Benzinga - Alexis Ohanian, a co-founder of Reddit, foresees a future where artificial intelligence (AI) and blockchain technology, the backbone of the popular cryptocurrency Bitcoin (CRYPTO: BTC), intersect, generating a fresh demand for image verification.
What Happened: Ohanian expressed his thoughts on social media platform X on Thursday. As per his post, he envisions a scenario where the advancement of AI and blockchain technology will complement each other.
Ohanian pointed out that AI is leading to an unlimited availability of images, resulting in an overflow of them on the internet. This abundance, he argues, will create a situation where the genuineness of images will be questionable.
Nevertheless, he foresees a future where the devices capturing these images could also embed a method to confirm an image’s origin on an unalterable global ledger, or blockchain. This application could provide a practical use for blockchain technology beyond mere speculation.
“Suddenly, you have a great case for the blockchain that isn’t speculative or particularly flashy – it’s utility,” he said in the post.
It's my theory that the age of AI and the ascendence of blockchain technology are about to collide and reinforce each other