Ari Juels: Can AI Weaponize Blockchain Smart Contracts? - Chainlink. Ep. 574

A smart contract’s rigid rule system represents a double-edged sword. ‘The Code is Law’, but what happens when rogue large language models or AI agents bend the Law? Can smart contracts be weaponised to serve a criminal agenda? In his ‘Oracle’ novel, Ari Juels explores this thesis and issues an eery warning regarding the blockchain x AI intersection. In this imminent future, oracles play a crucial role, allowing LLMs to push data on-chain or smart contracts to pull off-chain data.

Topics discussed in this episode:
0:00 - Introduction
3:39 - Criminal Smart Contracts
10:21 - Oracle x LLM convergence
15:34 - Preventing malicious intents through oracle systems
18:21 - AI x crypto use cases
22:16 - DAOs
27:51 - Entropy in voting behaviours
32:04 - Dark DAOs
36:20 - TEEs & private smart contracts
49:55 - MEV & proofs of transaction ordering
59:30 - Future blockchain research

Links mentioned in this episode:
Ari Juels on Twitter: https://bit.ly/4fSui1T
The Oracle: A Novel' by Ari Juels: https://bit.ly/3AEdZXT
Chainlink on Twitter: https://bit.ly/48Udful

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This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain.
Show notes and listening options: https://epicenter.tv/574
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