Podcasts Technology POD OF JAKE #119 - ILLIA POLOSUKHIN

#119 - ILLIA POLOSUKHIN

Published: Nov. 3, 2022, noon

Illia is a Co-Founder of NEAR Protocol, a fully sharded, proof-of-stake, Layer 1 blockchain. NEAR has raised over $500 million and is widely considered one of the most promising projects in the blockchain space. Prior to NEAR, Illia managed a team of Deep Learning and Natural Language Understanding Researchers at Google Research where he worked on building TensorFlow. Follow Illia on Twitter @ilblackdragon.

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[2:18] - How an early interest in computer programming led Illia down a path towards artificial intelligence and blockchains

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[16:45] - Existing blockchain issues that led to the creation of the NEAR Protocol

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[19:52] - NEAR\u2019s focus on scalability and usability for long-term adoption

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[26:00] - Why Illia views sharding as the superior strategy to scale blockchains

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[34:47] - NEAR\u2019s approach to encourage adoption of its tech stack

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[47:20] - Governance considerations for NEAR\u2019s decentralized ecosystem

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[55:10] - The coming convergence of blockchain and artificial intelligence

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