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Today, we talk to two people who have been thinking about reporting about AI for quite a long time: Repeat guest Ben Recht, a professor of electrical engineering and computer science at Berkeley and Karen Hao, a journalist who has written an excellent series of pieces for the Atlantic. We talk to Ben about SORA, OpenAI’s video generator that only exists in trailer form so far and what might happen if it’s actually good. (We don’t think it’ll be good. At least yet.) And then we talk some philosophy.
There’s also a surprise at the start of the show.
And then we talk to Karen about the massive amount of water and energy that AI might consume in the near future and why everyone seems to want massive, cumbersome and expense-heavy giant tools and not the smaller, more streamlined tools that might actually create something of use.
Links:
Karen’s articles on AI for the MIT Technology Review (really good)
…and her more recent (also really good) work for the Atlantic.
thank you!
Kenya and Haiti have signed a deal to deploy Kenyan police officers to Haiti but what's holding up their deployment?
The United Nations Security Council sanctions rebel leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo. We ask just how effective they are.
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After a Super Tuesday for Trump and Biden, Nikki Haley suspends her campaign. Schiff and Garvey win in CA Senate race. Do it yourself TSA lines. CBS News Correspondent Steve Kathan has today's World News Roundup.
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As the crypto bull market gets started, Alex Pack of Hack VC dives into why he thinks crypto is still so early and how his firm believes crypto and AI will intersect.
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In this episode of Unchained, Alex Pack, managing partner at Hack VC. Pack discusses the firm's recent $150 million fundraise, the challenges of raising capital in a bear market, and the firm's focus on early-stage Web3 infrastructure. He also shares his thoughts on the intersection of crypto and AI, the future of DeFi, and the importance of security in the crypto space. Pack believes that the current infrastructure of crypto is still in its early stages and needs significant improvement before it can reach mainstream adoption. He also sees potential in the development of more secure smart contracts and the integration of AI into decentralized applications.
Show highlights:
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Guest |
Alex Pack, Managing partner at Hack VC
Previous appearances on Unchained:
Dragonfly Capital on Why Ethereum Is So Far in the Lead
‘The Last Big Whale’: Why the Crypto Contagion of 2022 Eventually Hit Genesis
Links |
New fund
Bloomberg: Hack VC Raises $150 Million for Bets on Battered Crypto Industry
Hack VC Closes $150M Venture Fund I, Bringing AUM to $425M
Stablecoins:
Unchained:
What Is Ethena’s USDe Synethic Dollar? A Beginner’s Guide
What Is Terra and Why Did It Fail?
Why It's so Hard to Keep Stablecoins Stable
What Is Depegging in Crypto and Why Does It Occur?
What Is Real-World Asset (RWA) Tokenization? A Beginner's Guide
EigenLayer ecosystem
Unchained: What Is EigenLayer? A Guide to the Decentralized ETH Restaking Protocol
The Block: AltLayer closes $14.4 million strategic round co-led by Polychain and Hack VC
Modular vs. monolithic approach
Unchained:
What Are Modular Blockchains? A Beginner's Guide
Three Crypto Pioneers on Crypto’s Monolithic vs. Modular Debate
Crypto x AI crossover
io.net and Ritual Collaborate to Boost Global AI Compute Landscape
Ritual x EigenLayer: Restaking for AI
Unchained: 5 Use Cases of AI in Blockchain
Zuzalu
Decrypt: I Spent a Month Inside Vitalik Buterin’s Social Experiment—Here’s What It Was Really Like
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In a result that will surprise few, America is on track to hold a rematch of the 2020 presidential election, with Joe Biden and Donald Trump winning most of the primaries held last night. But will the Republican campaign look different this time? Why shoppers and investors really love Costco (09:36). And which cities are most expensive for Europe’s renters (15:36)?
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Ryan Petersen is the Founder and Co-CEO of Flexport, a supply chain technology company. He joins Big Technology Podcast to discuss whether his company is competing with Amazon, his perspective on Amazon culture, and why ex-Amazon leader Dave Clark didn't work out as CEO. We also discuss the Houthis attacks in the Red Sea's impact on global shipping, de-globalization, cargo theft, and inflation. Tune in for a wide ranging, deep conversation about the state of logistics and the world economy.
In the penultimate episode of 60 Songs, Rob takes it way back. Listen as he recalls the first song he remembers consciously hearing as a baby before diving into the world of Garth Brooks and 90’s country music. Later, Tyler Parker joins the show to discuss what Garth Brooks means to Oklahoma and much more.
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Guest: Tyler Parker
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