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New convo with Robin Hanson and Jann Tallin on "pausing" training of large language model artificial intelligence. Special hat tip to @Guy Swann for alerting me to the emergence of open source AI, a topic which yielded an enlightening exchange.

#[0]​ how many inquiries can you handle simultaneously?

Good video. I love cathedral vs. bazaar analogy for Bluesky vs Nostr. My non-technical view of this is that Bluesky might have a quicker early growth spurt because it feels more familiar to Twitter refugees, but Nostr has the longterm advantage because it attracts more people who are here specifically FOR THE DECENTRALIZATION and not because they hate Elon Musk or whatever. I don’t think Twitter is going anywhere anytime soon. It will likely remain a big, influential network unless and until someone removes Elon from leadership and tanks the company or he simply loses interest and lets the censorship blob take control again or the state goes full-on authoritarian against the social media companies (all possible). As long as Twitter remains dominant, it seems like it’s going to be hard for what at the moment looks and acts like a Twitter clone with fewer users to compete. Nostr, on the other hand, has a totally different feel because it’s built by and for people who want to resist control and surveillance, which is ultimately the point of cryptography and decentralization.

I agree with Dr. Bhattacharya. One of our best interviews. If you missed the livestream, you can catch it as a podcast.

Reason.com

Jacob Siegel: 'Disinformation' is the hoax of the century

From Russiagate to COVID discourse, elites in government and the media are trying to control and centralize free speech and open inquiry.

VERY interesting perspective on AI and centralization.

Damus

TheGuySwann on nostr

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Are you scared of AI? Think it's time to hit the ol' PAUSE button? I'll be hosting a debate/discussion about the proposed AI "pause" with Robin Hanson and Jaan Tallin of Skype/Kazaa fame this Thursday at 1pm ET if you're interested.

Sort of hesitant to even go here, but anyone have thoughts about RFK Jr.'s sudden interest in bitcoin?

NBC News

Robert Kennedy Jr. to make campaign debut at bitcoin conference

The environmentalist turned presidential candidate is positioning himself as a defender of cryptocurrency, despite its massive environmental footpr...

Keep those escape hatches maintained and ready. Escape hatches like Nostr.

A reminder in case anyone's around at 1pm ET today that we'll be talking with Jacob Siegel about his opus on the "counter-disinformation complex" for Tablet mag. Will be taking live comments and questions.

It starts with porn. Next will be social media. The effect will be to “must show ID” to access much of the internet. Most governments would ban anonymous speech and online privacy if they could. Many will try. But they will fail.

Pornhub Blocks Utah Users From Its Site to Protest Age-Verification Law (Published 2023)

The law seeks to protect minors from pornography, but the company said that “until a real solution is offered” to verify users’ ages, the we...

I’m no VC, but I feel like handing $500k to a pseudonymous Twitter socialist to raise awareness about money printing might not be the most sound allocation of capital.

Remember that time bitcoin was the only money that didn't get totally frozen out by the Canadian government on its way to the troublesome truckers? I remember.

Posting on here and making a bunch of dumb formatting errors and not being able to delete my mistakes gives me real insight into the 2010s boomer social media experience.

On Thursday, @nickgillespie and I will talking on the Reason livestream with journalist Jacob Siegel about this article. Will likely be bringing Nostr into the discussion as a possible antidote to the kind of algorithmic surveillance and AI-driven "pre censorship" that Siegel describes. Take a look at this if you haven't yet. https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/guide-understanding-hoax-century-thirteen-ways-looking-disinformation

I'll be going to Bitcoin Miami with my colleagues @Jim Epstein and @Liz Wolfe this year. What topics would you like to see us cover for Reason?

ICYMI, my appearance on @Plebchain Radio with @QW and @Avi Burra is available here.

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We covered a lot of ground: The dream of the '90s alive on Nostr, the birth and evolution of new media, Marshall McLuhan's prophecy, the limitations of "web 3.0," homelessness, FL vs. CA, Elon as the ultimate wildcard, Bluesky vs. Nostr, and much much more.

Because of Twitter’s algo, I’m totally up to date on Steven Crowder’s marital drama. #informed

About to go live on nostrnests.com/plebchainradio with#[0] and @qw. Come on over!

I'm excited to join#[0] and#[1] tonight at 6:30pm ET on#[2]. It's been fascinating to watch Nostr evolve and grow, and I'm looking forward to talking through how this network and Bitcoin intersect with the kind of work I do at Reason. See you tonight!