Ethereum co-founder Lubin: AI will become a key turning point in the next stage of the crypto industry, but vigilance is needed against tech giants' monopolies

According to CoinDesk, Ethereum co-founder Joseph Lubin stated that artificial intelligence will be a critical turning point in the next phase of the crypto industry, but if computing power and infrastructure are controlled by a few large tech companies, it could pose systemic risks.
In the future, AI agents could autonomously execute transactions, collaborate, and verify on blockchain networks, becoming the foundation of the "machine economy," while cryptography and decentralized systems will ensure transparency and accountability, enabling machines to supervise each other.
Additionally, he believes that traditional finance and DeFi are accelerating their integration, driving the global economy toward more refined and programmable development, and that quantum computing risks are long-term manageable issues, with Ethereum developers already planning ahead to address them.