The Bitcoin Frontier Episode 32: AI, AGI, and bitcoin—unleashing human abundance with yours truly
- Open-source vs closed-source AI models
- Will AI replace or create millions of jobs?
- #Bitcoin and AI agents
- AGI and the singularity
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TIMESTAMPS:
00:00:00 Introduction
00:01:35 Christopher’s software and bitcoin background
00:02:47 Thoughts on Open AI GPT-4o?
00:07:00 Is technology actually accelerating?
00:13:08 Will we use AI as a personal assistant or as autonomous agents?
00:19:18 What is AGI? When will we see AGI?
00:24:30 How will humans continue to interact with AI models?
00:28:14 Will AI replace or create jobs?
00:31:20 AI models and software engineering
00:36:14 Will open source models keep pace with closed source models?
00:38:13 One big AGI model or many niche models?
00:41:22 How does bitcoin fit into the future of AI?
00:43:05 What is OpenAgents?
00:45:53 What is an AI agent?
00:49:22 Does AI destroy moats around SaaS companies?
00:51:23 Are we approaching a technological singularity?
00:52:53 Is AI a centralizing or decentralizing technology?
00:53:58 Closing thoughts
Your view of AI agents isn't limited to straight away declining them a place in the world. I'm okay with it. But as there was a question in how much time AI can reach to human capacity in 10 years is unbelievable.
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I mostly agree with this X thread on realistic timelines & definitions for "AGI":
view on x.comThe definition is "a program that can can do any task a median human could, working remotely".
This is still a bit vague, but seems directionally accurate to what I think is likely in the next 10 years.