The Next Digital Frontier: User-Owned AI, Agents, & Open Infrastructure with George Zeng of NEAR

George Zeng, chief product officer at the NEAR Protocol, joins The Smart Economy Podcast to discuss the convergence of AI agents, crypto infrastructure, and user-owned intelligence. Zeng explains why decentralized AI matters, how agent-based systems could become the primary interface for the internet, and why combining crypto with AI may unlock new forms of ownership, privacy, and digital coordination.