Erik Voorhees came to NEARCON to discuss privacy in AI and left with a bigger takeaway. Everyone claims crypto x AI expertise, but @ilblackdragon is one of the rare voices with deep credibility across both worlds. Almost no one can claim that. "I have no credibility in AI. I'm a tourist." NEARCON is one of the few events attempting to fuse these communities. @ErikVoorhees argues the integration needs to go further and that Illia is one of the rare figureheads who can make it happen.