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AI Podcasts

December 31, 2025

[State of Evals] LMArena's $100M Vision — Anastasios Angelopoulos, LMArena

Latent Space

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from static benchmarks to "Vibe-as-a-Service" means model labs must optimize for human delight rather than just loss curves.
  2. Use Arena’s open-source data releases to fine-tune models on real-world prompt distributions.
  3. In a world of synthetic data and benchmark saturation, human preference is the only remaining scarce resource for validating frontier capabilities.
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December 31, 2025

[State of Context Engineering] Agentic RAG, Context Rot, MCP, Subagents — Nina Lopatina, Contextual

Latent Space

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from Model-Centric to Context-Centric AI. As base models commoditize, the value moves to the proprietary data retrieval and prompt optimization layers.
  2. Implement an instruction-following re-ranker. Use small models to filter retrieval results before they hit the main context window to maintain high precision.
  3. Context is the new moat. Your ability to coordinate sub-agents and manage context rot will determine your product's reliability over the next year.
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December 31, 2025

[NeurIPS Best Paper] 1000 Layer Networks for Self-Supervised RL — Kevin Wang et al, Princeton

Latent Space

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The convergence of RL and self-supervised learning. As the boundary between "learning to see" and "learning to act" blurs, the winning agents will be those that treat the world as a giant classification problem.
  2. Prioritize depth over width. When building action-oriented models, increase layer count while maintaining residual paths to maximize intelligence per parameter.
  3. The "Scaling Laws" have arrived for RL. Expect a new class of robotics and agents that learn from raw interaction data rather than human-crafted reward functions.
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December 31, 2025

[State of AI Papers 2025] Fixing Research with Social Signals, OCR & Implementation — Team AlphaXiv

Latent Space

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Age of Scaling is hitting a wall, leading to a migration toward reasoning and recursive models like TRM that win on efficiency.
  2. Filter your research feed by implementation ease rather than just citation count to accelerate your development cycle.
  3. In a world of AI-generated paper slop, the ability to quickly spin up a sandbox and verify code is the only sustainable competitive advantage for AI labs.
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December 31, 2025

[State of MechInterp] SAEs in Production, Circuit Tracing, AI4Science, "Pragmatic" Interp — Goodfire

Latent Space

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from Black Box to Glass Box AI. Trust is the next moat, and interpretability is the tool to build it.
  2. Use feature probing for high-stakes monitoring. It is more effective and cheaper than using LLMs as judges for tasks like PII scrubbing.
  3. Understanding model internals is no longer just a safety research project. It is a production requirement for any builder deploying AI in regulated or high-stakes environments over the next 12 months.
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December 31, 2025

[State of Code Evals] After SWE-bench, Code Clash & SOTA Coding Benchmarks recap — John Yang

Latent Space

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from completion to agency means benchmarks are moving from static snapshots to active environments.
  2. Integrate unsolvable test cases into internal evaluations to measure model honesty.
  3. Success in AI coding depends on navigating the messy, interactive reality of production codebases rather than chasing high scores on memorized puzzles.
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December 31, 2025

[State of Research Funding] Beyond NSF, Slingshots, Open Frontiers — Andy Konwinski, Laude Institute

Latent Space

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The center of gravity in AI is moving from closed-door pre-training to open-source compound systems that prioritize context management.
  2. Identify research teams with long histories of collaboration and fund them before they incorporate to capture the highest upside.
  3. Open research is the only way to maintain a democratic and competitive AI ecosystem against both closed labs and international rivals.
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December 29, 2025

Beyond the Code: The Books That Shaped the Minds of AI Leaders

Turing Post

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from technology push to market pull requires builders to stop focusing on the stack and start obsessing over user psychology.
  2. Apply the Mom Test by asking users about their current workflows instead of pitching your solution. This prevents building expensive features that nobody uses.
  3. The next decade of AI will be won by those who understand the human condition as deeply as they understand the transformer architecture.
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December 29, 2025

Memory in LLMs: Weights and Activations - Jack Morris, Cornell

AI Engineer

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Trend: Moving from "In-Context Learning" to "Weight-Based Memory" to bypass the quadratic costs of attention.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Use synthetic data generation to augment your fine tuning sets and prevent the model from forgetting its base knowledge.
  3. RAG is a stopgap. The long term winners will be those who build "neural file systems" where the model inherently knows the data.
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Crypto Podcasts

February 27, 2025

Why MegaETH Leaves Consensus to Ethereum

The DCo Podcast

Crypto

Key Takeaways:

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  • 1. Enhanced Security through Ethereum: By outsourcing consensus to Ethereum, MegaETH leverages a highly secure and decentralized network, minimizing vulnerabilities associated with centralized consensus mechanisms.
  • 2. Performance Optimization: Avoiding its own consensus process allows MegaETH to reduce latency and boost transaction speeds, making it a high-performance blockchain solution.
  • 3. Strategic Leveraging of Established Protocols: Developers and investors should consider the benefits of utilizing established consensus protocols like Ethereum’s to ensure robust security while focusing on other aspects of blockchain performance.
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February 25, 2025

The State Of Crypto & AI | Illia Polosukhin & Bowen Wang

Lightspeed

Crypto
AI
Infrastructure

Key Takeaways:

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  • 1. NEAR is pioneering a unified blockchain infrastructure integrating AI, eliminating the need for multiple chains and enhancing user experience.
  • 2. The launch of NEAR 2.0 with fully sharded architecture and reduced block times positions NEAR as a scalable and high-performance blockchain platform.
  • 3. NEAR’s focus on chain abstraction and Trusted Execution Environments sets it apart from other blockchain and Layer 2 solutions, offering a more seamless and secure user experience.
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February 25, 2025

Futarchy Deep Dive: Can Markets Make Better Decisions? | Proph3t

Bell Curve

Crypto
AI
Others

Key Takeaways:

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  • 1. Futarchy harnesses market efficiency to potentially outperform traditional governance in decision-making.
  • 2. Crypto’s regulatory resistance is essential for implementing innovative governance models like futarchy.
  • 3. Enhanced liquidity and decentralized capital formation are critical for the scalability and success of futarchy-based organizations.
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February 24, 2025

Where Does Crypto Go From Here? | EP 71

Good Game Podcast

Crypto
AI
Infrastructure

Key Takeaways:

  • 1. Focus on Financial Utility: Crypto's strongest and most sustainable applications remain within the financial sector, emphasizing the need for robust, revenue-generating projects over speculative tokens.
  • 2. Leverage AI for Innovation: Startups that effectively integrate AI to solve real-world problems, particularly in personalized applications, are poised for significant growth and competitive advantage.
  • 3. Embrace Tokenization: The future of equity and capital formation lies in tokenizing shares and streamlining IPO processes on-chain, presenting a transformative opportunity for startups and investors alike.
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February 24, 2025

Solana’s Vibe Shift, Restaking, and Yapping About Kaito | Ian Unsworth

0xResearch

Crypto
DeFi
AI

Key Takeaways:

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  • 1. Solana’s Dependence on Meme Coins: While meme coins drive substantial revenue for Solana, they also introduce significant vulnerabilities amid changing market sentiments and regulatory pressures.
  • 2. Staking Yield Dynamics: Proposed reductions in staking yields are unlikely to trigger mass unstaking but will push the ecosystem towards more liquid and innovative staking solutions.
  • 3. Kaido’s Tokenomics Potential: Emerging platforms like Kaido offer novel tokenomics and AI integration, presenting new opportunities and challenges in monetizing user engagement and attention.
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February 24, 2025

Memes are Dead, Long Live the Memes | Nick Tomaino

Empire

Crypto
DeFi

Key Takeaways:

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  • 1. Meme coins, while initially promising, often exploit retail investors through pump and dump schemes, necessitating a wary approach.
  • 2. Investing in crypto requires a long-term vision, focusing on meaningful projects and founders committed to sustained growth over fleeting gains.
  • 3. Stablecoins are pivotal in maintaining the US dollar's global influence and are set to grow with increasing adoption and regulatory support.
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