Protocol Labs: Past, Present and Future | Juan Benet

Within the next few years and decades, major technological advancements will bring massive scale changes that will fundamentally alter what it means to be a human. Artificial general intelligence, brain-computer interfaces, augmented and virtual realities. These developments will shape how we live, work, play, interact - exist. Conversely, if we aren’t careful enough, these technologies could also cause dire unintended consequences, including mass extinction or basically, enable us to accidentally wipe out our entire species.
The future is a tightrope, and it’s more vital than ever that as we develop these groundbreaking technologies, we are intentional in baking in good outcomes during the R&D process.
On September 28, 2023 at the PL Leads Summit in Iceland, Juan Benet, founder and CEO of Protocol Labs, shared his vision for how PL is responding to these changes by creating an ecosystem for projects, teams, and companies to build technology for today and the future. It will require a new way of thinking, an ambitious vision that includes building an innovation network with a comprehensive research and development pipeline, fostering world-class teams, promoting open source technologies, and utilizing the crypto and venture capital model to support and grow projects. The goal is to reshape economies and governance systems globally while ensuring safe outcomes and addressing challenges, such as securing the internet and digital human rights.
Chapters:
00:50 PL's mission to drive breakthroughs
02:55 PL Vision - Why, What, How
07:30 Securing the internet and establishing digital human rights
10:09 Upgrading our economies and governance systems
14:08 Develop safe VR, AR, AGI, Robotics, BCI, WBE
17:28 Accelerate R&D with an innovation network
19:44 Companies vs. innovation networks
30:15 Funding structures for R&D efforts
32:25 PL past - the first 10 years
40:28 PL in its present state
43:01 PL future
PL Vision talk from PL Summit 22: kzbin.infob6tnt24cIIw
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