Susan Oh - Blockchain for Impact (Odyssey Hackathon 2019)

At the Odyssey Hackathon, earlier this year, Lykle was able to have a talk with Susan Oh, co-chair for AI at the ngo Blockchain for Impact. They talk about the various ways “blockchains” and artificial intelligence can work together and reinforce each other. She is also a “professional AI and blockchain BS detector”, and much of her work involves channeling precious time and energy towards the few projects that actually solve a real problem and are possible and somewhat scalable. Susan shares some interesting thoughts on ecosystem building, entrepreneurship, incentives and public-private cooperation. A “public digital infrastructure” is great, but without a culture that rewards entrepreneurship and risk-taking, very little will be built on that infrastructure ...