AI is exploding into every facet of the internet. The convergence of Crypto and AI is inevitable, and we bring on Qiao Wang and Mohamed Fouda to discuss the opportunities and challenges this presents. They explore why Web3 provides an interesting platform for AI, such as payment and execution rails for AI agents, easy access to financial tools, and the ability to commission resources permissionlessly. One example of this is AutoGPT, which uses AI to generate code for on-chain smart contracts. How do we balance caution and optimism? How can we surf this tidal wave of innovation and new frontiers? ------ 🚀 Stake with Swell https://bankless.cc/Swell ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  🧠 AMBIRE | SMART CONTRACT WALLET https://bankless.cc/Ambire  👻 PHANTOM | FRIENDLY MULTICHAIN WALLET https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist  🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ------ Resources: Qiao Wang https://twitter.com/QwQiao  Mohamed Fouda https://twitter.com/mohamedffouda  Alliance https://alliance.xyz/  ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

We’re entering a new multi-chain and secure cross-bridge world very soon. With Axelar's General Message Passing launch, a new era for interoperability has been unlocked.  Tune in to hear from CEO/Co-Founder Sergey Gorbunov, Zaki Manian, Co-Founder of Sommelier Protocol, Co-Founder of Iqlusion, & Steven Goldfeder, Co-founder of Offchain Labs, and contributor to Arbitrum ------ 🚀 Airdrop Alpha is waiting for you on Bankless.com  https://bankless.cc/Alpha   ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ------ TIMESTAMPS:  0:00 Intro 5:09 Axelar Explained 8:25 Cross-Chain Bridging  10:46 Axelar’s Announcement 15:10 Bridges of the Past & Future 19:00 General Message Passing 21:40 The New Way For Interoperability  28:42 Arbitrum’s Side 32:36 The Tech Metaphor 35:40 Multichain & Interoperable World 37:00 Bridge Security 39:05 GMP Applications & Services 40:57 Zaki’s Cosmos Vision 43:20 Why is this Bullish for Arbitrum?  47:27 Resources 48:00 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES: Sergey Gorbunov https://twitter.com/sergey_nog  Zaki Manian https://twitter.com/zmanian  Steven Goldfeder https://twitter.com/sgoldfed  ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Society is off track. We all feel it. What’s wrong? How do we fix it without throwing out all the good parts? We brought on Tim Urban to help us answer these questions.  Tim Urban is a blogger, writer, and illustrator, who is best known for his blog "Wait But Why.” Started in 2013, “Wait But Why” covers various topics, from science and technology to social issues and human behavior. Tim recently wrote a book titled: “What's Our Problem?: A Self-Help Book for Societies,” which Ryan and David think offers a roadmap for the tribal crypto communities battling in the Web3 landscape. ------ ✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the episode:  https://www.bankless.com/debrief-tim-urban    ------ ✨ COLLECTIBLES | Collect this episode:  https://collectibles.bankless.com/mint  ------ 🚀 Airdrop Alpha is waiting for you on Bankless.com  https://bankless.cc/Alpha   ------ In today’s episode, Tim covers many questions, but the overarching ones are:  1) Power Games vs Liberal Games 2) The Importance of Liberalism to Crypto protocols 3) How to find out whether your crypto tribe is a low-rung echo chamber, or high-mind idea lab  4) Why we MUST solve this problem in order to survive as a society  And of course, we had to ask him if AI is going to come kill us all…? Tim’s answer puts things into perspective.  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE https://bankless.cc/uniswap  🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ------ TIMESTAMPS:  0:00 Intro 7:48  Why Are We Angry? 8:53 Defining Liberalism  17:09 Liberal vs. Power Games  29:45 Modernity, Liberalism, Institutions, & Norms 42:32 How Radical is Crypto?  46:29 Crypto and Tim’s Radical Levels Pyramid  51:05 Steelmanning the Liberalism Argument  1:03:31 Higher vs. Primitive Mind  1:13:51 How to Ascend the Ladder 1:19:50 Low Wrung Thinkers, Social Media, & Society 1:25:05 Tim’s Thoughts on AI 1:32:00 What Gives Tim Hope? 1:35:20 Closing & Disclaimers ------ RESOURCES: Tim Urban https://twitter.com/waitbutwhy  Tim’s Blog https://waitbutwhy.com/  Tim’s New Book https://www.amazon.com/Whats-Our-Problem-Self-Help-Societies/dp/B0BVGH6T1Q  ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Bankless Weekly Rollup 2nd Week of April 2023  ------ 🚀 TOKEN HUB 🚀 https://www.bankless.com/join?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Intro&utm_campaign=Intro_CTA1  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  📣 SAFE (Gnosis) | ACCOUNT ABSTRACTION https://bankless.cc/AA ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://bankless.cc/kraken  🧠 AMBIRE | SMART CONTRACT WALLET https://bankless.cc/Ambire  👻 PHANTOM | FRIENDLY MULTICHAIN WALLET https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist  🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ------ Topics Covered 0:00 Intro 4:30 MARKETS 6:30 Mt Gox https://twitter.com/tier10k/status/1651317391626846214?s=20  10:00 ETH Staking https://www.theblock.co/data/on-chain-metrics/ethereum/cumulative-eth-deposited-to-beacon-chain-and-validators  12:00 Staking Dashboard https://dune.com/hildobby/eth2-staking  15:25 Polynya Post https://polynya.mirror.xyz/1ZTJ3_BG2-wnBTy6dJLM5E3TPH8wvLGKQVDAnv7VLIw  20:30 Coinbase Suing the SEC https://twitter.com/iampaulgrewal/status/1650655451720318976?s=20  22:00 MetaLawMan Comments https://twitter.com/MetaLawMan/status/1650847807480135681?s=20  24:50 Coinbase Responds to SEC https://youtu.be/pvbWPUCFdKA  36:30 Shield NFT https://twitter.com/coinbase/status/1650612986980048897?s=20  38:30 John Oliver  https://youtu.be/o7zazuy_UfI  51:00 Voyager Binance Deal https://twitter.com/investvoyager/status/1650921887512272917?s=20  52:45 SBF Parents https://www.courtlistener.com/docket/66631291/133/united-states-v-bankman-fried/  54:30 Lens Bonsai Layer 3 https://twitter.com/lensprotocol/status/1651270830729592832  55:05 DevConnect Istanbul https://twitter.com/EFDevconnect/status/1649069463797481472  55:45 Mad Lads https://twitter.com/Pinapaan/status/1651413751378354176?s=20  57:30 MiCA Going Through https://twitter.com/paddi_hansen/status/1649070968579452933?s=20  59:53 TransUnion DeFi Credit Score https://newsroom.transunion.com/transunion-spring-labs-and-quadrata-partner-to-deliver-credit-scoring-to-blockchain/  1:00:45 Phi Bankless https://twitter.com/phi_xyz/status/1650801856329949184  1:02:10 Swell Maine https://twitter.com/swellnetworkio/status/1650672099382685698?s=46  1:02:50 Jobs https://pallet.xyz/list/bankless/jobs  1:06:20 Questions from the Nation https://www.bankless.com/join?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Intro&utm_campaign=Intro_CTA1  1:12:00 Chamath Says Crypto is Dead https://youtu.be/WvTTDxMuAis?t=4870  1:15:50 Running an ETH Node https://twitter.com/EthereumOnARM/status/1650805006872768512  18:30 AGI Alignment https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1651538022360285187?s=20  1:22:45 What David’s Bullish On 1:24:40 What Ryan’s Bullish On 1:29:00 MEME of the Week   ---- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Paul Grewal, Coinbase's Chief Legal Officer joins Ryan and David to discuss why Coinbase is Suing the SEC. Why did they choose to respond to the SEC's Wells Notice to Coinbase in the way they did? Is Gary playing 4D chess or is he just embarrassing and pushing U.S. crypto innovation outside of the U.S.?  Tune in to hear Paul's thoughts and much more.  ------ 📣 SAFE (Gnosis) | Non-Technical Hackathon Sign-up!! https://bankless.cc/AA  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://k.xyz/bankless-pod-q2  🧠 AMBIRE | SMART CONTRACT WALLET https://bankless.cc/Ambire  👻 PHANTOM | FRIENDLY MULTICHAIN WALLET https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist  🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ------ Timestamps: 0:00 Intro 5:44 Why Coinbase is Suing the SEC? 9:10 SEC Giving Crypto Community Rules? 13:14 Why Gary Thinks There's Clarity 15:22 Petition to Give Crypto Rules!  18:10 Why No Clarity Yet? 20:51 What Kind of Rules Do We Want? 23:44 Engaging with the SEC  26:40 Open Conversation?  34:48 Coinbase Wells Notice 42:11 Why is Gary so Confident?  45:28 Battle of Public Opinion  49:42 Does Crypto Regulation Have Hope?  52:45 Closing & Disclaimers  ------ Resources: Paul Grewal https://twitter.com/iampaulgrewal  Coinbase Suing SEC Blog Post https://www.coinbase.com/blog/coinbase-takes-another-formal-step-to-seek-regulatory-clarity-from-sec-for  Coinbase Wells Notice Video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zq2jf4sBdYE&t=576s  Gary's Clarity Video https://twitter.com/GaryGensler/status/1651624244445421591?s=20  ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Ledger from UpOnly joins Ryan and David without Cobie or an appendix. However, Ledger brings the heat. He gives his takes, predictions, and everything in between on all things ETH, BTC, Shitcoins, Gensler's grilling, and macro.  ------ 📣 SAFE (Gnosis) | Non-Technical Hackathon Sign-up!! https://bankless.cc/AA  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://bankless.cc/kraken  🧠 AMBIRE | SMART CONTRACT WALLET https://bankless.cc/Ambire  👻 PHANTOM | FRIENDLY MULTICHAIN WALLET https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist  🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ------ Resources: Ledger https://twitter.com/ledgerstatus  ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Paul Christiano runs the Alignment Research Center, a non-profit research organization whose mission is to align future machine learning systems with human interests. Paul previously ran the language model alignment team at OpenAI, the creators of ChatGPT.  Today, we’re hoping to explore the solution-landscape to the AI Alignment problem, and hoping Paul can guide us on that journey.  ------ ✨ DEBRIEF | Unpacking the episode:  https://www.bankless.com/debrief-paul-christiano    ------ ✨ COLLECTIBLES | Collect this episode:  https://collectibles.bankless.com/mint  ------ ✨ Always wanted to become a Token Analyst? Bankless Citizens get exclusive access to Token Hub. Join Them. https://bankless.cc/TokenHubRSS   ------ In today’s episode, Paul answers many questions, but the overarching ones are:  1) How BIG is the AI Alignment problem?  2) How HARD is the AI Alighment problem? 3) How SOLVABLE is the AI Alignment problem?  Does humanity have a chance? Tune in to hear Paul’s thoughts.  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://bankless.cc/kraken  🦄UNISWAP | ON-CHAIN MARKETPLACE https://bankless.cc/uniswap  👻 PHANTOM | FRIENDLY MULTICHAIN WALLET https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist  🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ------ Topics Covered 0:00 Intro 9:20 Percentage Likelihood of Death by AI 11:24 Timing  19:15 Chimps to Human Jump 21:55 Thoughts on ChatGPT 27:51 LLMs & AGI 32:49 Time to React? 38:29 AI Takeover  41:51 AI Agency  49:35 Loopholes  51:14 Training AIs to Be Honest  58:00 Psychology  59:36 How Solvable Is the AI Alignment Problem? 1:03:48 The Technical Solutions (Scalable Oversight)  1:16:14 Training AIs to be Bad?!  1:18:22 More Solutions 1:21:36 Stabby AIs  1:26:03 Public vs. Private (Lab) AIs 1:28:31 Inside Neural Nets 1:32:11 4th Solution  1:35:00 Manpower & Funding  1:38:15 Pause AI? 1:43:29 Resources & Education on AI Safety  1:46:13 Talent   1:49:00 Paul’s Day Job 1:50:15 Nobel Prize  1:52:35 Treating AIs with Respect  1:53:41 Uptopia Scenario  1:55:50 Closing & Disclaimers  ------ Resources: Alignment Research Center https://www.alignment.org/  Paul Christiano’s Website https://paulfchristiano.com/ai/  ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Bankless Weekly Rollup 2nd Week of April 2023  ------ 🚀 TOKEN HUB 🚀 https://www.bankless.com/join?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Intro&utm_campaign=Intro_CTA1  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  📣 SAFE (Gnosis) | ACCOUNT ABSTRACTION https://bankless.cc/AA  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://bankless.cc/kraken  🧠 AMBIRE | SMART CONTRACT WALLET https://bankless.cc/Ambire  👻 PHANTOM | FRIENDLY MULTICHAIN WALLET https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist  🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ------ Topics Covered 0:00 Intro 4:10 MARKETS 10:00 ETH Staking https://www.rated.network/overview  https://imgur.com/JyEFP6j  24:00 Gary Gensler https://financialservices.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=408708  27:15 Patrick McHenry https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1648359230179782656  29:50 Tom Emmer https://twitter.com/TylerSCrypto/status/1648360838544203777?s=20  35:30 Warren Davidson  https://twitter.com/WarrenDavidson/status/1648379560122105882?s=20  37:20 Gary Fans https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1648365096413052928?s=20  42:20 Missing SBF https://twitter.com/sassal0x/status/1648135965456863236?s=46  43:50 ETH is Not a Security https://twitter.com/lay2000lbs/status/1648356295622422529?s=20  44:40 Republicans vs Democrats https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1648365962100367361?s=20  46:30 Gensler vs Bittrex https://www.sec.gov/news/press-release/2023-78  https://twitter.com/MasonVersluis/status/1647987623670218752?s=20  50:50 SEC Crypto Regulations https://twitter.com/TrustlessState/status/1648234719081816064  51:40 Coinbase Bermuda https://fortune.com/crypto/2023/04/19/coinbase-gets-bermuda-license-plans-to-launch-offshore-exchange-in-coming-weeks/  53:30 SEC Decentralized Exchanges https://www.coindesk.com/layer2/2022/04/05/a-new-sec-definition-for-exchanges-has-big-implications-for-crypto/  55:30 Opaque Regulation https://www.coincenter.org/a-new-sec-proposal-has-a-serious-change-hidden-within-its-complex-language/  57:15 Hester Peirce  https://www.sec.gov/news/statement/peirce-rendering-inovation-2023-04-12  1:05:00 Rocket Pool Atlas https://twitter.com/Jasper_ETH/status/1647409214027972615?s=20  https://medium.com/rocket-pool/rocket-pool-atlas-upgrade-7c69e39a3d5f  https://twitter.com/drworm_eth/status/1648427406259294209?s=20  https://dune.com/drworm/rocketpool 1:09:40 Magi OP Stack Rollup https://twitter.com/NoahCitron/status/1648702968219471875?s=20  1:11:20 Uniswap Wallet https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C74rHvKgnWU  1:12:20 Unknown Exploit https://twitter.com/tayvano_/status/1648187031468781568  1:16:45 Solana Phone https://twitter.com/solanamobile/status/1646580454768910344  1:18:35 Mattel Crypto https://corporate.mattel.com/news/mattel-creations-launches-digital-collectibles-marketplace  1:19:10 Trump NFTs https://collecttrumpcards.com/  1:20:30 1inch on zkSync https://twitter.com/1inch/status/1649050974751948800?s=46  1:20:45 Apple Savings Account https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2023/04/apple-cards-new-high-yield-savings-account-is-now-available-offering-a-4-point-15-percent-apy/  1:22:45 Permissionless II https://www.bankless.com/join?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Intro&utm_campaign=Intro_CTA1  1:27:00 Questions from the Nation https://www.bankless.com/join?utm_source=YouTube&utm_medium=Intro&utm_campaign=Intro_CTA1  TAKES 1:36:30 Mocking Crypto https://twitter.com/_blakewest/status/1646181872194703360?s=46  1:39:00 Backed by the Army https://twitter.com/bendifrancesco/status/1648767224159559701?s=46  1:40:45 What David’s Bullish On 1:42:45 What Ryan’s Bullish On MEME of the Week https://twitter.com/BanklessHQ/status/1648442906301325314    ---- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Today, we're talking about the State of Crypto with Eddy Lazzarin, the CTO of a16z Crypto. The 2023 a16z Crypto Report was published last week and discussed a number of topics, including developer activity, transaction volume, users, and so much more. What are the best insights as we look forward to the rest of the year? ------ 📣 SAFE (Gnosis) | Non-Technical Hackathon Sign-up!! https://bankless.cc/AA  ------ BANKLESS SPONSOR TOOLS:  ⚖️ ARBITRUM | SCALING ETHEREUM https://bankless.cc/Arbitrum  🐙KRAKEN | MOST-TRUSTED CRYPTO EXCHANGE https://bankless.cc/kraken  🧠 AMBIRE | SMART CONTRACT WALLET https://bankless.cc/Ambire  👻 PHANTOM | FRIENDLY MULTICHAIN WALLET https://bankless.cc/phantom-waitlist  🦊METAMASK LEARN | HELPFUL WEB3 RESOURCE https://bankless.cc/MetaMask  ------ Resources: 2023 State of Crypto Report https://a16zcrypto.com/content/article/state-of-crypto-report-2023/  ----- Not financial or tax advice. This channel is strictly educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any assets or to make any financial decisions. This video is not tax advice. Talk to your accountant. Do your own research. Disclosure. From time-to-time I may add links in this newsletter to products I use. I may receive commission if you make a purchase through one of these links. Additionally, the Bankless writers hold crypto assets. See our investment disclosures here: https://www.bankless.com/disclosures 

Economist Robin Hanson challenges the idea that AI will kill us all, proposing instead that we may become their pets. He discusses the possibility of a civil war between multiple AIs, his concerns about AI regulation, the spread of alien civilizations, and his views on crypto.