This Startup Is Dreaming of a Global Brain on Blockchain

Artificial intelligence is one of the most celebrated and hyped concepts today. From science fiction to the nightly news, AI has been making record headlines, whether it will become the most dangerous technology around or the one most likely to save humanity. Cryptocurrencies and blockchain, once the territory of dark net denizens and righteous Redditors, are topics of conversation in even the most venerable and stodgy of publications. What happens when you combine the two? Decentralized blockchain technology may hold the key to tapping AI's potential in a democratized way, one that opens participation in the AI economy of the future to more than just a tiny handful of the largest technology behemoths.