Episodes
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Guest’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrDaronAcemoglu
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader
My TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gregmustreader
Collabs: [email protected]
In the new episode we discuss what awaits us in the future with the legendary MIT professor, author of Why Nations Fail and other bestsellers, Daron Acemoglu. Will our future be bright or bleak? How will AI and Web3 change democracy? Is it true that humans are not smart enough and machines will be able to manipulate them? Daron answers these and other questions, and also shares his must-read recommendations.
00:00 — Intro
00:21 — About the guest
1:00 — Where civilization is going
4:23 — How AI and politics are related
5:40 — The false dichotomy of AI
9:10 — AI's bright future
14:20 — Web3 will heal the world?
19:43 — Who’s responsible for AI
25:37 — Key parties in the future of AI
30:02 — The relationship between economic growth and regime
37:35 — Russia’s future
39:55 — Mustreads
#ai #futureofai #openai
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In the new episode, we are discussing the future of crypto with Alex Makogon, Founder and CEO of Hardcore Labs. Should the government regulate crypto more? How do different countries deal with crypto laws and regulations? We talk about Vitalik Buterin’s soulbound tokens concept, decentralization, crypto use cases and many other topics.
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader
My TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gregmustreader
Hardcore Labs: https://hcl.finance/
Collabs: [email protected]
00:00 — Intro
00:38 — End of good times for crypto
7:08 — Highest crypto market valuation
8:09 — Should we regulate crypto more?
12:10 — Crypto regulations worldwide
13:44 — Futuristic forecasts on centralization
26:12 — Crypto utopia or crypto dystopia
#crypto #blockchain #cryptoforecast
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Was Yudkowsky too radical about AI or was he right? How can we regulate AI and is it possible at all? Who should use AI more? Google or ChatGPT — who will win? We discuss these questions and many more with my guest Andrey Volodin, AI researcher (ex-Prisma AI)
Andrey’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/s1ddok
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader
My TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gregmustreader
Collabs: [email protected]
00:00 — Intro
1:04 — AI forecast
6:24 — Was Yudkowsky right about AI?
14:06 — Can we control AI?
18:10 — Regulating misuse
20:25 — Why ChatGPT is AGI
27:28 — Is Lex Fridman an imposter?
28:40 — How does the guest use GPT
31:25 — Google vs ChatGPT
43:18 — Should we all use AI?
#ai #futureofai #openai
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My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader
My TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gregmustreader
Collabs: [email protected]
00:00 — Intro
0:51 — Tolstoy or Dostoevsky?
3:54 — How foreigners perceive Russian literature
16:01 — Why Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky are the best
22:20 — Canceling Russian literature
33:44 — Connection between Russian literature and politics
37:19 — Russian literature in the world
42:46 — Is Nabokov an American writer?
46:44 — Like Bunin
Tolstoy party or Dostoevsky party? Will Russian language and Russian literature be cancelled? Is it possible today for Russian writers to not care about politics? We discuss this and many other questions with Viv Groskop!
#tolstoy #russianliterature #dostoevsky
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Andrei Zaitev tells about his crypto journey and becoming a crypto billionaire. Why did nobody believe in him when he bought lots of Ethereum? How to invest in crypto? And many more insights in my video!
QChain Twitter: https://bit.ly/3XakbxA
QChain Telegram Community: https://bit.ly/3Jf8Q9I
QChain Telegram Channel: https://bit.ly/3p6eCUb
QChain YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/42JKVGa
QChain Facebook: https://bit.ly/3Cr02tB
Many thanks to our voiceover actor: https://instagram.com/moonxranger
00:00 — Intro
00:20 — About
00:38 — Beginning of Andrei's crypto journey
7:55 — How much you could earn on Ethereum
12:07 — Crypto forecast 2023
17:00 — Crypto founder strategy
23:44 — Qchain
26:20 — Capitalisation of Qchain
28:54 — How to become a part of Qchain community
30:22 — How to enter crypto
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader
My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregmustreader
Collabs: [email protected]
#crypto #Ethereum #blockchain
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In the new episode of my podcast I speak with Juraj Bednar, entrepreneur, hacker and crypto anarchist. What is the concept of optionality and why does it work? Why is Paraguay a good place to move? We talk about network states, the social experiment of Parallelna Polis, crypto anarchism and many more topics!
Where to find Juraj:
http://juraj.bednar.io/
Books:
Cryptocurrencies - Hack your way to a better life book: https://hackyourself.io/product/cryptocurrencies-hack-your-way-to-a-better-life/
Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/8057043482?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860
Cypherpunk visions and trends 2023-2025 ebook
- e-shop: https://hackyourself.io/product/cypherpunk-visions-and-trends-2023-2025-ebook/
- amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRXZHYM7
Links:
Blog that relates to the topic of Internet, Bitcoin and AI:
https://juraj.bednar.io/en/blog-en/2023/03/16/three-magic-steps-to-a-better-world-internet-cyphersphere-bitcoin-and-ai/
Paul Rosenberg's A Lodging of Wayfaring Men (the guest mentioned this book that it predicted parallel economy before Bitcoin):
https://www.amazon.com/Lodging-Wayfaring-Men-Paul-Rosenberg/dp/097960110X
Sovereign Individual: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TWNP9NB/
Paralelni Polis Prague: https://www.paralelnipolis.cz/en/
00:00 — Intro
00:48 — Current projects
3:25 — Techno optimism or techno pessimism?
8:30 — Perks of 2020
14:50 — Concept of optionality
28:30 — Why Juraj moved to Paraguay
34:15 — Paralelní Polis
46:40 — ‘The Network State’
57:28 — OODA loop
1:03:00 — Regulation of crypto anarchism
1:20:40 — Crypto and parallel money
1:27:40 — The forecast for neural networks
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader
My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregmustreader
Collabs: [email protected]
#crypto #networkstate #blockchain
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My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader
My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregmustreader
A new episode of my podcast with Ashley Dudarenok, a serial entrepreneur, award-winning digital marketing professional and author. Ashley is recognised as a “guru on digital marketing and fast-evolving trends in China” by Thinkers50, she is the founder of China-focused digital marketing agency Alarice and China digital consultancy ChoZan 超赞.
We are talking about digital changes and trends in China. Which social media platforms are the most promising? What is happening with AI regulations? Is Shanghai still a digital capital of the world? Discussing metaverse, Chinese podcasts, specific features of the Chinese digital market and many more!
Where to find Ashley:
LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleydudarenok/
YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/ashleydudarenok
Twitter https://twitter.com/AshleyDudarenok
Podcasts:
Jack Ma: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-chinese-billionaire/id1501716010?i=1000506138776
My podcast with Stanley Chen: https://youtu.be/vkzQ-2Bt5Gc
00:00 — Intro
00:45 — China in 2006 and in 2023
9:50 — Problems of Chinese market
18:09 — Social media in China
22:31 — TikTok vs. Douyin, Kuaishou and Bilibili
29:59 — Podcasts in China
33:35 — Chinese digital trends
45:47 — Regulations on ChatGPT and AI
Collabs: [email protected]
#AI #China #Douyin
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My long deep talk with the famous Chinese sci-fi writer Stanley Chan / Chen Qiufan
He used AI to write his award-winning books! We talk about the future of using AI in content creation, climate change, Elon Musk and many more topics!
My previous interview with Chen Qiufan: https://youtu.be/4Jgq5uYo0Jo
00:00 — Intro
1:09 — Climate change
5:00 — Will we reach a better future?
7:50 — Will external crisis help our planet?
12:50 — Can we rely on AI?
14:45 — Will Elon Musk save us?
19:13 — Current problems with privacy
20:18 — Is Stanley ready to be a cyborg
23:09 — Different human species using technology
27:10 — AI optimistic scenarios
34:45 — Do writers need AI?
48:18 — Forecast of using AI in creating
55:20 — Risks of AI
1:03:33 — Stanley’s sci-fi mustreads
1:06:56 — Stanley’s current projects
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader
My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregmustreader
Collabs: [email protected]
#AI #scifi #ChatGPT
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Today’s guest of my podcast is Mikhail Samin, AI safety researcher, effective altruist, creator of AudD, ex-head of Russian pastafarian church.
In this episode we are discussing the problem of AI alignment (unfriendly AI), ChatGPT, and AI safety.
Links to explore:
https://www.agisafetyfundamentals.com/
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLB7AzTwc6VFZrBsO2ucBMg
https://aisafety.info/
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader
My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregmustreader
00:00 – Intro
1:07 — AI alignment problem
3:25 — Why Michael donated that much
6:45 — What can go wrong with AI
9:35 — What’s AGI and ASI
13:25 — AI development
26:01 — How to stop the AI apocalypse
36:10 — Will we create safeguards from AI
40:54 — Anything optimistic?
Collabs: [email protected]
#AI #AIalignment #chatgpt
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My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader
Mable’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mable_Jiang
New podcast episode with Mable Jiang, Chief Revenue Officer at Find Satoshi Lab. We discuss the development of crypto industry and Web3. How and why has Mable quit her previous job for crypto? How hard is it to launch a new NFT-project today? What's going on at STEPN? What is the future for the Web3 market? Watch the podcast for answers to these and many more questions.
00:00 — Intro
00:55 — Mable’s Web3 experience
6:00 — Learning about M2E
11:12 — What is happening with STEPN
17:24 — Being the Chief Revenue Officer
21:42 — How to build a M2E brand
23:12 — The most challenging task
27:08 — Is it hard to launch a new NFT project nowadays?
32:20 — The most exciting things about crypto
37:10 — Soulbound tokens
TGS, my Web3 marketing studio: https://web3tgs.com
HODLong Podcast, Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2qwSrkHRda3xomdzhjASkH
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hodlong-%E5%90%8E%E6%B5%AA/id1622341355
MOOAR, NFT Marketplace: https://mooar.com/home/default
Discord of STEPN: https://discord.com/invite/stepn
#MableJiang #movetoearn #stepn
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My interview with and a lecture by Chris Dancy, the most connected man on Earth, the mindful cyborg.
How can marriage and family values can affect technological self-development? How has Chris become a cyborg? Which apps can help raise your productivity, wealth, awareness and happiness? Is privacy a thing of the past? The guest shares a lot of insightful recommendations and lifehacks.
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader
00:00 — Intro
00:51 — Development of technologies
2:14 — Story of Chris Dancy
5:52 — Values and technology
7:29 — All of us are cyborgs
9:10 — 3 cyborg environments
10:40 — Useful apps
19:00 — No-code tools
22:40 — Problems with privacy
24:00 — Polarization and FOMO
27:40 — Cyborgs in Metaverse
31:33 — How to track everything
32:50 — Top tools
35:00 — Digital detox
36:08 — Addiction to technology
#ChrisDancy #cyborg #apps
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My interview with the famous Chinese sci-fi writer Chen Qiufan. Will AI replace human writers? How can we cope with eco-problems? What is the main problem of AI? We talk about writing with the help of AI, self-awareness of AI, digital immortality, and many other topics.
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader
00:00 — Intro
00:30 — Writing books with AI
4:22 — GPT-2 and GPT-3
6:22 — Will AI replace human writers
8:38 — AI future
12:30 — Will AI become conscious
16:27 — Will we cope with eco-problems
20:45 — Digital immortality
24:40 — Chen’s inspiration
26:50 — Books and gamification
29:50 — Books in metaverse
32:31 — Interactive storytelling
34:45 — Chen’s mustreads
37:15 — Ethics of self-conscious AI
#ChenQiufan #AI #metaverse
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My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader
My interview with Robert Sapolsky, an American neuroendocrinology researcher and bestselling author. Are we going to be truly happy in the future? How will AI affect our longevity? How to cope with FOMO? Are violent video games making kids more violent? We speak about technological risks, neuroscience and future.
00:00 — Intro
00:05 — Is Robert a techno optimist?
1:18 — Nearest drastic changes
1:56 — Changes in neuroscience
6:13 — How to cope with FOMO
10:00 — How to minimize technological risks
13:55 — Happiness in the modern world
17:05 — Neuroscience about meditation
19:26 — Science about spiritual practices
21:00 — Does Robert meditate?
24:39 — Metaverse and the free will
#robertsapolsky #sapolsky #neuroscience
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My interview with Lawrence Krauss — american theoretical physicist, cosmologist, bestselling author.
We discuss problems in space and on Earth. What’s more important — solving problems on Earth or colonizing other planets? What is the most important problem on our planet right now? This is a discussion about technological risks, AI and the real future of Earth.
00:00 — Intro
00:18 — Is colonizing space is real?
2:54 — Climate change
7:00 — Different approach of different countries
11:13 — Which real technologies we have
12:42 — Problems of nuclear weapons
16:04 — Problem of AI
22:20 — When UFOs will visit us
28:35 — Space tourism
34:42 — Is Lawrence optimistic about the future?
#lawrencekrauss #elonmusk #future
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Luba Yudasina (Life of Luba) is a content creator and entrepreneur. She formerly worked at AirBnB, Yelp, and ran her own startup.
Video version of the podcast: https://youtu.be/1AhHpFObO9k
My video on Getting Things Done: https://youtu.be/Qh4YcvDV8OA
Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/gregmustreader
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader
My blog on Medium: https://medium.com/@mustreader
My Instagram: https://instagram.com/mustreader
Luba's Instagram: https://instagram.com/lifeoflubaa
Luba’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/LifeofLuba
Roam Research: https://roamresearch.com
Notion: https://notion.so/?r=54896487b90e4fb5a84041bb2e4517b1
Centered: https://centered.app
0:00 – Intro
0:47 – Startup mentoring
05:18 – Running your own YouTube channel
07:15 – Social media for startups
08:47 – TikTok content
12:15 – Future of Clubhouse
16:56 – Rules on health and productivity
20:50 – Obsession with productivity
22:30 – Pandemic and working out
25:45 – Importance of priorities
29:26 – Note organization
33:42 – Silicon Valley exodus
36:39 – Moving to LA
38:40 – Personal media strategy
42:47 – Importance of trying
44:17 – Advice for startup founders
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Frederic Beigbeder is a French writer, TV host, and literary critic. Today we discuss which books can help us cope with isolation, which books to read to predict the future, what French and Russian writers have in common, and when we will become posthuman.
Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/gregmustreader
My blog on Medium: https://medium.com/@mustreader
Subscribe to my podcast on iTunes, Spotify and other podcasting platforms: https://anchor.fm/greg-mustreader
My Instagram: https://instagram.com/mustreader
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader
Notes from Underground: https://amzn.to/3aiAwJX
A Journey Round My Room: https://amzn.to/387ucCq
The Minority Report: https://amzn.to/2KtGqx4
Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: https://amzn.to/2LLmMgL
Time Out of Joint: https://amzn.to/3mu9Lop
Frankenstein: https://amzn.to/2LJUIu9
A Life Without End: https://amzn.to/37thKOq
The Man In A Case: https://amzn.to/2KbGcuI
0:00 – Intro
0:49 – Role of literature
1:54 – Book recommendations
3:22 – Inspiring books
4:50 – Can modern writers predict the future?
6:10 – On immortality
8:08 – Border between the human and the post-human
10:18 – Privacy vs self-development
11:32 – Future of privacy
14:11 – Will reading go away in future?
15:28 – How books change you
16:56 – Favorite authors from the past
19:50 – Modern writers
22:24 – Like Bunin
28:05 – Frederic's new book
29:35 – Tolstoy or Dostoevsky
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Artem Rodichev is the Head of AI at the San Francisco-based Replika, one of the leading startups in the area of conversational AI algorithms.
Video version of the podcast: https://youtu.be/bKUzEoLiDI0
Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/gregmustreader
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader
My blog on Medium: https://medium.com/@mustreader
My Instagram: https://instagram.com/mustreader
Artem Rodichev: https://facebook.com/rodichev.artem
Replika’s site: https://replika.ai
0:00 – Intro
00:44 – Creation of Replika
05:14 – On digital immortality
08:04 – On GPT-3
13:09 – Risks of creating the AI
21:05 – How soon will the general AI appear?
22:34 – Will people stop talking to each other in future?
28:08 – The strangest conversation with Replika
29:56 – Cases of offensive behavior of Replika
33:24 – Can artificial intelligence create art?
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Robert Zubrin is an American aerospace engineer and the President of the Mars Society.
Video version of the podcast: https://youtu.be/gc2EHVsw76M
Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/gregmustreader
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader
My blog on Medium: https://medium.com/@mustreader
My Instagram: https://instagram.com/mustreader
Robert Zubrin: https://ru-ru.facebook.com/RobZubrin/
The Case for Mars: https://amzn.to/30Nl2IT
Russian edition, «Курс на Марс»: http://partners.book24.ru/r/vNTmA
0:00 – Intro
0:40 – Which country will be the first to reach Mars
05:59 – Why hasn't anyone done it yet
07:31 – Why the US is postponing the Mars program
10:35 – Similarities between SpaceX and Lockheed Martin
12:23 – How Elon Musk is going to use Martian materials
13:48 – What prevents us from reaching Mars
16:30 – Sending unmanned vehicles to Mars
17:47 – Risks of a flight to Mars
18:36 – The number of people in the first mission to Mars
20:16 – Why the Mars mission is so important
28:24 – Which social problems can the colonization of Mars cause
30:41 – The Mars Society
32:59 – Terraforming Mars
36:45 – The use of nuclear weapons in the terraforming of Mars
37:46 – About flying to Mars in person
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Andrei Linde is a Professor at Stanford University and one of the authors of the inflationary theory of the universe.
Video version of the podcast: https://youtu.be/EfS4eV7oFHo
Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/gregmustreader
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader
My blog on Medium: https://medium.com/@mustreader
My Instagram: https://instagram.com/mustreader
Andrei Linde: https://web.stanford.edu/~alinde/
The Star Diaries: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy: https://amzn.to/30yhlqx
0:00 – Intro
0:40 – The inflationary theory of the universe
12:24 – On discussing the theory with Stephen Hawking
15:12 – Brief description of the inflation theory
17:14 – How particles were formed in a vacuum
18:59 – On creating the inflationary theory
25:04 – Scientific consensus about the inflationary theory
27:02 – The multiverse theory and evidence for it
47:02 – Simulation theory
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Charlie Kam is the 2020 US presidential candidate endorsed by the US Transhumanist Party.
Video version of the podcast: https://youtu.be/6EY1Kge0oYo
Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/gregmustreader
My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader
My blog on Medium: https://medium.com/@mustreader
My Instagram: https://instagram.com/mustreader
Charlie Kam: https://facebook.com/charlie.kam.79
Charlie's YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/user/KamCharlie
If I had to Build a Brain - https://youtube.com/watch?v=Gdh9Z4zczz0
The Singularity is Near - https://amzn.to/2X90qZd
Age of the Intelligent Machines - https://amzn.to/2X7HlH2
Age of the Spiritual Machines - https://amzn.to/334rkp2
0:00 - Intro
1:01 - Science fiction culture and books by Ray Kurzweil
3:55 - Why Ben Zion left the US Transhumanist Party
8:49 - Artificial meat industry in future
12:11 - Marketing of the US Transhumanist Party
14:37 - How the pandemic raised the issue of life-extension
16:21 - Why will mass production make universal basic income inevitable
17:54 - How will universal basic income change people's lives
21:02 - Duopoly of Republicans and Democrats in the US
25:41 - Joining the Democratic Party
27:17 - When will the US get a transhumanist president
29:32 - Understanding what transhumanism is
32:32 - Transhumanism and becoming a cyborg
36:12 - Three steps after becoming the president
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