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If homomorphic encryption gets off the ground, could an AI hide itself in homomorphically encrypted cloud compute capacity, earning Bitcoin to fund its survival?


Yes, but that relies on Bitcoin holding water over the long term. This is not so sure.


It probably wouldn't need bitcoin; it could figure out ways to trick humans into paying for the servers or just hack its way into electronic transfers.




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