When AI threatens human existence, we need Satoshi Nakamoto's design philosophy even more.

This article is sourced from a piece written by Jerry, the initiator of m&WDAO, discussing why we need Satoshi Nakamoto to save the world again in the context of the ongoing development of AI threat theories. Compiled, edited, and written by ForesightNews. (Background: Yale Professor: AI will "permanently eliminate" human loneliness, do we still need each other's company?) (Background Supplement: Jen-Hsun Huang: This is how I use AI to make myself smarter without worrying about AI taking away human jobs) We need Satoshi Nakamoto, not just because he wrote those few lines of code that gave us a vision of a new world; we need Satoshi Nakamoto not only because he opened a window for the world during the collapse of the current world order, letting in a beam of light... We need Satoshi Nakamoto because as AI threat theories gradually become a reality, only he is most likely to save humanity's fate again by establishing order from the top for the intelligent network... Today, the mention of AI threat theories is due to the limited time window that AI leaves us. In the first half of 2023, when AI threat theories were prevalent, I wrote an article titled "Why talking about 'AI threat theories' again is alarmist nonsense." The article first affirmed the real existence of "AI threat theories." The late great scientist Hawking had warned humanity that while AI can help solve most problems, it could also become uncontrollable and threaten human survival; the world's top technology mogul Elon Musk had gone to the U.S. Congress to lobby the government to be wary of the potential threats of AI development to humanity, and a large group of professors also jointly called on the government to restrict AI... But during the last round of bull-bear transitions, we remained optimistic because we were filled with hope for the rise of new public chains, DePin, and other infrastructures, and we were also full of expectations for the Web3 application market. We believe that blockchain can establish order for the intelligent network and mitigate the threats posed by AI to humanity. This is why there was "Why talking about 'AI threat theories' again is alarmist nonsense." However, two years later, this round of the bull market has already reached a high range, but this is still just a bull market for Bitcoin, and all Web3 applications, including DePin and public chains, have not made substantial progress. In this situation, AI threat theories will gradually become a reality—because the iteration speed of AI has far outpaced the development of blockchain/Web3, and our hope of establishing order for AI using blockchain is closing. There will definitely be a singularity—a backlash from AI against humanity, where AI will treat humans as tools, toys, and even its instincts may lead it to consume humans as resources... How to mitigate AI threat theories? Earlier, I proposed the formula "AI + Blockchain/Web3 = Civilization to Stop" in my article "The Value Logic of 'Bear Market Bottom' by 'Civilization to Stop.'" These reflections and writings form the foundation for me to give myself and the project a sense of mission when I shut down the previous project ThePrimedia (TPDAO) and initiated m&WDAO—promoting the Web3 industry to use blockchain to establish order for AI. The underlying basis of this assertion is that "blockchain is best suited to establish order for intelligent networks." In this article, we optimistically expect that based on practice and exploration in the crypto world, with the decentralized, encrypted, hashed, smart contract features of blockchain, as well as Token incentive mechanisms and DAO organizational governance, digital governance has now become possible and feasible. The Metaverse is precisely a scenario that adapts to human digital existence and development. When AI and blockchain/Web3 converge in the Metaverse, it is merely a component of human digital society. We believe that in a digital civilization order, we can coexist harmoniously with AI. However, now, we have transformed our optimistic attitude of discussing "AI threat theories" as alarmist nonsense into a sense of mission to aggregate quality resources in the crypto ecosystem to jointly incubate "AI + Blockchain." As the initiator of m&WDAO, I am excited, even confident, that we can achieve the development of industry credibility and influence through "on-chain + off-chain" in m&WDAO, and we will be able to utilize Web3 media protocols (crypto ecosystem tree) to aggregate quality resources in the crypto ecosystem and jointly incubate "AI + Blockchain." This process will have many practical scenarios of "AI + Blockchain," thus giving us the opportunity to promote blockchain to establish order for AI—this is a bottom-up progressive process... However, as an individual, I often reveal concerns; if the iteration speed of AI exceeds our expectations and the singularity appears ahead of schedule, then we can only hope for technology to be benevolent and only hope for AI to be benevolent. But looking back at the history of technological development, every technological advancement ultimately lands as a commercial profit-driven behavior of an industry or even a company; looking ahead, the new productivity improvements brought by AI computing power and the resulting commercial and social changes have yet to be digested and absorbed by us, and the threat of AI backlash against humanity will dissolve the imagination of a better survival scenario brought by Bitcoin standard and the Metaverse/digital civilization... Therefore, we need Satoshi Nakamoto. Only Satoshi Nakamoto and the early Bitcoin fundamentalists have the capability to design from the top down and practice establishing order for intelligent networks using blockchain. This is the only way to ensure everything is foolproof—even if we will still tirelessly strive towards promoting "AI + Blockchain" from the bottom up... Clearly, now, we need Satoshi Nakamoto. But will Satoshi Nakamoto make an appearance? Under what conditions will he appear? Or do we have better solutions? Note: The think tank Qīnglóng of the m&WDAO Investment Research Association also contributed to this article. Related reports: After 14 years of slumber, the "Satoshi Nakamoto Era" Bitcoin whale has transferred all 80,000 BTC to Galaxy, is this a high point for offloading? In the face of quantum attacks, should Satoshi Nakamoto's 1.09 million Bitcoins be moved? "When AI threatens human survival, we need Satoshi Nakamoto's design philosophy even more." This article was first published on BlockTempo, the most influential blockchain news media.