Arif Khan is the CEO and CoFounder of Alethea AI, a research and development studio building at the intersection of generative AI and blockchain.  

In this episode, Arif shares why he believes we can avoid a future of "AI colonialism" with decentralized, community-owned AI, powered by DeFi and Web3. Arif has been working with two transformative technologies for years: artificial intelligence and crypto. He shares a strong conviction for why we can ensure many, instead of a few elites, benefit from the impact of AI by leveraging the decentralized, permissionless infrastructure of Web3.  

THIS IS NOT A RECOMMENDATION OR ENDORSEMENT TO BUY ANY TOKEN OR NFT RELATED TO ANY PLATFORMS DISCUSSED.  

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The DeFi Podcast Resources

📊 PUSH PROTOCOL | WEB3 COMMS PROTOCOL https://push.org/

🌊 STADER | MULTICHAIN LIQUID STAKING https://staderlabs.com/

🌿 LENS | DECENTRALIZED SOCIAL GRAPH https://lens.xyz/

📱ORB | IOS/ANDROID MOBILE APP FOR LENS SOCIAL MEDIA https://orb.ac/

🤖 UTILITI.AI | ALL-IN-ONE PLATFORM TO LAUNCH DAPPS AND GAMES https://www.utiliti.ai/

⛩️ UTOPIA | PAYROLL AND EXPENSE MANAGEMENT FOR DAOS https://www.utopialabs.com/

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Topics Covered  

00:00 - Intro 

03:25 - Thoughts on bank runs and synthetic media 

07:00 - Why Arif got into AI 

10:45 - Alethea tokenizing AI with iNFTs 

15:45 - Why there should be self-custodial AI 

19:45 - Reality of AI being centralized and easily censored today 

24:00 - Could a tokenized community govern AI resources?

27:00 - Why democratic governance is necessary to govern AI 

32:45 - Web3 infra benefits AI 

34:50 - Free will distinguishes humans from AI 

36:30 - Will AI achieve its own free will? 

38:15 - Web3 elements to benefit AI 

44:20 - The risk of AI colonialism 

50:30 - Permissionless access to AI is key 

53:00 - Use cases of AI built by Alethea 

1:00:20 - Alethea analogy to the movie Her 

1:01:45 - Generative abundance, scarcity, trust, provenance 

1:05:00 - Challenges of synthetic media solved by Web3 

1:06:45 - Closing  

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Guest Links  Arif Khan on Twitter

https://twitter.com/ArKhan 

Alethea AI on Twitter 

https://twitter.com/real_alethea 

Learn about Alethea AI 

https://alethea.ai/ 

Alethea AI Discord 

https://discord.gg/aletheaai 

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DeFi Dad has participated in Alethea since 2021 and holds the ALI token as of this recording.