Two years. That’s the time humans have before AI becomes better thinkers and strategists than us, according to Ben Goertzel, CEO of SingularityNET, a decentralized AI marketplace.
While the AI industry is currently focused on developing automated agents to improve market efficiency, Goertzel suggested that for now, people remain the primary driver of high-level strategies. He noted that while his Quantium project can predict short-term bitcoin volatility with high accuracy, long-term strategic thinking remains a uniquely human domain for now.
“The human brain is better at taking the imaginative leap to understand the unknown,” Goertzel said in an interview with Consensus Hong Kong. However, it does not hold. “We should enjoy it for a few more years.”
Goertzel’s two-year countdown isn’t just an AI expert’s prediction: It’s a roadmap for the integration of SingularityNET’s decentralized AI with the broader blockchain ecosystem. As the distinction between human-driven and machine-driven markets blurs, Goertzel explained that the current bear cycle is merely a “stress test” for the infrastructure that will eventually host artificial general intelligence (AGI).
Goertzel said he has noticed a tangible shift in energy from speculative hype to technological utility. The prevailing mindset among conference attendees has changed, he said. The focus has shifted from the “depressing” fluctuations in exchange rates to the sophisticated integration of decentralized finance (DeFi) with traditional financial systems.
For Goertzel, this indicates that the technology has reached a stage where it works reliably for complex, real-world applications.
Furthermore, he highlighted the explosive growth of decentralized AI projects at the event as a sign that the industry is poised for greater convergence, with blockchain providing the necessary data sovereignty and security for the next generation of artificial intelligence.
