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AI Podcasts

March 12, 2025

The Future of AI & Web3: Investing in Decentralized AI with Jake Brukhman

The People's AI

AI

Key Takeaways:

  • 1. Decentralized AI has the potential to rival big tech by creating open, competitive models.
  • 2. Investors should focus on projects with strong AI backgrounds and innovative solutions.
  • 3. Sustainable business models in decentralized AI require balancing openness with profitability.
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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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Crypto Podcasts

February 12, 2026

Novelty Search feb 12, 2026

taostats

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. The push for radical decentralization, as seen with Dynamic TAO's token transformation, inherently introduces market inefficiencies and bad actors, compelling communities to develop emergent, permissionless self-regulation mechanisms to achieve economic viability.
  2. Design for resilience, not prevention; assume bad actors will exist in any truly permissionless system and build in mechanisms for community-led critique and adaptation.
  3. The next 6-12 months will reward projects that embrace the full spectrum of permissionless market dynamics, understanding that robust, self-correcting communities are more valuable than perfectly sanitized, centrally controlled ones.
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February 12, 2026

What’s the Story? AI Stocks, Crypto Downturn, Metals Selloff, SaaSpocalypse | Jim Bianco

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. AI's cost-compression power is fundamentally altering software economics, shifting value from infrastructure providers to application builders and traditional businesses, while exposing the inherent instability of leveraged "synthetic" markets in crypto.
  2. Re-evaluate portfolio allocations, considering a rotation towards traditional companies benefiting from AI's cost efficiencies and a long-term view on crypto projects focused on building replacement financial systems.
  3. The current market volatility is a re-pricing of assets in an AI-first world. Understanding where value truly accrues and crypto's need for a new, disruptive narrative will be critical for navigating the next 6-12 months.
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February 12, 2026

Building the Next-Gen Perps Engine on Solana | Tristan Frizza

Lightspeed

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. FTX's collapse highlighted the need for transparent, self-custodial exchanges. Bullet's design ensures all operations are auditable on-chain, giving users full control of their funds.
  2. Market makers on Solana L1 faced adverse selection, where bots with faster connections could front-run their price updates. This led to consistent losses for liquidity providers.
  3. Increased market maker confidence leads to deeper order books and tighter spreads. This directly benefits all traders with better pricing and less slippage.
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February 12, 2026

BlackRock Buys UNI, Tokenized iShares, Robinhood L2 Testnet Live, & Santiago Santos & RJ

The Rollup

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. The Macro Shift: TradFi's embrace of crypto rails, stablecoins, and tokenized assets is undeniable, driving a new era of "Neo Finance" where efficiency gains are captured by businesses, not always the underlying protocols' tokens.
  2. The Tactical Edge: Prioritize projects with clear revenue models and token designs that actively reinvest or distribute value to holders, mimicking equity-like compounding. Look for teams with agile decision-making.
  3. The Bottom Line: The next 6-12 months will see a continued repricing of crypto assets. Focus on applications and "crypto-enabled equity" that demonstrate real cash flow and a path to compounding value, rather than speculative infrastructure plays.
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February 11, 2026

Gordon Frayne: Tao Ecosystem Insights, Bittensor Subnets vs ERC20 Tokens DeFi Liquidity | Ep. 81

Ventura Labs

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Decentralized AI evolves beyond simple compute, with Bittensor establishing a "proof of useful work" model. This incentivizes specialized intelligence and democratizes early-stage AI investment.
  2. Research and allocate capital to Bittensor subnets with strong fundamentals and high staking yields (30-150% APY), outperforming TAO.
  3. Bittensor's unique tokenomics and incentive layer position it as critical infrastructure for decentralized AI. This offers investors and builders a compelling opportunity to accrue value in a high-growth ecosystem.
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February 11, 2026

Would BlackRock Try to Save Bitcoin From the Quantum Threat? - Bits + Bips

Unchained

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Institutional capital is forcing a re-evaluation of crypto's core tenets, pushing for greater accountability and risk mitigation, particularly in Bitcoin's governance.
  2. Prioritize investments in crypto projects demonstrating clear cash flows, real-world utility, and robust, responsive governance, rather than speculative tokens.
  3. Bitcoin's future hinges on its ability to adapt to external pressures, especially the quantum threat. Investors should monitor how institutions influence this change, as the "boring", cash-generating parts of crypto and AI infrastructure are poised for growth.
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