Vitalik Buterin highlights the difficult issues hindering the development of artificial intelligence (AI).
Vitalik Buterin, founder of Ethereum, recently discussed an important issue that is hindering the development of artificial intelligence (AI) technology.
Buterin, a key figure in the cryptocurrency industry, has questioned whether the pursuit of dominance in the AI market is primarily motivated by financial gain. He acknowledges the role of money in the field but emphasizes an important distinction: the motivations of venture capitalists funding AI projects often differ significantly from the motivations of the founders. project planning.
He identified a major obstacle as the lack of investors willing to accept lower potential returns. Buterin argues that many innovators and scientists are truly passionate about AI development and are satisfied with significant, though not necessarily large, profits. Meanwhile, venture capitalists, who often manage large investment funds on behalf of others, often prioritize projects with exponential growth potential, aiming to turn millions into billions.
The fact that funds only focus on high-profit network projects can cause many promising AI projects to face great pressure when they have to prioritize profits over technology development.
The AI field is currently a competitive battlefield. Technology giants like Google and Microsoft are investing billions of dollars in research and development of innovative models for natural language processing and computer vision.