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Ben Horowitz: Computing has always needed two pillars, machines and networks. AI has the machines but not the network. Crypto is the missing layer, giving AI money, identity, provenance against deepfakes, and a decentralized registry of truth. Source: benahorowitz.eth at Columbia Business School (Columbia Business School)

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