Oddbean

How Awesome. Can’t wait to listen. Are you going to give a step-by-step tutorial on setting up your personal AI? Also, when will you release “Jeff Booth AI” so I can be mentored by you daily? 🤩

I have thought about this AI imitation agent idea for a while. Who wouldn't want to talk to their ancestors or loved ones who are no longer here? I know I would love to talk to my an AI version of my father who died 27 years ago (I know it's not him, but an imitation).. I get goosebumps thinking about it.

This convo matches great with the AI/ML tools I am studying at MIT, things are moving fast and it's best to get on board ASAP, but the world will still largely get better, but through apparent messy events. nostr:nevent1qqs25shytmy4t3nf52ppkema02xmsr7hyar7w5d7ruyp2nl9fz6fj6gpp4mhxue69uhkummn9ekx7mqzyzp7sxxlhmxw544s74g4w6el6wd8558pmq2exs6sqd505zzuektykqcyqqqqqqgwct9x8

@Jeff Booth The path of least resistance for bitcoin might well be a total ban so that a black market with circular economies can quickly develop. The reason is that the adoption of bitcoin is not simply a function of its technological superiority as money. Adoption is a function of how easy it is for the masses to get bitcoin. And Fincen reg is only the first obstacle. Just wait until a disproportionate taxation is introduced globally via the OECD, just like they did with the CRS for bank accounts offshore. Now that will discourage adoption. https://andreleblanc.substack.com/p/will-bitcoin-win-and-foster-a-new-a13 On the other topic that non-bitcoiners will be always better off with falling prices in a bitcoin economy rather than with inflation (and loss of purchasing power) in a fiat system that subsidizes them, well good luck explaining that to the masses. That's all good for us, but think for instance of Argentinian people who were still willing to vote for the very same corrupt politicians because they promised them some sort of subsidy. It took 40 years of hyperinflation to finally change their mind with the last elections. Another critical point is bitcoin's limited fungibility. This is an issue to be addressed by developers because, as the Fincen Reg shows, this is a weakness they will attack. Can we have a default mixing for every UTXO at protocol level or at least in a coordinated manner in every wallet like Wasabi?

Just finished watching/listening and having my mind blown! I have a question though and it requires a bit of your serious deep thinking on it, using your depiction of Elon in this pod … Imagine if Elon said something like this... everyone who purchases something from (any of his businesses) using bitcoin will be able to maintain a share of any future price appreciation of the bitcoin as they pay for a specified period of time.... It's almost as if in this completely flipped financial world of bitcoin (as you described it again in this pod)….businesses will go from loaning “value” and collecting interest to one of loaning value and sharing interest to the people we do business with? I mean as a business I feel I have to incentivize people to use the Bitcoin system in order to grow the value in the system ( and the crazy thing is that this feeling is so closely aligned with my current selfish feelings of needing to make more money that it is scary...and here's the crazy part...both systems probably exist for a very long time...as people move back and forth between them…

Perhaps the best conversation on the topic I've heard nostr:nevent1qqs25shytmy4t3nf52ppkema02xmsr7hyar7w5d7ruyp2nl9fz6fj6gpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qgsg86qcm7lve6jkkr64z4mt8lfe57jsu8vpty6r2qpk37sgtnxevjcrqsqqqqqpztc25j

Thanks for having doing these pods! The part at the end about Musk and Warren was so on point. As a non-US person with a business in the US, it is great that people like you two are representing a perspective I share!

Listen to this. Twice. nostr:nevent1qqs25shytmy4t3nf52ppkema02xmsr7hyar7w5d7ruyp2nl9fz6fj6gpr4mhxue69uhkummnw3ezucnfw33k76twv4ezuum0vd5kzmp0qgsg86qcm7lve6jkkr64z4mt8lfe57jsu8vpty6r2qpk37sgtnxevjcrqsqqqqqpztc25j

This discussion was a mind-expander…much the same way that Jeff’s book was…literally loved the discussion. Walked away more curious, and maybe a touch smarter. Thanks to @Jeff Booth and @preston for the work they continue to do!!!!