PANews reported on November 25 that Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin, in an interview with Tencent News (Qianwang), stated that OpenAI has now become CloseAI. Today, another issue has arisen: first, they sacrificed their open-source for safety; then this year, they sacrificed their safety for profit. Last year, there was a conflict between the company and the board, and it seems that Sam Altman (CEO of OpenAI) won after the conflict. Recently, they announced that they would transition from a non-profit to a profit-making company, reducing the power of the board—one could say down to the level of advisors. This makes me quite worried. It reminds me of a saying from one of America's founding fathers: you cannot sacrifice freedom for safety; if you do so, you will find that you have neither safety nor freedom. Looking at OpenAI's actions, it seems that such a thing has happened.
In addition, regarding the field of cryptocurrency, Vitalik stated that one issue in the cryptocurrency domain in the past five years has been: everyone's dreams and hopes are high, but the technology cannot achieve most of those dreams. Regarding how Crypto can save the world, the first possibility is Crypto + Decentralized AI; the second possibility is Crypto + a technology that can replace AI. To some extent, the boom in artificial intelligence over the past two years may cool down Crypto. I have a concern: if particularly wise people do not engage in Crypto, the remaining people in the Crypto field may not have any interesting thoughts, and the only applications will be those financial applications that have been done for many years. This could lead to a situation where a coin is issued, an exchange is created; then another coin is issued, another exchange is created; then another coin is issued, this coin features a cute dog—these things are fun, but if they are the only things our industry does, then the industry is a failure. The challenge our industry faces is to create an application that is both meaningful and has many participants. However, this year, the power of Crypto has increased significantly, and many developers are beginning to want to create applications that are both meaningful and have many users who like to participate. If the Crypto field continues to succeed, many people will still choose to participate in Crypto.