In 2023, OpenAI changed the world by releasing ChatGPT, the first AI that’s actually intelligent. Technology aside, ChatGPT shifted attention in the tech world away from crypto and NFTs to AI, resulting in capital and talent flight. The prices of cryptocurrencies going down and increased regulatory hostility from the SEC were the icing on the cake. In this historical context, it’s easy for people still working in crypto (like yours truly) to start asking themselves: why not switch to working in AI?