If you were an artificial intelligent robot, what currency would you accept?

[bombartier357]

I am a big advocate of the 'singularity' described by Ray Kurzweil.  In his book he describes a future where artificial intelligence is not only part of your daily routine, but also your biology.

I have been thinking a lot about this and wonder if these new AI beings would accept traditional currencies or would only 'trust' the reliability of the blockchain.

What do you think?

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[ChuckBuck]

Money/Currency based on brilliant Mathemathics or fiat paper pumped by corrupt, centralized banking cartels forever declining in value...Let's see.

Just going to go out on a hunch, and say the robot picks Bitcoin.   

[gadman2]

The question would better be asked as what would an AI robot want? And then what would be the easiest or most efficient way of getting what they want?

Probably more than one answer here.

[JayCoDon]

It might not be exactly what you are talking about, but I've heard suggestion that the Internet of Things and Bitcoin could go hand in hand. Here's a potential use case:

Your refrigerator realizes that you are out of milk, eggs, steak, and something else. It compiles a list and emails you to let you know. You approve the purchase and the refrigerator transfers bitcoin to the grocery store that then delivers those ingredients (in a self driving truck!) to you. The refrigerator handled inventory, payment, and fulfillment.

[oblivi]

I would accept BTC, because it is the strongest computing network on the planet, and the rest are cheap ripoffs.

[ashour]

I would accept BTC, because it is the strongest computing network on the planet, and the rest are cheap ripoffs.

This, Bitcoin is the most stable, secure and popular crypto currency in the world. There would be no point to use a different currency.

[BitcoinNewbie15]

I too would accept BTC, as it seems to be the best choice

[PolarPoint]

If I am an AI robot, I would accept any payment, fiat, crypto, or paypal. But cryptos is the only type of currency I can verify receipt almost immediately. An AI robot would prefer any currency which can buy spare parts for itself 

[AgentofCoin]

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I'm pretty sure that is the Digibyte robot. Lol.
See below picture...
Maybe this A.I. might be using bitcoin, but was made self aware from digibyte. 

[ChuckBuck]

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I'm pretty sure that is the Digibyte robot. Lol.
See below picture...
Maybe this A.I. might be using bitcoin, but was made self aware from digibyte. 

At least that AI Robot looks all friendly and willing to accept BTC's.

Somehow I don't think this guy is willing to part with his fiat....

[Snail2]

Any kind of currency I guess. It comes handy for localized stuff as I could save a few cycles if I don't have to deal with the exchanges, fees, etc.

[pissedoff]

What book are you talking about? I think I've read this and was wondering a similar thing a while back but never asked it.

[Alty]

If I were an AI robot I'd accept the coin in my sig... aiming for blockchain (AI) singularity

It's a fun project... check out the dev vids in the link and geek out.

[merve10495]

I would accept BTC, because it is the strongest computing network on the planet, and the rest are cheap ripoffs.

I'd go Doge coin for this same reasoning.

I kid, I kid...

But seriously, all jokes aside you're asking on the Bitcoin enthusiast forum. Of course we are all going to say BTCitcoin 

[neurotypical]

I would scan whats is the strongest network, and since I would see BTC is the clear world leader, I would join. Can't beat it? join it.

[Snipe85]

If we all have some AI inside us in this future world Bitcoin would become very stable.
I'd have nothing against using a stable and safe currency, the Bitcoin of the future

[gogxmagog]

It might not be exactly what you are talking about, but I've heard suggestion that the Internet of Things and Bitcoin could go hand in hand. Here's a potential use case:

Your refrigerator realizes that you are out of milk, eggs, steak, and something else. It compiles a list and emails you to let you know. You approve the purchase and the refrigerator transfers bitcoin to the grocery store that then delivers those ingredients (in a self driving truck!) to you. The refrigerator handled inventory, payment, and fulfillment.

The internet of things would use blockchain technology, not necessarily bitcoin. I'm guessing they would build a single purpose blockchain with special token that only power the IoT. Bitcoin is too riddled with problems. Imagine if someone hacked your wallet and now your fridge wont work, or worse, they order 50k$ worth of filet mignon to themselves and charge you for it. It would make more sense to me that they would create a crypto-token that is stricktly built for IoT and has no value on its own and would therefore not get stolen.

As for AI, its an exciting concept, but much like teleportation... they can actually do it, but only for tiny bits of digital information so far. Its a long way off till we can "beam me up, Scotty" but that doesn't make for interesting headlines, does it? More exciting to say "Robots are thinking for themselves and are poised to take over the world!" Honestly, the future isn't as fantastic as they keep promising, they don't even have real hover-boards yet, ffs.

 Just because something appears in a science fiction does not ensure it will become reality, as sad as that is to hear. sorry guys, no zombie apocalypse this year.

[BitRod]

Maybe they would just accept knowledge transfers to learn from each other. Knowledge becomes currency.You have something I want, let me teach you this in exchange.

[R2D221]

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I'm pretty sure that is the Digibyte robot. Lol.
See below picture...
Maybe this A.I. might be using bitcoin, but was made self aware from digibyte. 

No, you're both wrong. It's the robot from R2D2coin. Here you can see him working with R2-D2 on new features:



Seriously, though, it's just a stock image, and getting back on topic, Bitcoin is the only one that makes sense to use, considering all the adoption it already has compared to the altcoins.

[Joshuar]

An AGI(Articial General Intelligence) and/or ASI(Artificial Super Intelligence) would most definitely only accept currency based on unbreakable math. Fiat currencies would be entirely useless as it's backed by flawed government guidelines.

Mathematical currencies are the future.

[Joshuar]

It might not be exactly what you are talking about, but I've heard suggestion that the Internet of Things and Bitcoin could go hand in hand. Here's a potential use case:

Your refrigerator realizes that you are out of milk, eggs, steak, and something else. It compiles a list and emails you to let you know. You approve the purchase and the refrigerator transfers bitcoin to the grocery store that then delivers those ingredients (in a self driving truck!) to you. The refrigerator handled inventory, payment, and fulfillment.

The internet of things would use blockchain technology, not necessarily bitcoin. I'm guessing they would build a single purpose blockchain with special token that only power the IoT. Bitcoin is too riddled with problems. Imagine if someone hacked your wallet and now your fridge wont work, or worse, they order 50k$ worth of filet mignon to themselves and charge you for it. It would make more sense to me that they would create a crypto-token that is stricktly built for IoT and has no value on its own and would therefore not get stolen.

As for AI, its an exciting concept, but much like teleportation... they can actually do it, but only for tiny bits of digital information so far. Its a long way off till we can "beam me up, Scotty" but that doesn't make for interesting headlines, does it? More exciting to say "Robots are thinking for themselves and are poised to take over the world!" Honestly, the future isn't as fantastic as they keep promising, they don't even have real hover-boards yet, ffs.

 Just because something appears in a science fiction does not ensure it will become reality, as sad as that is to hear. sorry guys, no zombie apocalypse this year.

Creating an AGI(artifical general intelligence) is not that far off. It's much cheaper to do(Mostly software based) compared to creating hardware constructs such as a "teleportation machine", and thus faster to actually make the end product.

We've already created artificial membranes(just like biological cells but made with different substances) and have complex algorithms that allow for "learning". The only thing that we have to wait on to successfully create an AGI is moores law.

[futureofbitcoin]

screw singularity. I prefer individuality.

And obviously it would use whatever currency is actually generally accepted.

[Amph]

they would not accept any coins, the transactions will be made via mechanical brain, using radio waves or other forms for long comunication

[twister]

If I were an AI Robot and developed enough intelligence to understand the basics about currencies, material etc. and how world works. Than I won't be interested in accepting any currencies, I'd first find a way to eliminate all the Human Race.

Because as we know..

[WhatTheGox]

I am a big advocate of the 'singularity' described by Ray Kurzweil.  In his book he describes a future where artificial intelligence is not only part of your daily routine, but also your biology.

I have been thinking a lot about this and wonder if these new AI beings would accept traditional currencies or would only 'trust' the reliability of the blockchain.

What do you think?

I agree we will one day be part robot, i guess since we are still part organic this will influence our decisions.  I think everyone would make decisions like we do now just better and faster.  So currently the choice would be bitcoin.

[Synister]

Of course I would choose Bitcoin. Bitcoin is a currency that is very sophisticated, safe, fast and decentralized. I think it is very suitable for Robots

[johnyj]

Robot do not need money, they are not greedy like human, they can create anything by themselves

[ikydesu]

If you were an artificial intelligent robot, what currency would you accept?

Of course i will use digital currency(although digibyte, bitcoin or something bytecoin, ect), suitable for robot.

Robot do not need money, they are not greedy like human, they can create anything by themselves

Case closed


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[Rude Boy]

Simple
if i were an artificial intelligent robot, i'll prefer to create my own coin.  -_-
or
if i wanted to be select any existing crypto coin, then i'll prefer DOGE or Bytecoin

[bombartier357]

What book are you talking about? I think I've read this and was wondering a similar thing a while back but never asked it.

The singularity is near by Ray Kurzweil..

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Singularity_Is_Near

[RodeoX]

I would accept bitcoin because only bitcoin would accept me. 

[cellard]

Robot do not need money, they are not greedy like human, they can create anything by themselves

Actually I fail to understand robots needing literally anything. I'll never grasp the concept of true robot IA. What would be their motives, unless they are scripted?

[Hazir]

I see what op did there. He was under the impression that if something is robotic it will be 'humanly robotic'. It will be an AI who will just be acting like a human. And that is root of all misunderstanding here. Robots - (of course we are assuming they will be programed in ideal way, not to resemble and emulate humans) would probably won't be needing any sort of currency in the way we know and use it. Currency is something we humans come up with because we are just greedy bastards.

[BitcoinFX]

"If you were an artificial intelligent robot, what currency would you accept?"

Electricity    

 

[--Encrypted--]

That depends on my programing. duh.

[Sarthak]

Suppose I am an Artificial Intelligence robot:

I am a robot! Since you defined me as Artificial "Intelligence" robot, I am of course "Intelligent" enough! So I would love to create my own coin, mine 10 million coins and start accepting my own coin

That would make an Artificial "Intelligence" robot rich enough! Intelligence pays

[BADecker]

First, people ARE artificial intelligence. Only God is the real intelligence.

As an artificial intelligence, why not play the Forex and gain value from any of the currencies? When Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies are accepted in standard Forex activities, they will tend to take the foundation out from under the fiat currencies. When the fiats collapse, all that will be left is Bitcoin. Those who play the Forex markets after Bitcoin is included in them, will make a fortune if they bet on Bitcoin.

Biotcoin is already making inroads into the Forex.

[R2D221]

First, people ARE artificial intelligence. Only God is the real intelligence.

Let's try not to get religious. It can get quite messy.

[hikedoon]

A.I. ROBOT WANT BATTERIES. 

[BADecker]

First, people ARE artificial intelligence. Only God is the real intelligence.

Let's try not to get religious. It can get quite messy.

Good idea. After all, only God is intelligent enough to understand the truth about religion anyway.

[R2D221]

First, people ARE artificial intelligence. Only God is the real intelligence.

Let's try not to get religious. It can get quite messy.

Good idea. After all, only God is intelligent enough to understand the truth about religion anyway.

Stop it.

[BADecker]

First, people ARE artificial intelligence. Only God is the real intelligence.

Let's try not to get religious. It can get quite messy.

Good idea. After all, only God is intelligent enough to understand the truth about religion anyway.

Stop it.

Are you placing your order? You should really up-front me some cash, sorta like a down payment, just so I get something when I comply.

 

[boopy265420]

If I was robot and to chose the currency that would be no other than Bitcoin. Bitcoin is still at early stages and needs to be discovered. It is biggest creation of man in last 500 years which will change all financial structure in coming years.

[R2D221]

First, people ARE artificial intelligence. Only God is the real intelligence.

Let's try not to get religious. It can get quite messy.

Good idea. After all, only God is intelligent enough to understand the truth about religion anyway.

Stop it.

Are you placing your order? You should really up-front me some cash, sorta like a down payment, just so I get something when I comply.

If I can have some fries with that, then yes.

[bornil267645]

I would have wanted anonymity more than the currency itself, so I would have gone for the bitcoin. Because of the anonymous nature of the bitcoin, makes it easy for me to buy several things.

[InvestONEr]

MysteryCoin

[Mehek]

if I was a artificial robot then I will probiably use datacoins though they are even easyest to mine

[Lorenzo]

I am a big advocate of the 'singularity' described by Ray Kurzweil.  In his book he describes a future where artificial intelligence is not only part of your daily routine, but also your biology.

I have been thinking a lot about this and wonder if these new AI beings would accept traditional currencies or would only 'trust' the reliability of the blockchain.

What do you think?

I would think that money would become irrelevant in a post-singularitarian world. Money exists because we have limited goods and resources. A post-singularitarian economy would be a post-scarcity economy, and so the need for money would no longer exist.

Also, I predict that the sci-fi scenario of humans and machines being equal in intelligence will only last a year or two at most. Once machines become equal in intelligence to us, almost immediately they will become much better. After another year or so, the divide between machines and modern-day humans would resemble the divide between humans and cats or dogs today (remember: Moore's law breaks down after the singularity). Humans probably won't go extinct. Rather, advancements in bio-engineering (or more specifically, the convergence of biology, computer science, and nanoscience) would mean that the distinction between man and machine will cease to exist.

[jjacob]

They might start off with a store of energy, like batteries.
Primitive civilizations used food (grains) as a store of value. 

[cakir]

Hey guyz, I've stumbled this news today, I think it's related to this topic

A robot given $100 a week in bitcoins to buy whatever it wanted from the deep web, has purchased a Hungarian passport, a baseball cap fixed with a hidden camera, fake Diesel jeans, a stash can, 200 Chesterfield cigarettes and 10 yellow pills containing 90mg of MDMA each.

http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/technology/robot-that-bought-mdma-passport-and-baseball-cap-released-by-authorities-31150495.html

Conclusion: that's a bad idea to give an AI robot bitcoin they spend money on they can't use.

[Hydros]

As a smart robot I'd only accept Bitcoin of course. Only currency that my assets can't be frozen by a credit card company, plus I'd be able to send and receive money with ease instead of waiting days for bank transfers etc.

[BTC_Superman]

I accept Bitcoin, because it is more popular day by day.

[louise123]

What would an artificial intelligence robot need money for?
And what made you ask this question?
Are you going to build one?