Will AI steal capital from the crypto industry? @dsedacc07 from @paritytech gave a very direct answer: No — it will likely amplify it. The reasoning is simple: • AI makes everything more efficient • But AI also introduces new challenges: compute costs, energy consumption, and a rapidly growing number of bots on the internet Today, more than 50% of internet traffic may already be bots. And once AI can easily pass CAPTCHAs, a deeper question emerges: How do we prove the person on the other side is actually human? This is exactly the direction @Polkadot has been exploring — Proof of Personhood (PoP). At the same time, AI’s massive demand for compute could push another shift: Using blockchain infrastructure to provide lower-cost compute. So the real question may not be AI vs Crypto but rather: AI + Blockchain. And @Polkadot might sit right at the intersection of these two curves. But wait… one more question: When is PoP actually launching? 👀