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What Unchained Says About Artificial Intelligence
53 episodes about artificial intelligence
Crypto assets and blockchain technology are about to transform every trust-based interaction of our lives, from financia...
Key Insights on Artificial Intelligence
AI democratization hinges on whether five big companies control systems or if new architectures enable broader access and competition
- Ken Griffin reversed from AI skeptic to believer, reporting 15-25% productivity boosts at Citadel using AI for high-skilled finance work previously requiring weeks
- Microsoft AI CEO predicts 18 months for all white-collar work automation, while Anthropic's CEO forecasts 10% overall and 50% entry-level unemployment
- College graduates are booing AI mentions at commencement speeches, reflecting anxiety about job displacement from technology whose architects promise career destruction
- Meta laid off 8,000 employees (10% of staff) while installing screen tracking software allegedly for AI training, creating 'new lows' in company morale
- The AI doom cycle progresses through skepticism, AI psychosis, doom desperation, real-world recalibration, and finally enlightened anxiety
- Economist Alex Emos's What Will Be Scarce explores how human-centric 'relational sectors' may grow as AI automates other work categories
- SpaceX's IPO debut soared 20%, making Elon Musk a trillionaire and signaling massive investor appetite for AI-related companies
Episodes
Why Fable's Shutdown Is a Warning for Every AI Lab: Uneasy Money
Why AI Censorship and Reg NMS Repeal Matter for Crypto Markets: DEX in the City
The Chopping Block: SpaceX IPO Mania, Fable 5 Export Controls & The AI Privacy Fight
Why the AI Business Model Is Cracking and How Crypto Could Help Fix It
Claude Found a 4-Year Zcash Bug. Now It Won't Audit DeFi: Uneasy Money
How Hyperliquid Benefits From Its New Deal With Coinbase Over USDC
Uneasy Money: Why the Broken Pre-IPO Secondary Markets Won't Be Fixed Anytime Soon
DEX in the City: Will the CLARITY Act Pass? Three Crypto Lawyers Give Their Odds
Bits + Bips: Why the AI Rally Keeps Growing — and Why Circle Launched Arc
Why Arthur Hayes Thinks the AI Bubble Bursting Could Spark a Crypto Bull Market
Uneasy Money: Who Owns Stolen Crypto? The $71M Fight Testing DeFi Limits
DEX in the City: With the Stablecoin Yield Compromise, Can the Clarity Act Get Passed?
A16z Crypto Raised $2.2 Billion for Fund 5. Here's How They Plan to Deploy It
Why Wrapped Energy or Compute Will Be the New Store of Value: Bits + Bips
Ben Fielding: Gensyn, Decentralized AI, and the Prediction Market That Settles Itself: Bits + Bips
Pump.fun’s $370M Burn Was a Mistake, Says Luca Netz: Uneasy Money
How Microsoft Won the OpenAI Fight as Markets Rally on Iran
How Microsoft Won in Its Revised Deal With OpenAI
How Morpho Survived a $300M DeFi Hack With Only $1M Exposure
DEX in the City: KelpDAO vs. LayerZero: Who Is Liable When a DeFi Protocol Is Hacked?
Strategy's Preferred Stock Is Now a Stablecoin. And DeFi Has a Security Problem.
Bits + Bips: Why Apple Might Benefit More From AI Than AI Companies Will
How Onchain Options Could Replace the Basis Trade as Crypto's Yield Strategy
The Chopping Block: Who's Really Satoshi? Quantum Panic, and AI Eating Code
How Does Crypto Remain Secure in a World of Always On AI Hacks? - Uneasy Money
DEX in the City: How the SEC’s Crypto Task Force Is Rebuilding Trust with Builders
How State-Sponsored Hackers Like DPRK Drain DeFi Protocols: Uneasy Money
The Chopping Block: Is Canton a Real Blockchain? Ethereum’s Cypherpunk Dilemma, AI Security Chaos
Why AI Agents Might Require Humans to Transact More Than as You Think
Bits + Bips: Why Iran Is Trump’s Greatest Taco. Plus, Is Elon’s TeraFab ‘Bullshit’?
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