Ethereum builders on AI steroids, but who reviews the slop?

AI can spin up a working smart contract in an afternoon. So who makes sure it won't drain your wallet? And if attackers have the same AI tools you do, how do Ethereum's core builders stay ahead? This Octant Epoch 12 livestream brings together four teams building the tools the rest of Ethereum runs on. Gnosis co-founder Friederike Ernst introduces the Ethereum Economic Zone & her plan to make Ethereum's fragmented networks composable again. EAS's Bryce argues for attestations as a trust layer for agent-written code. Solidity DevRel Jacob explains why his team now reviews AI pull requests slower, and last but not least, Remix's Andrew shares how the most-used Solidity IDE is bringing AI to builders in the global south. Octant's community lead, Nico, hosts; Consensys DevRel Francesco co-hosts. The conversation gets into why "you only need to be wrong once" makes AI a double-edged sword, the flood of AI slop pull requests hitting the Solidity repo (600+ open issues, one high-severity bug in February). Friederike's Team Blue against a Team Red that now finds vulnerabilities in days. Plus why Core Solidity is being redesigned to catch whole bug categories at compile time, and her line that the AI version of "not your keys, not your crypto" is "not your weights, not your brain." Speakers: Nico, Octant (X: @nicnode) Francesco, Consensys / MetaMask (X: @francescoswiss) Friederike Ernst, Gnosis / Ethereum Economic Zone (X: @tw_tter) Andrew, Remix (X: @EthereumRemix) Jacob, Solidity / Argo Collective (X: @_czepluch) Bryce, EAS (X: @brycepatrick) // TIMESTAMPS // 00:00 — Intro: Octant Epoch 12 and "AI on steroids" 03:24 — Meet the builders: EZ, Remix, Solidity, EAS 04:13 — Friederike: the Ethereum Economic Zone 08:56 — Bryce: EAS and verifiable data for agents 10:53 — Jacob: Solidity and the Argo Collective 12:48 — Andrew: Remix and democratizing AI dev 16:48 — What AI actually automates in Ethereum dev 21:29 — Team Blue vs Team Red: AI-aided exploits 27:45 — Who reviews the AI slop? 42:20 — Core Solidity, built for LLMs 48:05 — Local LLMs: "not your weights, not your brain" 54:07 — Closing: what Epoch 12 funding unlocks Projects in this Epoch 12 live: Ethereum Economic Zone (Gnosis): https://x.com/gnosischain Remix: https://x.com/EthereumRemix Solidity: https://x.com/solidity_lang EAS: https://x.com/EAS_eth This livestream is part of Octant's Epoch 12 funding round. Allocate before June 30 at https://octant.app/ & https://epoch.octant.app/ Learn more about Octant: https://octant.build/ Subscribe to our newsletter: https://octant.substack.com/ Follow us on X: https://x.com/OctantApp