The AI Episode (feat. Jake Brukhman)

The Network Age

On this extra special episode, the boys (including OG host ~timluc-miptev) are joined by Jake Brukhman (~ranter-tapper), the founder and CEO of Coinfund, as well as an engineer, technologist, investor, and cosmonaut exploring the frontiers of AI. The crew discusses the creation of Jargon, a Chat GPT pseudolanguage, which Jake used to build a personal AI Spanish teacher, and the implications of recent AI development. In particular, they focus on AI's implications for privacy, the intersection of AI and Web3 (including crypto as a force of decentralization), and the many types of doom that could be facing us. All this, plus how to use Chat GPT to optimize your personal life, the role of AI in education, the coming marriage between Urbit and AI, and whether interacting with AI is a religious experience. Don't miss it.

Timestamps

• 0:00—Intro

• 3:16—A brief history of Jake Brukhman

• 6:00—AI language teacher and the creation of Jargon pseudolanguage

• 14:44—The implications of AI and natural language programming for developers

• 18:37—Jake's approach to AI investment and the marriage of AI and crypto

• 24:42—Open AI and AI safety

• 33:25—A unique AI doomsday scenario

• 38:34—AI integration with Urbit and Hoon and rapid AI advancements

• 45:20—Using Chat GPT to improve daily life

• 52:00—Personal AI and AI assistants (plus more Urbit AI)

• 1:08:25—Are we overestimating AI?

• 1:17:35—Outro

Mentions:

• The Bitter Lesson by Rich Sutton

• The Scaling Hypothesis by Gwern

Connect:

• Jake Brukhman (@jbrukh / ~ranter-tapper)

• ~bichul-ritsen (@bichulR)

• ~timluc-miptev (@basileSportif)

• ~nilrun-mardux (@AlephDAO)

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