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AI Podcasts

December 5, 2025

Hash Rate - Ep 147 - @dippy_ai $TAO Subnet 11

Hash Rate Podcast

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Experiential AI is exploding. User-driven interactive experiences are the future of entertainment and will rival traditional media consumption.
  2. BitTensor is now a competitive platform. The integration of subnets like Targon for inference showcases real-world enterprise use cases and cost-effective solutions, providing a compelling alternative to centralized providers.
  3. Community-Driven AI: User-generated content and interactive AI companions are creating new forms of social connection and entertainment, particularly for younger demographics.
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December 3, 2025

A Rosetta Stone for AI Benchmarks

Epoch AI

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Current AI benchmarks are limited due to rapid saturation. The presented statistical framework addresses this by stitching together multiple benchmarks to provide a more comprehensive evaluation.
  2. The framework enables the tracking of model capabilities over time, offering insights into algorithmic improvements and forecasting potential AI advancements.
  3. Software improvements are rapidly accelerating AI development, requiring significantly fewer computational resources each year to achieve the same level of capability.
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December 4, 2025

Real On-Chain Agents? How Talus Solves What Crypto-AI Got Wrong

The DCo Podcast

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. On-Chain Execution is Crucial: True crypto AI requires AI agents that operate entirely on-chain to maintain decentralization, verifiability, and auditability.
  2. Monetization is Key: For sustainable AI adoption, clear and viable business models are essential to drive value back to the creators and incentivize participation.
  3. Entertainment as a Catalyst: Leveraging entertainment through agent-versus-agent competitions can drive adoption and demonstrate the earning potential of AI agents, fostering a new AI entertainment economy.
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December 1, 2025

The $700 Billion AI Productivity Problem No One's Talking About

a16z

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Measure Usage, Not Just Spend. The biggest failure in enterprise AI is tracking software purchases as a proxy for progress. The focus must shift to measuring actual tool usage correlated with output.
  2. Solve for Fear, Not Features. Employee adoption hinges on psychological safety. The most powerful tools will fail if users are afraid of looking incompetent or getting fired for making a mistake.
  3. Competition Drives Augmentation, Not Unemployment. The "AI will take our jobs" narrative is a red herring. Companies will reinvest AI-driven productivity gains to crush competitors, not just to cut headcount.
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November 28, 2025

How OpenAI Builds for 800 Million Weekly Users: Model Specialization and Fine-Tuning

a16z

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. **The "One Model" Thesis Is Dead.** The future belongs to a portfolio of specialized models. This creates distinct opportunities for both foundational labs and companies that can leverage proprietary data to build best-in-class models for niche applications.
  2. **Data Is the Ultimate Differentiator.** Reinforcement learning fine-tuning elevates proprietary data from a simple input for RAG systems to the core ingredient for building a defensible, state-of-the-art product.
  3. **Agents Will Specialize.** The agent ecosystem is bifurcating into two primary types: open-ended, creative agents for knowledge work and deterministic, procedural agents designed for enterprise automation where reliability and adherence to standard operating procedures are critical.
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November 27, 2025

The AI Economy Is Leaving Labor Behind | Weekly Roundup

Forward Guidance

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. Politics Will Trump Tech. Expect a policy pivot ahead of the 2024 election. The administration’s singular focus on AI stimulus is creating populist backlash, forcing a shift toward policies that support the broader labor market to secure votes.
  2. The AI Trade Is Evolving. The "Mag 7" may soon become regulated utilities. The next wave of winners will be legacy companies that successfully integrate AI to boost margins and the overlooked players in the AI supply chain, such as power and commodity providers.
  3. Prepare for a New Monetary Regime. The era of "QE Infinity" is ending. A post-Powell Fed is expected to move credit creation from its own balance sheet back to commercial banks, using deep rate cuts and deregulation to stimulate the economy.
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November 26, 2025

AI Is Ushering in an Entirely New Economic Paradigm | Jordi Visser

Forward Guidance

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. AI Demand Is Not Cyclical; It's Infinite. Forget boom-and-bust. The mission to solve humanity's greatest problems—from disease to space travel—creates limitless demand for intelligence, underpinning a durable, multi-decade investment cycle.
  2. Scrap GDP; Watch Profit Margins. The widening chasm between the astronomical profit margins of tech companies and the rest of the economy is the single most important macroeconomic signal today.
  3. Bitcoin Is the Apex Predator of Moats. In a world where AI can replicate any business model, the only defensible moats are those built on time-tested belief and mathematical scarcity. Bitcoin is the emerging winner for the digital age.
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November 26, 2025

Epoch AI webinar: Inside the Frontier Data Centers hub

Epoch AI

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. AI's Physical Footprint is Astronomical: Individual AI data centers are now multi-billion dollar megaprojects, with construction timelines accelerating to as little as one year for a gigawatt-scale facility.
  2. Power is a Solvable Problem, Not a Hard Cap: AI firms will pay whatever it takes to secure electricity, making power costs a secondary concern to the price of GPUs. The real constraint is getting chips, not watts.
  3. Open-Source Intelligence Unveils All: By combining satellite imagery, public permits, and news reports, the physical expansion of the AI industry can be tracked in near real-time, providing unprecedented transparency.
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November 24, 2025

The 2045 Superintelligence Timeline: Epoch AI’s Data-Driven Forecast

a16z

AI
Key Takeaways:
  1. AI Isn't a Bubble; It's a Buildout. The market is rational. Massive spending is backed by real revenue from inference. The true bottleneck is the speed at which capital can be deployed to build city-sized data centers.
  2. Brace for Economic Whiplash. A sudden, AI-driven unemployment spike is the most likely trigger for massive government intervention. The political response will be swift, decisive, and potentially radical.
  3. Superintelligence is a Hardware Problem. The path to 2045 runs through physical infrastructure. Progress is gated by the brute-force economics of building data centers, not a quest for a magical algorithm.
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Crypto Podcasts

May 18, 2025

Weimar America: The Inflation Spiral Has Begun

Forward Guidance

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Fiscal Dominance is Here:** Government spending, not just Fed policy, is the primary driver of the current inflationary pressures and will likely lead to an 8% GDP deficit.
  2. **Prepare for Intervention:** Expect capital controls (like remittance taxes) and yield curve control as governments grapple with the consequences of their spending.
  3. **Store-of-Value is King:** In an environment where traditional savings (e.g., 4% on bonds) can't match 15% inflation in essential costs, assets like tech stocks and Bitcoin become non-negotiable for wealth preservation.
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May 17, 2025

The Fiscal Spiral Has No Off Switch | Weekly Roundup

Forward Guidance

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. Fiscal Doom Loop: The US is locked in a fiscal spiral of growing deficits and debt that it seems unwilling or unable to escape, making dollar debasement a significant long-term risk.
  2. Macro is King: Geopolitical trends, capital flows, and policy decisions (like buybacks and potential yield curve control) are now more critical drivers of asset prices than individual company fundamentals.
  3. Bitcoin's Ascent: In a world of "Ponzi schemes," Bitcoin stands out as a rational hedge and potentially the "generational trade" against failing monetary and fiscal policies.
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May 16, 2025

The Next Phase of the Bull Market | Weekly Roundup

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. **Memecoin Rebound Signals Risk-On:** The sharp recovery in memecoins highlights the market's speculative appetite; treat them as high-octane, ecosystem-specific bets.
  2. **Strategic M&A is Reshaping Access:** Companies are buying their way into regulated markets and building out institutional-grade services, with "Crypto as a Service" set to grow.
  3. **Institutional Rails Getting Stronger:** Coinbase’s S&P 500 debut and EToro’s IPO are landmark events, cementing crypto's place in mainstream finance and improving market transparency.
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May 16, 2025

Markets Are EXPLODING - Here’s Why! ETH Surge, U.S. China Deal & What’s Next

Bankless

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. ETH is Back (For Now): ETH's dramatic surge signals renewed conviction, but its long-term trajectory against Bitcoin remains a key market question.
  2. Macro Drives All: The U.S.-China tariff pause and potential capital control strategies will significantly impact risk assets; Bitcoin and gold are positioned as key beneficiaries of dollar devaluation.
  3. Regulation is Turning Pro-Crypto: The SEC's pivot towards clear frameworks could finally unlock institutional adoption and the tokenization of real-world assets.
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May 15, 2025

Hivemind: ETH Pump, Solana’s Edge & the New Meme Meta

Empire

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. ETH Rally = Fragile Foundation: ETH's recent pump is more a short-squeeze than broad institutional buy-in; treat with skepticism.
  2. Solana's Strategic Advantages: Solana benefits from innovation, discounted token acquisitions by strategic entities, and key infrastructure developments like asset-level KYC.
  3. Meme Meta Redux: The "Internet Capital Markets" on Solana offer high-risk, high-reward plays mirroring past speculative cycles; speed and early positioning are crucial.
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May 14, 2025

ETH Bounces Back, What Next?

1000x Podcast

Crypto
Key Takeaways:
  1. ETH's Rally: A Squeeze, Not Salvation. The price pop was a function of market mechanics (short liquidations), not a fundamental shift.
  2. Short ETH/BTC (Again) After the Fever Breaks. Wait for clear signs of weakness (2-3 red days) post-rally before considering shorts; the core bearish arguments hold.
  3. ETH's Tech & UX Are Dated. Crippling fees and a clunky experience mean ETH is losing ground, and L2 growth doesn't inherently justify ETH's current price.
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