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Illia Polosukhin On The Future Of AI, Crypto, And How Near Is Going To Win

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Briefings

Avi Felman interviews Illia Polosukhin, co-author of 'Attention Is All You Need' and NEAR founder, about AI and crypto. Illia recounts his grandfather's Sberbank savings book losing value while bread doubled in post-Soviet Ukraine, then explains how transformers work and why the 'aliens' in the movie Arrival are the right analogy. He discusses leaving Google to build a company for writing code, the failure to pay students for data labeling which led to NEAR, breaking consensus protocols on camera, and the $3.8M Solana exploit where they recovered funds with an apology. The podcast covers topics from Ukraine hyperinflation to AI agent commerce, with a disclaimer that views are opinions, not financial advice.

Key points

• Illia Polosukhin, co-author of 'Attention Is All You Need' and NEAR founder, explains how transformers work and why the 'aliens' in the movie Arrival are the right analogy.
• The $3.8M Solana exploit involved a team that recovered all funds and received an apology on the blockchain after the incident.

Context

This podcast features Illia Polosukhin, co-author of 'Attention Is All You Need' and NEAR founder, discussing AI and crypto. The interview covers topics from Ukraine hyperinflation to AI agent commerce, with a disclaimer that views are opinions, not financial advice.

Limitations

Evidence is limited to a single podcast episode transcript. Specific dates for the exploit recovery are not provided, only the total amount recovered is mentioned. The episode does not contain information on the timeline of the Solana exploit itself, only the aftermath and recovery details.

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