Outline of my talk "Smart Smart Contracts: AI on the blockchain"

What is consensus?
- We all agree on something
- How do we agree when communication lines are unreliable?
  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Consensus_(computer_science)
  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Two_Generals%27_Problem
- Paxos
  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paxos_(computer_science)
  - Super complex
  - Limited implementations
- Raft
  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raft_(computer_science)
  - Easier to reason on
  - Literally 1 billion implementations
- Bitcoin
  - consensus via blockchain and mining
  - Hashing is a “waste” of energy
  - Value in history and consensus (about 250 EUR)
What is Ethereum?
- Mining is a limited virtual machine
  - no outside access
- Save contracts (programs) on the blockchain
  - contracts have their own storage
- Transact with contracts and the execution is saved
- Call to interact with contracts locally, execution is not saved
What is a perceptron?
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perceptron
- Single neuron of an artificial neural network
- Inputs [1,0,1,0,1]
- Weights [0.4, 0.1, -0.5, .2]
- Single output True / False
What is a neural network?
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Artificial_neural_network
- Much perceptrons.
- Such layers
- Very smart
Who cares?
- Have community trained Apple Siri/ MS Cortana/IBM Watson
  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microsoft_Cortana
  - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watson_(computer)
- Guaranteed all interactions are private
  - Remember two methods of interacting with blockchain
    - Transact = global consensus
      - good for learning
    - Call = Local interactions, no saved state
      - good for asking private questions
What about morals, legality?
- Can a deterministic system have self awareness?
  - Does it matter?
- Can a distributed consciousness be attributed a legal personality and equal citizenship rights?
  - Programs are called “contracts” and can run a distributed autonomous organization. Corporations are legal people.
- Which country would it be likely to recognize it?
- If it didn’t like us, how can you stop a censorship proof network?
  - http://www.yudkowsky.net/singularity/aibox/

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