enterprise products (analogous to Linux/Red Hat and Ethereum/ConsenSys).
— Supply and demand strategy including partnerships with Cisco (traffic analytics), PICC Insurance (China), and Domino's Pizza; planned "Request for AI Portal" (fall 2019) to crowdsource AI development via token rewards.
Market & price signals
— None discussed.
Actionable insights
— Monitor SingularityNet's Request for AI Portal launch (fall 2019) as a signal of genuine third-party developer ecosystem growth; token-incentivized development could drive meaningful supply-side expansion.
— Consider the strategic value of decentralized AI infrastructure as blockchain scales: positioning in platforms that bridge corporate demand (via polished products) with global developer supply could outpace centralized cloud providers over 3–5 years.
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