Great points. The Singularity Insitute's project led by Ben Goertzel ties crypto together with exactly what you're envisioning. They are creating a decentralized AI platform with the notion being AI as a service. The platform will be a market for different AI's getting subtasks done.

Here's an article about it written in 2017. A quick search did not unearth much else.

https://cointelegraph.com/news/ben-goertzel-on-how-blockchain-can-be-used-to-decentralize-artificial-intelligence

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