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The Bionic Manifesto. Are you in?
How you can shape a solution-driven future with us.
Bionic Newsletter
December 14, 2023
⏱️ 776 words. Under 4 minutes reading time.
Hey,
So here we are, helping you keep up because life moves pretty fast... ⚡️
We’re dropping you the good stuff - and only the good stuff - to the top of your inbox. Every week. 📮
💎 Strictly need-to-know material from:
🥽 Extended Reality
🧬 Decentralised Science
🧠 Artificial Intelligence
⛓️ Next Gen Web3 Infrastructure
Plus we have a fresh Bionic take from our team ✍️
and a Breakdown to save you some precious time. ⏳️
OK. Let’s Shift Forward. ⏩️
ON YOUR RADAR
We couldn’t be happier to be launching Bionic this week. Call it auspicious.
Positive sentiment and the ‘b’ word is back.
😎 If you’re not feeling optimistic about 2024 already, then see how you feel after reading these:
6529 breaks down the components of wealth for a country and applies the analogy to “the Country of Crypto”.
Part explainer, part call-to-arms, all big brain…
Molecule breaks down how DeSci leverages blockchain technology and decentralized networks to transform the landscape of scientific research.
Molecule is a decentralized biotech protocol, building a web3 marketplace for research-related IP.
AI is being described as “the battery powering the metaverse.”
Hacker Noon outlines how the biggest tech players are driving metaverse projects forward with AI - and where this makes a difference in user experience.
This primer breaks down the core principles of a decentralised AI development model.
Keep reading for A16Z’s take on the relationship between crypto and AI. 👇️
💊 The Bionic Manifesto: your role in shaping the future of technology.
In an exciting week for Team Bionic, we’ve launched by publishing our manifesto.
It outlines our core mission and how our community have a significant part to play.
The Bionic Manifesto
We believe that humanity stands at the threshold of a significant revolution,
one that will be driven by the limitless possibilities offered by the meeting of web3 and other advanced technologies,
fundamentally transforming our capabilities, culture and society.
We see these groundbreaking innovations as more than just tools;
they are the keys to unlocking a future where the most daunting challenges of our era
from curing cancer to combating climate change,
from reinventing reality to advancing bio-engineering
are not only addressed but conquered.
Read The Bionic Manifesto in full to find out how you can play a part. 👇️
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We’re pretty sure they’ll thank you later.
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THE BREAKDOWN
🧠 How a16z think about AI and Crypto: a four pillar framework
Ali Yahya is a general partner at A16Z Crypto.
In their recent podcast, he breaks down how he thinks about the convergence of AI and crypto.
💎 It’s a crystal clear framework we can all borrow:
1. AI as Centralizing vs. Crypto as Decentralizing
AI thrives on top-down centralized control, enabling large tech companies to make decisions across billions of users and page views.
In contrast, crypto focuses on decentralized systems that facilitate large-scale human cooperation without central control.
2. Sustaining vs. Disruptive Innovation
AI reinforces the business models of existing technology companies, while crypto presents a fundamentally disruptive innovation.
Crypto's business model is at odds with big tech companies, often led by rebels and fringes rather than incumbents.
3. Privacy Trends
AI tends to reduce individual privacy as companies seek access to vast amounts of data to train increasingly effective models.
This could lead to an AI panopticon with collective data aggregation.
Crypto, conversely, moves towards increasing individual privacy and sovereignty, giving users more control over their data.
4. Creative Tools and Authenticity
AI as a powerful technology for generating new art leads to infinite abundance of media and creativity.
Crypto provides a counterbalance by helping to distinguish content created by humans from that created by AI.
Cryptography plays a vital role in maintaining and preserving human-generated content in a world dominated by artificially generated media.
Also in this episode:
👻 Deepfakes and bots. Proof of humanity in a world of AI.
⚔️ The tension between centralization and decentralization.
🪄 The integration of zero-knowledge techniques in machine learning (ZKML)
👩💻 Decentralizing AI, and the potential for AI to generate code and find bugs in software
📱 The concept of decentralized social networks, where the social graph is on-chain and controlled by users.
Highly recommend listening. 👉️🙂
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