46 episodes

Greg Mustreader discusses rationality, transhumanism, biohacking, tech and other topics with guests of the show.

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    • Society & Culture

Greg Mustreader discusses rationality, transhumanism, biohacking, tech and other topics with guests of the show.

    Daron Acemoglu: MIT Professor on our future and AI

    Daron Acemoglu: MIT Professor on our future and AI

    Guest’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrDaronAcemoglu My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader
    My TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gregmustreader
    Collabs: mazdrid@gmail.com

    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

    • 44 min
    Crypto utopia or crypto dystopia?

    Crypto utopia or crypto dystopia?

    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: mazdrid@gmail.com

    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

    • 38 min
    The future of AI is inspiring and intimidating

    The future of AI is inspiring and intimidating

    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: mazdrid@gmail.com

    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

    • 49 min
    Life Lessons from Russian Literature. Viv Groskop

    Life Lessons from Russian Literature. Viv Groskop

    My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader My TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gregmustreader

    Collabs: mazdrid@gmail.com

    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

    • 57 min
    Nobody believed in this crypto millionaire until …

    Nobody believed in this crypto millionaire until …

    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: mazdrid@gmail.com

    #crypto #Ethereum #blockchain

    • 32 min
    Will we all live in network states? Juraj Bednar

    Will we all live in network states? Juraj Bednar

    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: mazdrid@gmail.com

    #crypto #networkstate #blockchain

    • 1 hr 34 min

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