> AI does not necessarily need to have rights, but it must have an operable economic interface.
Written by: Liu Honglin
In the past few years, AI technology has made remarkable progress. Large models, intelligent agents, and automated systems have emerged one after another, transitioning from content generation to code writing, from intelligent customer service to algorithmic trading. AI is gradually evolving from a "tool" to an "actor." Meanwhile, the Web3 space has also begun to fervently discuss the possibilities of "AI + blockchain": using AI to optimize smart contracts, enhance risk control precision, assist with on-chain analysis, and more.
But very few people think in reverse: Does AI itself need blockchain?
If we view AI as a participant that gradually detaches from human control and possesses autonomous capabilities, it finds it nearly impossible to operate within the current financial system. This is not a matter of efficiency, but rather a structural issue. From the very beginning of its design, the traditional financial system has not...