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AI Podcasts

June 18, 2025

subnet tokens on bittenor are the next ethereum ico boom

Ventura Labs

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Asymmetric Opportunity: BitTensor subnets provide exposure to AI innovation comparable to billion-dollar startups but at a fraction of their market caps.
  2. Volatility is a Feature, Not a Bug: Expect significant price swings, reminiscent of early crypto. The long-term potential can dwarf initial entry points.
  3. The Access Arbitrage: The current complexity of the BitTensor ecosystem creates an "early bird" advantage for those who can navigate it, potentially leading to outsized returns.
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June 17, 2025

Oxford Professor: "AIs are strange new minds"

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. AI's Reality Hack: Supervised learning allows AIs to understand the world via language alone, a game-changer forcing us to rethink intelligence beyond sensory input.
  2. The Autonomy Trap: The rise of agentic, personalized AIs that act for us threatens unforeseen systemic chaos and could amplify individuals' most dangerous beliefs.
  3. Our Faustian Pact with AI: We're trading authenticity and control for AI-driven convenience, risking a "gradual disempowerment" where human agency is systematically diminished.
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June 17, 2025

Harry Dewhirst: What If the Physical World Had an API? — 375ai, DePIN, and Real-Time Data for AI

Delphi Digital

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. 375AI’s targeted deployment in high-value zones yields monetizable data from the outset, sidestepping the "build it and they will come" pitfall common in DePIN.
  2. For real-world sensor networks, processing data locally on devices is paramount for user privacy, regulatory compliance, and operational efficiency.
  3. AI models, especially LLMs, are hungry for real-time, high-fidelity data about the physical environment, creating a massive opportunity for networks like 375AI.
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June 16, 2025

AI is Revolutionizing Web Security - Bots, Agents, & Real-Time Defense

a16z

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Embrace Nuance: AI traffic isn't monolithic. Develop granular controls to allow beneficial AI while blocking malicious actors, understanding that AI can be a customer.
  2. Layer Your Defenses: Combine traditional methods with modern fingerprinting and identity verification, preparing for a future where AI analyzes traffic in real time.
  3. Context is King: Security decisions must be deeply integrated with application logic to avoid harming user experience or revenue.
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June 16, 2025

AI Model's Adaptability & Real World Potential

Latent Space

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Adaptability is King:** The model’s capacity to "course correct" and "power through" challenges is a pivotal advancement, promising more robust AI.
  2. **Real-World Agents Incoming:** This enhanced model is poised to accelerate the development of AI agents capable of practical, impactful tasks.
  3. **Hands-On for Breakthroughs:** The true potential will be realized as developers dive in, experiment, and translate these new capabilities into innovative applications.
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June 16, 2025

AI Will Bring Billions of Capital On-Chain — Here's How

The DCo Podcast

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Web2 Leads the Charge: Anticipate major Web2 companies leveraging their user base and trust to be the primary drivers bringing AI-powered capital on-chain initially.
  2. Agents are the Future: AI agents will be the killer app for crypto, finally delivering applications with mainstream utility and revenue potential.
  3. Parallel Evolution: The growth of AI in crypto will see Web2 institutional adoption and native crypto AI agent development advance simultaneously, creating a compounding effect on innovation and capital inflow.
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June 14, 2025

The Unwinding Of The Global U.S Dollar Trade | Weekly Roundup

Forward Guidance

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The U.S. Dollar's Dominance is Fraying: Decades of capital recycling into U.S. assets may reverse, boosting non-U.S. markets, gold, and Bitcoin while pressuring the dollar.
  2. AI is the New Geopolitical Battleground: The U.S.-China AI race will likely drive continued market support and investment into related infrastructure like nuclear and space tech.
  3. "Ponzanomics" Prevails: Expect continued fiscal expansion and market interventions (like Treasury buybacks) globally as governments prioritize economic stability and strategic goals over austerity.
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June 13, 2025

Gareth Howells: Bittensor Video Upscaling & Compression, VOD, AI, Crypto, Subnet 85 Vidaio | Ep. 48

Ventura Labs

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Compression is Cash: Vidaio’s bespoke AI compression offers enterprises 50%+ savings on video storage/bandwidth without sacrificing visual quality, targeting the 80% of internet traffic that is video.
  2. Bittensor’s Velocity: The decentralized Bittensor network acts as a powerful R&D engine, enabling Vidaio to out-innovate and outpace traditional development, turning concepts into market-ready solutions in months, not years.
  3. Token Tied to Utility: The success of Vidaio's alpha token hinges on securing enterprise clients and reinvesting revenues, making its value a direct reflection of its real-world utility and market penetration.
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June 13, 2025

Why the Robotics Revolution will be Powered by Decentralized AI, w/ the Founder of PrismaX

The People's AI

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Hardware Isn't the Holdup: Robot bodies are capable; their brains (AI) need smarter, real-world training.
  2. Data is the New Differentiator: Access to diverse, large-scale, real-world interaction data will determine the winners in robotics AI.
  3. Decentralization Unlocks Scale: PrismaX bets that a community-driven approach to data collection and teleoperation can overcome the biases and bottlenecks of centralized efforts, fueling the next wave of robotic intelligence.
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Crypto Podcasts

April 10, 2025

Ethereum Co-Founder: How Do We Fix Crypto? | Gavin Wood

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Hype Kills Efficiency: Crypto's obsession with hype leads to dramatic misallocation of capital and talent, hindering real innovation.
  2. Utility is Lacking: Many popular platforms primarily facilitate speculation and insider enrichment, falling short of the original Web3 vision.
  3. Refocus on Fundamentals: The industry needs a renewed emphasis on core engineering and building a "viable social operating system," not just marketing narratives.
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April 10, 2025

Can Blockchain Fix AI's "IP Problem"? With Story Protocol co-founder Jason Zhao

The People's AI

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Fix IP's Plumbing: Today's IP system is archaic; Story Protocol leverages blockchain for a transparent, programmable, global alternative.
  2. Monetize AI Training: Instead of fighting AI, creators can use Story to set terms and get paid for allowing their IP to be used in AI training or outputs.
  3. Tokenize Everything: IP is a $61T+ asset class (songs, data, brands); protocols like Story unlock its value through tokenization (IPRWAs) and new licensing models.
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April 9, 2025

Are We In A Bear Market? | Carlos Gonzalez Campo

Lightspeed

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Fundamental Disconnect: Solana's network activity (DEX volume, stablecoins) is stronger now than when SOL last traded below $100, despite the recent price plunge.
  2. Diverging Narratives: Bitcoin is trading like non-sovereign money, reacting to macro news, while Solana's price is more closely tied to its Layer 1 competition with Ethereum.
  3. Leverage Alert: Near-record high Solana open interest (in SOL terms) indicates significant leverage, suggesting amplified volatility potential ahead.
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April 9, 2025

Trump Is “Kitchen Sinking” The US Economy | Darius Dale

Forward Guidance

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Expect Pain Before Gain: The transition requires near-term economic disruption and market volatility ("go down to go up") before potential long-term benefits materialize. Markets haven't fully priced this in.
  2. Fed Will Be Forced to Act: Ignore Fed rhetoric; expect QE driven by financial stability needs and the debt cycle, regardless of stated intentions about rate levels. Structural inflation near 3% makes the 2% target a source of policy error.
  3. Ditch Long Bonds, Embrace Systems: Structural inflation and fiscal risks make long-term bonds unattractive. Navigate the volatile "Fourth Turning" environment with systematic, rules-based strategies dynamically allocating across assets like stocks, gold, and Bitcoin, prioritizing risk management over prediction.
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April 8, 2025

Why Is Trump Nuking Markets? | Felix Jauvin

1000x Podcast

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Buy the Dip (Carefully): In times of extreme fear (VIX 50+, Equities -20%), layer into positions incrementally; don't try to perfectly time the bottom or get trapped holding losers.
  2. Bitcoin's Moment?: Deglobalization, capital controls, and foreign stimulus could provide short-to-medium term tailwinds for Bitcoin, potentially decoupling it from traditional risk assets.
  3. Inflation Is Likely Toast: Barring a hot war, the economic slowdown from tariffs likely outweighs direct price impacts, paving the way for eventual Fed easing, even if Powell plays coy for now.
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April 8, 2025

The State Of Solana With Carlos Gonzalez Campo

Lightspeed

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Apps Outearn the Chain: Solana apps are generating nearly twice the revenue ($1.84) per dollar compared to the network itself, proving strong economic viability on the platform.
  2. Fundamentals Over Price: Despite SOL's price drop, core network health indicators like stablecoin supply and DEX activity remain robust, suggesting the sell-off may be detached from on-chain reality.
  3. L1 Scaling is Priority: Solana is doubling down on enhancing the L1 directly via upgrades (like TPU feedback) and app-level innovation (off-chain elements), rejecting Ethereum's L2 path to keep liquidity unified.
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