Vitalik Buterin Talks About Ethereum, AI, Crypto Assets and Other Hot Topics

Vitalik Buterin recently answered a series of questions on social media, covering multiple hot topics such as Ethereum, artificial intelligence, and crypto assets. Here are the main points summary:

About the Zuzalu experiment:

• As an experiment, it has been successful, and the core hypothesis has been validated.
• The biggest unresolved issue is how to balance quality and inclusiveness at scale.
• Hope to adopt more in-depth free/open/decentralized/privacy-focused technologies next time.

Regarding L2 governance:

• Tend to achieve goals with the minimum fixed level of L1.
• It is expected that the Security Committee will only make decisions in case of disputes in the proof system.
• It is believed that a cross-institutional security committee with a 75% threshold is a higher standard of decentralization.

On the catastrophic threats facing humanity:

1. Artificial Intelligence
2. The super pandemic transformed by engineering
3. Nuclear War
4. AI-Enhanced Totalitarianism
5. Climate Issues

About AGI:

• There is a 95% confidence that AGI will emerge between the years 2029 and 2200.
• The probability of disaster is about 10%
• Hope to retain human subjectivity, but may ultimately lead to non-biological forms

About Crypto Assets:

• Least favorite practice of introducing tokens into various things.
• Disapprove of large-scale capital misallocation, deviation from principles, and unrealistic pure idealism, etc.

Overall, Vitalik maintains an open attitude towards new technologies while emphasizing the importance of risk control and human-centered development.