"Self-aware robots with Artificial General Intelligence will destroy humanity." We all have heard this version of artificial intelligence (AI) dystopia in science fiction, movies or even from respected scientists and philosophers. But I argue a completely different version of AI dystopia could arrive much sooner. So soon, it could be within our or our children's lifetime. Unfortunately, most of us are distracted by the binary thinking of machine versus human, bedazzled every time some new technological capacities are achieved, and neglect to pay thoughtful attention to this forthcoming unfolding crisis.

Jennifer Zhu Scott is the co-founder and principal of Radian Blockchain Ventures and Radian Partners, focusing on private investment in the Artificial Intelligence, Blockchain, and renewable energy sectors. Prior, she was head of business development and strategy in APAC for Thomson Reuters and led the firm's speech-to-text, deep search, and video-indexing project. She co-founded one of the first education companies in China and exited before moving to UK as a senior advisor to the education subsidiary of Daily Mail & General Trust. How is Blockchain technology currently applied? First of all, I think we should demystify it. The Blockchain essentially is a decentralised database with a variety of applications, but not universal applications.