E170: Ethereum Co-Founder: How Big Tech Will Use AI To Control You (And How Crypto Stops It)

About this episode

Joseph Lubin discusses the risks of centralized AI systems and the role of decentralized protocols in countering them.

Joseph Lubin, co-founder of Ethereum and CEO of Consensys, warns that big tech is racing to build centralized AI systems that could control humans and every system on the planet - and explains why decentralized protocols are the only architecture standing in the way. THE SHIFT NEWSLETTER 💡Go beyond the mic - subscribe to The Shift, my new weekly newsletter where I share the uncut stories, raw takes, and behind-the-scenes notes from When Shift Happens: https://www.kevinfollonier.com/crypto-web3-newsletter ___________ PARTNERS 🚀 Jupiter is the most used Decentralized Exchange in Crypto and the largest DEX by volume on Solana: https://jup.ag/ 💳 KAST lets you manage and spend stablecoins or crypto with a Visa Card or Apple Pay. Live in 100+ countries - Get $20 Signup Bonus - https://go.kast.xyz/VqVO/SHIFT - promo code: SHIFT 🔓 Trezor offers the safest cold-storage wallets for crypto and true financial independence. Buy with 10% off - promo code: WSH10 - https://affil.trezor.io/SH12h 🌱 Bitwise Asset Management manages $15B+ across 30+ crypto investment products — ETFs, index funds, alpha, staking, and more. https://bitwiseinvestments.com/ ⚖️ Ethena is a synthetic dollar protocol…

People in this episode

Host: Kevin Follonier

Guest: Joseph Lubin

Topics covered

• AI control
• decentralization
• crypto
• Ethereum
• big tech
• financial independence

Keywords

• Ethereum
• AI
• decentralized protocols
• big tech
• crypto
• financial independence

Sponsors

Jupiter, KAST, Trezor, Bitwise Asset Management, Ethena, Sumsub

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Ethereum, Consensys

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