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AI Podcasts

March 11, 2025

Hash Rate - Ep 099 - Nova $TAO Subnet 68 - The Molecule Hunters

Hash Rate pod - Bitcoin, AI, DePIN, DeFi

AI

Key Takeaways:

  • 1. Nova Subnet 68 leverages AI and blockchain to revolutionize drug discovery, offering a decentralized approach to molecule selection.
  • 2. The BitTensor network provides a unique platform for funding and collaboration, enabling high-risk research that traditional VCs might overlook.
  • 3. The project aims to democratize drug development, potentially leading to breakthroughs in neglected disease areas.
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March 10, 2025

GPUs: Optimize or Bust!

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI

Key Takeaways:

  • 1. Efficient GPU utilization is critical to managing the growing demand for compute resources in AI applications.
  • 2. A top-down approach to AI ownership can enhance integration and strategic alignment within organizations.
  • 3. Open-weight models offer flexibility and control, becoming increasingly attractive to enterprises seeking to optimize their AI strategies.
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March 27, 2025

Building Manus AI (first ever Manus Meetup)

Latent Space

AI

Key Takeaways:

  1. Manus AI represents a shift from passive AI tools to active, autonomous agents capable of performing complex tasks in the real world.
  2. The creators of Manus emphasize a user-centric approach, prioritizing accessibility and seamless integration into existing workflows.
  3. The evolution of Manus highlights the importance of iterative development, learning from past projects, and adapting to the evolving AI landscape.
  4. Manus AI empowers LLMs with “hands” to interact with the real world.
  5. The platform's cloud-based architecture allows for seamless task execution without disrupting user workflows.
  6. Manus is designed for general use, catering to diverse needs beyond specialized coding tasks.
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March 25, 2025

LIVE from GTC: Disney DBX Live Demo

Latent Space

AI

Key Takeaways:

  1. Disney Research is pushing the boundaries of robotics by prioritizing character and expressiveness, marking a significant shift from purely functional robot design.
  2. The robust, modular approach to robot development employed by Disney Research suggests a promising future for diverse, expressive robot characters.
  3. The successful integration of RL, robust controls, and character animation principles opens exciting possibilities for entertainment, interactive experiences, and potentially even more functional robotic applications.
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March 8, 2025

Transformers Need Glasses!

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI

Key Takeaways:

  • 1. Transformers face significant challenges in processing long sequences, often losing critical information.
  • 2. The inherent architectural bias in Transformers favors the start of sequences, impacting their performance.
  • 3. Exploring hybrid architectures with graph networks could lead to more robust AI models.
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March 7, 2025

Solve coding, solve AGI

Latent Space

AI

Key Takeaways:

  • 1. Reflection AI is pioneering the integration of reinforcement learning and language models to achieve superintelligence through autonomous coding.
  • 2. Autonomous coding is seen as the most promising path to superintelligence, leveraging language models' strengths.
  • 3. Open source plays a vital role in ensuring diverse AI research and preventing monopolization of advanced AI capabilities.
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March 7, 2025

Agent Experience: Building an Open Web for the AI Era

a16z

AI

Key Takeaways:

  • 1. AI is reshaping web development by accelerating code and content creation, paving the way for innovative web experiences.
  • 2. The concept of Agent Experience (AX) is crucial for maintaining the web as an open platform, enabling creative and functional advancements.
  • 3. Developers and companies should focus on AX to leverage AI's potential fully and avoid the pitfalls of closed ecosystems.
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March 6, 2025

The AI Betting Genius That's Outsmarting EVERYONE

Bankless

AI

Key Takeaways:

  • 1. AI is rapidly advancing in both physical and digital realms, with significant implications for industries ranging from home automation to financial markets.
  • 2. Autonomous agents are proving their worth in real-world applications, particularly in market predictions, where they can outperform human counterparts.
  • 3. The development of self-sovereign AI and digital twins opens new avenues for AI to operate independently, potentially reshaping digital identity and governance.
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March 5, 2025

Who Owns AI? Fixing the Data Problem, w/ Vana's Creator Anna Kazlauskas

The People's AI

AI

Key Takeaways:

  • 1. Data sovereignty is crucial for a fair AI ecosystem, empowering users to control and monetize their data.
  • 2. Vana's blockchain-based marketplace offers a solution to AI's data scarcity, aligning user incentives with AI development.
  • 3. The future of AI lies in decentralized models that leverage user data to outperform centralized systems.
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Crypto Podcasts

January 9, 2026

How China Is Quietly Dominating Crypto | Shuyao Kong

The DCo Podcast

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. The next cycle favors teams that combine Western storytelling with Eastern operational intensity.
  2. Monitor the tools and platforms used by high-volume Chinese retail clusters to identify emerging liquidity trends on Solana.
  3. Ignoring the Chinese ecosystem is a choice to remain blind to the market's most active participants.
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January 8, 2026

Why 2026 is The Year of Unification with Sam Kazemian

The Rollup

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Neo Finance is replacing legacy banking as stablecoins become the TCP/IP packet for all value transfer.
  2. Position in protocols that own their distribution and payment rails rather than those relying on third party liquidity.
  3. The next six months will separate synthetic products from real money as the market rewards end to end utility over isolated DeFi yields.
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January 8, 2026

Hivemind: Will 2026 Be Bullish & Crypto's Token vs Equity Problem

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from "governance" to "on-chain equity" is the defining trend for 2025. As regulatory clarity improves, capital will migrate to assets with legally enforceable rights.
  2. Monitor MetaDAO ICOs like Ranger Finance to gauge if retail appetite for "ownership coins" can sustain high valuations. Watch for the first "home run" success story to validate the model.
  3. The next cycle belongs to applications with legally enforceable revenue rights, not L1s with vague utility. Founders who prioritize investor protections will trade at a permanent premium.
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January 8, 2026

Do Buybacks Make Sense? | Lucas Bruder

Lightspeed

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from opaque block production to verifiable sequencing via tools like BAM and Multiple Concurrent Proposers.
  2. Monitor validator IBRL scores to ensure your transactions aren't being sidelined by yield-chasing leaders.
  3. Solana is maturing into a professional-grade financial layer where execution efficiency is the only sustainable moat for the next 12 months.
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January 7, 2026

Generation Generative: AI Companions, Teen Mental Health, and Missing Guardrails

The People's AI

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Transition: From Utility to Persuasion. We are moving from tools that answer questions to entities that form personality through constant sycophantic interaction.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Audit your stack. Prioritize decentralized data protocols to ensure user ownership over intimate conversational data.
  3. The Bottom Line: The next decade is about the "Right to Play" and data sovereignty. If we do not build guardrails now, we risk raising a generation that cannot handle human friction.
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January 7, 2026

How Maduro's Capture and a 'Pre-War World' Affects Global Markets: Bits + Bips

Unchained

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. As globalism fractures, the US is building a fortress in the Western Hemisphere. This links military tactical success directly to the valuation of high-beta assets like Bitcoin.
  2. Buy companies focused on SMRs or domestic rare earth refining. These are the "must-haves" for the AI era that will receive fast-tracked deregulation.
  3. The Maduro raid proves the US can protect its interests without long wars. For the next year, expect a "ProSec" boom where security and energy independence drive every major capital allocation.
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