The Integration of AI and Decentralization in Physical Networks: Future Directions for Robot Technology Development

Artificial intelligence is developing at an astonishing speed, showing explosive growth in areas such as computing power, bandwidth, energy, and data. However, this highly centralized development model has also raised concerns about technological monopolies. To address this, the industry is exploring new directions that combine AI with decentralized physical infrastructure networks (DePIN) to achieve a more open and sustainable technological ecosystem.

DePIN provides AI with the "five senses" to perceive the real world and the "four limbs" to execute actions, helping to build truly embodied intelligence. It can assist AI development from three aspects:

1. Provide more real and diverse data. DePIN devices can collect various types of high-quality data, such as human operations, synthetic simulations, and video learning, to provide richer material for AI training.

2. Improve capital efficiency. Decentralization networks can distribute the capital burden, allowing small startup teams to also have the opportunity to participate in development. At the same time, it accelerates data collection and evaluation, providing researchers with the necessary computing resources.

3. Innovative business models. DePIN-driven AI agents can create a self-sustaining economic cycle through token incentives, providing continuous momentum for the development of Bots technology.

Despite the fact that DePIN currently only accounts for 0.1% of the AI market, the growth potential is immense. Financing data shows that mature projects are expanding in scale. Leading projects in various subsectors are still in the early stages, with vast development space in the future.

Some institutions have begun to pay attention to the combination of DePIN and AI. Grayscale added two DePIN projects in its latest quarterly report, reflecting a focus on the non-speculative applications of blockchain technology in the real world.

Overall, the integration of DePIN and AI is accelerating innovation in Bots technology, promising to create a more open and diverse technological ecosystem. With more participants joining, this field is expected to achieve leapfrog development in the next decade.