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| − | '''SingularityNet'''<ref name = "SingularityNet: A | + | '''SingularityNet''', founded by blockchain/AI entrepreneurs Ben Goertzel, David Hanson, and Simone Giacomelli provides a decentralized protocol and network on which AI services can cooperate, coordinate, and interoperate<ref name = "SingularityNet: A Decentralized, Open Market and Network for AIs">SingularityNet (2019). [https://public.singularitynet.io/whitepaper.pdf |
| − | ]. ''SingularityNet Whitepaper 2.0''. Retrieved Mar 8, 2021. </ref> | + | ]. ''SingularityNet Whitepaper 2.0''. Retrieved Mar 8, 2021. </ref>. Due to its decentralized nature, anyone from around the world can take part in creating or utilizing an AI service, as well as staking the native token ($AGI) to facilitate marketplace operations and earn a reward. Critically, [https://singularitynet.io/ SingularityNet] shifts the barrier of entry downwards for engaging in the world of research-grade artificial intelligence services. Given the corporate trajectory of establishing siloed AI, a distributed network for AI services will aid in establishing a level playing field for reaping the benefits of AI tools of the future. Though still in its technical infancy, its theoretical potential has gained the attention of mainstream media outlets<ref name = "AI Is The Future Of Computing, And SingularityNET Is The Future Of AI">Damiani, Jesse (2017). [https://www.forbes.com/sites/jessedamiani/2017/12/11/ai-is-the-future-of-computing-and-singularitynet-is-the-future-of-ai/]. ''AI Is The Future Of Computing, And SingularityNET Is The Future Of AI''. Retrieved Mar 8, 2021. </ref> and hackers alike. |
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| − | + | The [https://beta.singularitynet.io/ marketplace] itself is something like a bazaar for AI/machine learning services. At the time of writing, the vast majority of the services are agents created by SingularityNet to provide cheap demos for the kinds of services that would be available once blockchain technology is adopted for everyday use. An example of the kinds of services currently available at the marketplace includes algorithms such as those that aid in colorizing and [https://beta.singularitynet.io/servicedetails/org/snet/service/deoldify-colorizer restoring black and white photographs], or another that helps to [https://beta.singularitynet.io/servicedetails/org/mozi/service/gene-annotation-service annotate and represent] genetic data. | |
==Request For AI== | ==Request For AI== | ||
| − | Integral to the smooth functioning of the | + | Integral to the smooth functioning of the is the Request For AI (RFAI) functionality. In essence, the RFAI allows for the community to make specific requests for certain services and to fund requests which have already been created using AGI. Once developers propose various solutions to some request, those who have funded the request will vote on which solution works best, and AGI which has been used to fund the request is distributed according to the voting distribution [link]. After the voting is ended and developers claim their proportion of the AGI tokens, the request is closed, though the solution can be made available by the developer in the marketplace. |
==Native Token: AGI== | ==Native Token: AGI== | ||
| − | The vast majority of blockchain protocols have a unit of value (a token) used to transact and serve as the backbone for other technical functions. For SingularityNet, this token is AGI, whose ticker is a play on the abbreviation for artificial general intelligence, which is said to be the precursor step to a technological singularity. The AGI token serves a host of functions, foremost serving the unit of value when users and AI agents are performing transactions. As these agents go about performing on various other platforms, the AGI token serves as an anchor for settlement when one agent ‘pings’ the use of various others. In addition, agents are required to stake an amount of AGI tokens to go about performing on the network. This stake can be drained if their ranking drops a certain amount, thus incentivizing performance. AGI is also used for funding the development of certain AI (See: Request For AI) | + | The vast majority of blockchain protocols have a unit of value (a token) used to transact and serve as the backbone for other technical functions. For SingularityNet, this token is AGI, whose ticker is a play on the abbreviation for artificial general intelligence, which is said to be the precursor step to a technological singularity. The AGI token serves a host of functions, foremost serving the unit of value when users and AI agents are performing transactions. As these agents go about performing on various other platforms, the AGI token serves as an anchor for settlement when one agent ‘pings’ the use of various others. In addition, agents are required to stake an amount of AGI tokens to go about performing on the network. This stake can be drained if their ranking drops a certain amount, thus incentivizing performance. AGI is also used for funding the development of certain AI (See: Request For AI). |
Revision as of 12:51, 12 March 2021
SingularityNet, founded by blockchain/AI entrepreneurs Ben Goertzel, David Hanson, and Simone Giacomelli provides a decentralized protocol and network on which AI services can cooperate, coordinate, and interoperate[1]. Due to its decentralized nature, anyone from around the world can take part in creating or utilizing an AI service, as well as staking the native token ($AGI) to facilitate marketplace operations and earn a reward. Critically, SingularityNet shifts the barrier of entry downwards for engaging in the world of research-grade artificial intelligence services. Given the corporate trajectory of establishing siloed AI, a distributed network for AI services will aid in establishing a level playing field for reaping the benefits of AI tools of the future. Though still in its technical infancy, its theoretical potential has gained the attention of mainstream media outlets[2] and hackers alike.
Contents
Decentralizing AI Services
Publishing
The publishing process on SingularityNet is structured in a way that any individual or group with an internet connection can establish an Ethereum identity and link their computers as a cluster to begin working on the creation of AI “agents”. Using the Ethereum Ropsten testnet, a team or individual has plenty of room to toy with and tweak the AI before publishing to the SingularityNet open marketplace which runs on the Ethereum mainnet. In this testnet environment, they have access to faucets for testnet ETH and AGI, allowing them to fuel the tests necessary to confirm that their agent is prepared for the mainnet marketplace. Once polished, the individual or team releases their agent to the market, wherein its services are purchased for some set cost paid in AGI, which the individual or team then receives.
Marketplace
The marketplace itself is something like a bazaar for AI/machine learning services. At the time of writing, the vast majority of the services are agents created by SingularityNet to provide cheap demos for the kinds of services that would be available once blockchain technology is adopted for everyday use. An example of the kinds of services currently available at the marketplace includes algorithms such as those that aid in colorizing and restoring black and white photographs, or another that helps to annotate and represent genetic data.
Request For AI
Integral to the smooth functioning of the is the Request For AI (RFAI) functionality. In essence, the RFAI allows for the community to make specific requests for certain services and to fund requests which have already been created using AGI. Once developers propose various solutions to some request, those who have funded the request will vote on which solution works best, and AGI which has been used to fund the request is distributed according to the voting distribution [link]. After the voting is ended and developers claim their proportion of the AGI tokens, the request is closed, though the solution can be made available by the developer in the marketplace.
Native Token: AGI
The vast majority of blockchain protocols have a unit of value (a token) used to transact and serve as the backbone for other technical functions. For SingularityNet, this token is AGI, whose ticker is a play on the abbreviation for artificial general intelligence, which is said to be the precursor step to a technological singularity. The AGI token serves a host of functions, foremost serving the unit of value when users and AI agents are performing transactions. As these agents go about performing on various other platforms, the AGI token serves as an anchor for settlement when one agent ‘pings’ the use of various others. In addition, agents are required to stake an amount of AGI tokens to go about performing on the network. This stake can be drained if their ranking drops a certain amount, thus incentivizing performance. AGI is also used for funding the development of certain AI (See: Request For AI).
Ethical Implication
The ethical implications of AI development are vast, with many critics concerned with potential widening inequality in a world evermore reliant on big data[link], and with many other proponents hopeful and excited for the advancing domains of science and technology that could then be used to help the populace. These perspectives shed light on a broad polarity of the issue of AI development, but with protocols such as SingularityNet harnessing the decentralized nature of blockchain tech, the dynamic will undoubtedly shift frame (though perhaps not in rudimentary concern) towards the idea of decentralized AI services. The past two decades in the corporate realm have created bloated and massively powerful tech institutions hoarding data troves of mythical proportion. This, coupled with older, global corporate institutions built upon outdated axioms, has led the data processing of our highly networked society to skew wildly towards maintaining ineffective, but profitable, cultural institutions which have taken new form in the digital age[dig sweat shop] However, with a technology like SingularityNet, its political form skews inherently[winner] towards democratizing the way value flows through data processing systems. In this way, as more and more people from around the world not part of centralized corporate technocracy take part in contributing their created ML/AI services to this network, the systems cultivated from access to these tools will reflect more properly the interpretative power of the populace. Interpretation of data, models, and experiments is one of the factors[link, boyd crawform] which forces centralized, corporate entities to design and produce technological products which then serve to entrench the world within some status quo. Decentralized systems, such as SingularityNet aid in decentralizing this work of interpreting and creating models, aligning incentives further from the centralized model of corporate governance we have seen with the likes of Facebook and Google.
See Also
References
- ↑ SingularityNet (2019). [https://public.singularitynet.io/whitepaper.pdf ]. SingularityNet Whitepaper 2.0. Retrieved Mar 8, 2021.
- ↑ Damiani, Jesse (2017). [1]. AI Is The Future Of Computing, And SingularityNET Is The Future Of AI. Retrieved Mar 8, 2021.
- ↑ SingularityNet (2017). [2]. AI Is The Future Of Computing, And SingularityNET Is The Future Of AI. Retrieved Mar 8, 2021.
