Near founder says AI agents will be primary blockchain users

Illia Polosukhin, co-founder of Near Protocol (NEAR), predicted that AI agents will become the primary users of blockchain in the future. In an interview with CoinDesk, he envisioned a future where AI serves as the front end and blockchain as the back end. According to Polosukhin, AI will become the main interface layer for all online activities, including crypto, by abstracting away complex elements like wallets and explorers to make them invisible to the user. The goal, he explained, is to make blockchain invisible through AI. In this model, AI agents would interact directly with protocols to handle various tasks while the blockchain operates in the background, leaving humans to simply communicate with the AI. He forecasted that within a few years, AI will function as the front end for everything, much like an operating system.