AI purpose

[mda]

Doesn't anybody beside me think that the hidden purpose behind AI hysteria is to use its computing power to pierce cryptocurency hashrate armour?

[ertil]

to pierce cryptocurency hashrate armour?

To achieve that, AI would need to know, how to count. Now, not only existing AI models don't know, how to compute SHA-256 (not to mention double SHA-256), but they fail at simple counting.

Ask AI model to count from one to one million. Let us know, when you will succeed. Because it often looks like that: https://www.facebook.com/reel/1138880084809988

[mda]

to pierce cryptocurency hashrate armour?

AI would need to know, how to count.

I didn't mean AI would do this, somebody could just reprogram GPUs used for AI to attack cryptocurrency.

[Ambatman]

Doesn't anybody beside me think that the hidden purpose behind AI hysteria is to use its computing power to pierce cryptocurency hashrate armour?

Are we going to start saying the hidden reason why Cure for cancer isn't around is because they want to destroy Bitcoin?
Everything isn't about destroying Bitcoin.


Adding to what Ertil stated, If the goal was truly to dominate hashrates
it would make more sense to build ASIC farms directly rather than through AI's.
Totally ineffective.
And mind you it's miners that chose to diversify with AI companies to hedge against the volatility in market.

AI would need to know, how to count.

I didn't mean AI would do this, somebody could just reprogram GPUs used for AI to attack cryptocurrency.
[/quote] To attack they still need to control 51% of the  Hash rate and this would be limited to GPU based coins
Wouldn't work on SHA 256.

[ABCbits]

Doesn't anybody beside me think that the hidden purpose behind AI hysteria is to use its computing power to pierce cryptocurency hashrate armour?

Before we dive into technical stuff, you should know that market cap of company that offer AI service[1] is much bigger than current Bitcoin market cap (around $2.2T when i write this post). The market cap doesn't include private company such as OpenAI that estimated to have $300B valuation[2].

to pierce cryptocurency hashrate armour?

AI would need to know, how to count.

I didn't mean AI would do this, somebody could just reprogram GPUs used for AI to attack cryptocurrency.

1. If you mean 51% hashrate attack, it's not applicable to Bitcoin since GPU is far less efficient than ASIC for SHA-256 operation.
2. There are some BTC mining software that still support GPU usage. So no reprogram or writing new program is required.
3. If you look at https://whattomine.com/, many GPU-mineable coin already have small market cap. You can destroy those coins without massive amount of GPU owned by AI company.

[1] https://companiesmarketcap.com/artificial-intelligence/largest-ai-companies-by-marketcap/
[2] https://techcrunch.com/2025/08/01/openai-reportedly-raises-8-3b-at-300b-valuation/

[mcdouglasx]

the closest enemy (theoretically, since it is still very far away) of bitcoin is quantum computing, AI will not do anything about it, AI is not made for the necessary force, it is made for reasoning, so wanting to attack bitcoin with AI would be a waste of time, the only way I see in which AI could confront cryptocurrencies would be to dedicate it to mathematics, and to test weak points in cryptography, to see if by chance a formula that violates secp256k1 is rediscovered, but nobody in their right mind would do this, I think if someone wants to discover something through AI, they would focus on things that generate more money, also the expense would be too risky.
it's about brute force vs reasoning.

[Mia Chloe]

Doesn't anybody beside me think that the hidden purpose behind AI hysteria is to use its computing power to pierce cryptocurency hashrate armour?

Firstly I think for the purpose of this discussion is important to clarify that is a huge difference between AI usage and quantum computing. Yeah they can actually make use of quantum computing probably in the future giving an AI model access to it but directly speaking quantum computing is very different from AI.

If it's about making use of an AI to create the scenario of a 51% attack well I don't think it will pretty much cut it. Basically a majority of the time if a particular body is able to pull that amount of power they may not necessarily use it to reorg the block.