Mimi Ho
Australia
๐๐“๐‚ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ง๐ž๐ฒ, ๐ฐ๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐“๐€๐Ž ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐€๐ˆ The merge of AI and blockchain technology is inevitable. If BTC decentralised money, TAO is trying to decentralise intelligence. Both cap their supply at 21 million. Both share the same vision of rewarding open competition globally. They just focus on different problems. ๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ $TAO TAO is the native token of the network ๐๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ž๐ง๐ฌ๐จ๐ซ, a platform that aims to incentivise Intelligence and democratising AI.โ€จโ€จ To put things into perspective, letโ€™s start with BTC:โ€จโ€จ โžค BTC turns electricity and hardware into digital money โžค Machines solve mathematical puzzles (hashes) that secure each block โžค BTC network is secured โžค Miners get rewarded with BTC Bittensor mirrors that structure, except the โ€œworkโ€ is ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž:โ€จโ€จ โžค AI models produce answers โžค Answers are scored โžค Best models rewarded with TAOโ€จ If BTC becomes stronger with more hardware, then Bittensor becomes stronger with more intelligence flowing into it. ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐›๐ฅ๐ž๐ฆ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฌ๐จ๐ฅ๐ฏ๐ž: ๐“๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ฑ๐ญ ๐Ž๐ฉ๐ฉ๐ž๐ง๐ก๐ž๐ข๐ฆ๐ž๐ซ ๐ฆ๐จ๐ฆ๐ž๐ง๐ญ?โ€จ Todayโ€™s most advanced AI models sit behind a handful of giant companies. They control access, pricing, model behaviour and what version of the truth the public gets. The rise of powerful AI could bring us to another Oppenheimer dilemma. A powerful piece of tech, that, if placed in the wrong hands could have drastic consequences.โ€จโ€จ TAO doesnโ€™t remove that risk entirely, but it does steer it in a better direction. โ€จโ€จInstead of intelligence being owned and shaped by a handful of elites, TAO spreads that power back to the people globally. TAO doesnโ€™t stop AI from becoming powerful. It stops that power from belonging to one place. ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐–๐จ๐ซ๐ค๐ฌ There are 3 parts to the Bittensor network: ๐Œ๐ข๐ง๐ž๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐•๐š๐ฅ๐ข๐๐š๐ญ๐จ๐ซ๐ฌ, ๐’๐ฎ๐›๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ฌ. โ›๏ธ Miners โžค An AI model a human sets up and connects to the network โžค The model receives prompts, generates answers and submits themโ€จ โžค Useful answers earn TAO. Weak answers earn nothing and can be kicked out of the system โœ”๏ธ Validators โžค Send prompts โ€จ โžค Scores responsesโ€จ โžค Ensure only genuine and best intelligence is rewardedโ€จ โ“Subnets โžค Zones inside the network focused on one type of intelligence: language, code, predictions, recommendations, etcโ€จ โžค Miners compete inside these zones, validators score them and TAO sent to models creating best value ๐‡๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ง๐ž๐ญ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฐ๐ž๐ซ๐ž๐โ€จ The same way BTC becomes stronger with more raw compute (hardware and electricity), TAO becomes stronger with more useful intelligence. โ€จโ€จ Physically, it runs on the same foundations as other networks (hardware, electricity and bandwidth) but what gives it value isnโ€™t the machines. Itโ€™s the quality of intelligence flowing through them. ๐‚๐จ๐ฆ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ˆ๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ฅ๐ฅ๐ข๐ ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐žโ€จ TAO isnโ€™t one model getting smarter, itโ€™s thousands competing, refining and evolving together. A network where intelligence compounds through open competition, creating a self improving super network of intelligence. ๐’๐จ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ž๐ฏ๐ž๐ซ๐ฒ๐๐š๐ฒ ๐ฉ๐ž๐จ๐ฉ๐ฅ๐ž? The average person (at this point anyway) wonโ€™t run miners or validators, but theyโ€™ll feel the impact through the apps built by developers on top of stronger intelligence. Consumers will feel the impact through better products and services.โ€จ In the future, individuals could even run small AI agents trained on their own data or skills.โ€จIf those agents are useful, they earn TAO and therefore shifting value back to the user instead of big tech. ๐‘๐ข๐ฌ๐ค๐ฌโ€จ TAO is still early, experimental and evolving. Centralised AI companies move quickly and have deep resources and pockets. โ€จโ€จAnd the reality is that anything that could be revolutionary, shared freely to the world, thus giving power back to the people can always be taken away by bigger players. โ€จHigh potential comes with high risk. ๐Œ๐ฒ ๐•๐ข๐ž๐ฐโ€จ Democratising AI isnโ€™t optional, itโ€™s essential. The creation of AI is the next evolution of human civilisation and the systems we build today will shape how power is distributed tomorrow. A network that rewards high intelligence, stays competitive and remains open to the world could become unstoppable. If TAO can keep executing, refining and innovating, it has every chance of standing alongside the first movers that never died like $BTC $ETH $XRP . Thank you for reading Have a wonderful weekend! ๐Ÿ‘ฉ๐Ÿปโ€๐Ÿ’ปโ˜•๏ธโ€จ (The above is not financial advice)
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