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AI Podcasts

January 30, 2026

Anthropic’s Rise: Is OpenAI Losing Its Lead? w/ Patrick & Duncan

Milk Road AI

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Trillion-dollar AI compute investments create market divergence: immediate monetization (Meta) is rewarded, while slower conversion (Microsoft) faces skepticism, as geopolitical tensions rise over open-source model parity.
  2. Prioritize AI models balancing raw intelligence with superior user experience and collaborative features, as developer loyalty and enterprise adoption increasingly hinge on usability.
  3. The AI landscape is rapidly reordering. Investors and builders must assess monetization pathways, geopolitical implications, and AI's social contract over the next 6-12 months.
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January 29, 2026

AI math capabilities could be jagged for a long time – Daniel Litt

Epoch AI

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The collapse of trial costs turns scientific discovery into a search problem.
  2. Prioritize verifiable problems where AI can provide a clear reward signal.
  3. AI will solve mildly interesting problems soon, but the Big Ideas still require human marination.
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January 25, 2026

If You Can't See Inside, How Do You Know It's THINKING? [Dr. Jeff Beck]

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Trend: The transition from opaque scaling to verifiable reasoning.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Audit your models for brittleness by testing them on edge cases that require first principles logic rather than historical data.
  3. The Bottom Line: The next winners in AI will not have the biggest models but the most verifiable ones. If you cannot prove how a model reached a conclusion, you cannot trust it in production.
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January 23, 2026

Abstraction & Idealization: AI's Plato Problem [Mazviita Chirimuuta]

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Transition from "Spectator Knowledge" (passive data absorption) to "Interactive Knowledge" (agentic engagement).
  2. Prioritize "embodied" AI architectures that integrate sensory feedback loops.
  3. AGI will not be solved by better math alone. It requires accounting for the physical and biological constraints that define intelligence.
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January 23, 2026

Captaining IMO Gold, Deep Think, On-Policy RL, Feeling the AGI in Singapore — Yi Tay 2

Latent Space

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from more data to better thinking via inference-time compute. Reasoning is becoming a post-training capability rather than a pre-training byproduct.
  2. Use AI for anti-gravity coding to automate bug fixes and data visualization. Treat the model as a passive aura that buffs the productivity of every senior engineer.
  3. AGI will not be a collection of narrow tools but a single model that reasons its way through any domain. The gap between closed labs and open source is widening as these reasoning tricks compound.
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January 21, 2026

"We Made a Dream Machine That Runs on Your Gaming PC"

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from static LLMs to interactive world models marks the move from AI as a tool to AI as a persistent environment.
  2. Monitor the Hugging Face release of the 2B model to build custom image-to-experience wrappers for niche training or spatial entertainment.
  3. Local world models will become the primary interface for spatial computing within the next year, making high-end local compute more valuable than cloud-based streaming.
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January 18, 2026

Why Every Brain Metaphor in History Has Been Wrong [SPECIAL EDITION]

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Strategic Pivot: The transition from "Understanding-First" science to "Prediction-First" engineering. We are building artifacts that work perfectly but remain theoretically opaque.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Audit your AI stack for "Leaky Abstractions." Don't assume a model's reasoning capabilities in one domain will hold when the underlying causal structure changes.
  3. AGI isn't just an engineering milestone; it's a philosophical wager. If the brain isn't a computer, we are building a very powerful helicopter, not a synthetic human.
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January 18, 2026

Why Every Brain Metaphor in History Has Been Wrong [SPECIAL EDITION]

Machine Learning Street Talk

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The pivot from "Understanding-First" science to "Prediction-First" engineering creates massive technical liability in our models.
  2. Audit your AI implementations for "Leaky Abstractions" where the model fails to account for physical edge cases.
  3. High-performance automation is not the same as sentient reasoning. Builders who recognize this distinction will avoid the cultural illusion of inevitable AGI.
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January 17, 2026

Brex’s AI Hail Mary — With CTO James Reggio

Latent Space

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. The transition from deterministic software to agentic networks. Companies are moving from rigid workflows to fluid systems that plan and execute autonomously.
  2. Build an internal LLM gateway early. Centralizing model routing and cost monitoring allows you to swap providers as the model horse race changes without refactoring your product.
  3. AI is not just a feature but a fundamental restructuring of the corporate cost center. Efficiency gains allow a static headcount of 300 engineers to support a business growing 5x.
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Crypto Podcasts

February 16, 2026

Does Bitcoin Win or Lose In The Great AI-Tech Shakeout?

Unchained

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Bitcoin, once digital gold, is now frontier tech, vulnerable to broader tech sell-offs.
  2. Reallocate capital towards crypto assets benefiting from regulatory clarity and innovation: stablecoins, tokenized assets, privacy, prediction markets, perpetual futures.
  3. Bitcoin's short-term narrative is challenged, but its long-term tech thesis holds.
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February 17, 2026

Soft Jobs, AI CapEx Surge, and Institutions Move Onchain: Bits + Bips

Unchained

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Real-time data platforms are supplanting traditional economic reporting, forcing investors to re-evaluate their information sources, while AI's capital expenditure is creating a bifurcation between infrastructure providers and speculative model companies.
  2. Prioritize investments in blockchain infrastructure and stablecoin-centric payment solutions that cater to the emerging agentic economy, and leverage real-time data for a competitive information advantage.
  3. The convergence of real-time data, AI agents, and blockchain rails will fundamentally alter market dynamics and value capture over the next 6-12 months, rewarding those who understand the shift from centralized, lagging systems to decentralized, optimized ones.
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February 17, 2026

Bitcoin Is Either Going To Zero Or A Million

1000x Podcast

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Shift: AI is fundamentally reshaping corporate IT spending, driving a strategic pivot from external SaaS subscriptions to internal development, which will consolidate profits within mega-cap tech and pressure traditional software vendors.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Identify and invest in vertically integrated tech giants that can leverage AI for internal cost savings and new product development, while selectively shorting asset-heavy, midstream, or non-essential SaaS providers during strength.
  3. The Bottom Line: The current market is a re-evaluation of fundamental value across tech and crypto. Focus on companies with strong internal demand for compute and real-world utility, and understand that crypto's speculative cycles, while volatile, are driven by a unique social dynamic that will persist.
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February 16, 2026

MegaETH in 2026 & Ethereum's L2 End Game | Brett DiNovi & Lei Yang

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. High-performance L2s are carving out new market segments by prioritizing user experience and speed over strict L1 equivalence, challenging traditional value accrual models.
  2. Builders should target L2s offering ultra-low latency and predictable costs for consumer-facing DeFi and gaming, as these environments enable novel, sticky applications.
  3. The next wave of crypto adoption hinges on L2s that can deliver real-time, seamless experiences, shifting value capture from L1 monetary premium to execution premium and innovative tokenomics.
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February 16, 2026

Lyn Alden: How to Survive The Gradual Print Era — Fed Chair Warsh, Gold & Bitcoin

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. The global monetary order is transitioning from a unipolar, dollar-dominant system to a multipolar one, driven by sovereign debt and geopolitical competition. This change elevates neutral reserve assets and challenges traditional financial institutions.
  2. Diversify your portfolio across high-quality equities (with an international and value tilt), hard assets (gold, silver, platinum, Bitcoin), and real-world assets like energy infrastructure. Maintain 5-10% cash for opportunities.
  3. The "gradual print" and ongoing monetary reordering mean sustained debasement of fiat currencies. Positioning in hard assets and resilient, undervalued real-world businesses is crucial for preserving and growing wealth over the next 6-12 months.
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February 16, 2026

As the AI Trade Cools Off, Are Bitcoin Miners Still a Buy?

Unchained

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. The relentless demand for AI compute is transforming Bitcoin miners from speculative, commodity-dependent entities into stable, infrastructure-as-a-service providers. This pivot leverages their core asset—cheap power—to capture predictable, high-margin revenue streams.
  2. Evaluate Bitcoin mining stocks based on their AI contract pipeline, execution capabilities, and access to consistent power, rather than solely on Bitcoin price correlation. Prioritize those with colocation leases to minimize GPU capex risk.
  3. The strategic shift to AI offers a compelling de-risking narrative for Bitcoin miners, potentially leading to higher valuations and more stable cash flows. However, investors must monitor execution risks and political headwinds around power access over the next 6-12 months.
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