> I'd wager both fields have had roughly the same human capital afforded to them Highly unlikely. AI received massive government funding. Digital cash not so m

> I'd wager both fields have had roughly the same human capital afforded to them Highly unlikely. AI received massive government funding. Digital cash not so much. There are thousands of labs studying AI, not so with digital cash. Also digital cash is just one use case, there wasn't efforts towards a generic blockchain in those days.