Illia Polosukhin, Co-founder NEAR Protocol

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2025

Illia Polosukhin co-authored the paper, "Attention Is All You Need" that made ChatGPT possible. Now he says the entire AI system is broken and dangerously centralized. In this episode of The Neuron Podcast, we explore his radical solution: User-Owned AI that puts control back in your hands through blockchain, confidential computing, and autonomous agents. Learn why the co-creator of transformers believes we're heading toward a dystopian AI future unless we act now.