Navigating Energy Solutions: Solar Power and the Global Context

Today’s show:

Jason’s back and filling us in on his experiences in Washington DC, at the All-In AI Summit, including getting a Trump shoutout from stage, debating immigration with VP Vance, and calling out Sec. Wright for dismissing solar power.THEN Jason and Alex talk about the immense promise of open-source robotics and check out Hugging Face’s Reachy…PLUS picking apart the White House’s new AI-related executive orders, why Jason is afraid of China repeating its Huawei success, a free exchange about tariffs vs. free trade, AND a pressing query from a founder on Reddit: how bad is it to add AI to your product too early?

Timestamps:

(0:00) INTRO, Alex updates Jason about all this week’s TWiST 500 interviews

(03:33) Inside Jason’s experiences at this week’s All In AI Summit with POTUS!

(05:33) Jason’s back and forth on solar power with US Energy Sec. Chris Wright

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(16:54) Jason asks AMD CEO Lisa Su about reaching “superintelligence” and whether it could trigger an unemployment crisis

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(23:42) Jason says… any time you have to wait days or weeks for a service or product, there’s a MASSIVE opportunity.

(26:16) What do Trump’s new AI executive orders actually say?

(27:27) Which EO’s are red meat for Trump’s base, and which ones are likely to become laws and have real impact?

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(35:17) How Huawei went worldwide and why Jason doesn’t want that to happen again with AI.

(38:32) Jason and Alex have a little tariff vs. free trade debate.

(47:03) VP Vance complained about US tech companies laying off Americans, then hiring immigrants; Jason gives his take

(53:35) Jason answers a Reddit question: Is adding AI to your product too early a TRAP?

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