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🚨🤖 PARTNERSHIP INTERVIEW: 51% OF THE INTERNET IS BOTS, CAN HUMANITY STILL WIN? More than half of online traffic today is not human. It is bots, and a third of them are malicious. AI is generating fake profiles, fake comments, even fake people. And if Big Tech owns your identity, one hack could erase you from the internet entirely. , founder of our portfolio company, Humanity Protocol, is building a system to change that, giving people control of their digital identities through blockchain verification. We talk about: •⁠ ⁠What happens when bots outnumber humans online •⁠ ⁠How Apple, Google, and Facebook control who we are •⁠ ⁠Why digital ID could be the most important tech of the decade •⁠ ⁠How the Mastercard partnership could redefine online identity •⁠ ⁠And why the next big war might be between real humans and fake ones Terence Kwok says the future of the internet depends on one thing. Knowing who is real and who is not. 00:00 – Over half of all web traffic is now bots 01:00 – Why identity matters in an AI-driven world 01:45 – Terence Kwok on losing trust in digital life 03:59 – When social media can’t tell what’s real 04:20 – Big Tech controls your existence 05:26 – The Humanity Protocol solution 08:02 – The “dead internet” is already here 08:45 – Bot traffic and the $100B fraud economy 10:15 – AI-generated content is replacing humans 12:00 – AI dependence erodes human skill 13:10 – Verifying truth through credentials 14:01 – What it means to be human online 15:17 – When AI agents need identities too 17:56 – Can AI resist shutdown or blackmail 19:19 – Why every AI needs a human “owner” 21:23 – Self-driving cars as potential weapons 22:09 – Infrastructure under AI control 23:30 – Artificial muscles stronger than humans 24:26 – Teaching AI values like a child 25:40 – Training on humanity’s worst data 26:44 – Does intelligence lead to compassion 26:46 – Who’s winning the AI race: U.S. or China 28:42 – China’s real-world AI advantage 29:31 – Everyday life inside China’s AI economy 31:46 – U.S. regulation vs. China’s speed 32:21 – Different strengths, different outcomes 32:50 – Bringing AI ethics back to Humanity 33:02 – Building Humanity with blockchain partners 35:21 – Mastercard and on-chain verification 36:26 – Control and monetize your own data 37:38 – Real-world utility over hype tokens 39:50 – Decentralized identity for a human-led web 39:59 – “Digital identity is the foundation of the next internet” Disclaimer: We are investors in this project and receive benefits from our involvement. This content is for promotional purposes only and is not financial or investment advice. Cryptocurrency carries significant risk, and you should always do your own due diligence before making any decision.
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🚨🤖 PARTNERSHIP INTERVIEW: 51% OF THE INTERNET IS BOTS, CAN HUMANITY STILL WIN? More than half of online traffic today is not human. It is bots, and a third of them are malicious. AI is generating fake profiles, fake comments, even fake people. And if Big Tech owns your identity, one hack could erase you from the internet entirely. , founder of our portfolio company, Humanity Protocol, is building a system to change that, giving people control of their digital identities through blockchain verification. We talk about: •⁠ ⁠What happens when bots outnumber humans online •⁠ ⁠How Apple, Google, and Facebook control who we are •⁠ ⁠Why digital ID could be the most important tech of the decade •⁠ ⁠How the Mastercard partnership could redefine online identity •⁠ ⁠And why the next big war might be between real humans and fake ones Terence Kwok says the future of the internet depends on one thing. Knowing who is real and who is not. 00:00 – Over half of all web traffic is now bots 01:00 – Why identity matters in an AI-driven world 01:45 – Terence Kwok on losing trust in digital life 03:59 – When social media can’t tell what’s real 04:20 – Big Tech controls your existence 05:26 – The Humanity Protocol solution 08:02 – The “dead internet” is already here 08:45 – Bot traffic and the $100B fraud economy 10:15 – AI-generated content is replacing humans 12:00 – AI dependence erodes human skill 13:10 – Verifying truth through credentials 14:01 – What it means to be human online 15:17 – When AI agents need identities too 17:56 – Can AI resist shutdown or blackmail 19:19 – Why every AI needs a human “owner” 21:23 – Self-driving cars as potential weapons 22:09 – Infrastructure under AI control 23:30 – Artificial muscles stronger than humans 24:26 – Teaching AI values like a child 25:40 – Training on humanity’s worst data 26:44 – Does intelligence lead to compassion 26:46 – Who’s winning the AI race: U.S. or China 28:42 – China’s real-world AI advantage 29:31 – Everyday life inside China’s AI economy 31:46 – U.S. regulation vs. China’s speed 32:21 – Different strengths, different outcomes 32:50 – Bringing AI ethics back to Humanity 33:02 – Building Humanity with blockchain partners 35:21 – Mastercard and on-chain verification 36:26 – Control and monetize your own data 37:38 – Real-world utility over hype tokens 39:50 – Decentralized identity for a human-led web 39:59 – “Digital identity is the foundation of the next internet” Disclaimer: We are investors in this project and receive benefits from our involvement. This content is for promotional purposes only and is not financial or investment advice. Cryptocurrency carries significant risk, and you should always do your own due diligence before making any decision.

Mario Nawfal

192,143 views • 8 months ago

LIVE NOW - FinTech Meets Crypto: The Future of Global Payments What if payment chains are the “AWS moment for money”? Simon Taylor, fintech veteran, ex-Barclays crypto lead, and author of FinTech Brainfood joins Bankless to map the convergence of fintech and crypto. From stablecoins serving as the Trojan horse for tokenisation to Tempo's push for a payments chain, Simon explains why finance is on the brink of its biggest infrastructure shift since Visa. -------------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 4:28 FinTech Meets Crypto 9:47 The AWS Moment for Money 14:34 Why Payments Are Broken 21:25 Stablecoins in Action 25:59 The Rise of Payments Chains 38:11 Neutrality, Permissionlessness & The Libra Lesson 52:48 Stablecoins, Tokenized Deposits & CBDCs 59:08 The Stablecoin Boom Ahead 1:12:24 Is FinTech Becoming Crypto? 1:15:22 Tokenization Beyond Payments 1:36:25 Agents & AI Commerce 1:40:33 Closing Thoughts
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LIVE NOW - FinTech Meets Crypto: The Future of Global Payments What if payment chains are the “AWS moment for money”? Simon Taylor, fintech veteran, ex-Barclays crypto lead, and author of FinTech Brainfood joins Bankless to map the convergence of fintech and crypto. From stablecoins serving as the Trojan horse for tokenisation to Tempo's push for a payments chain, Simon explains why finance is on the brink of its biggest infrastructure shift since Visa. -------------- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Intro 4:28 FinTech Meets Crypto 9:47 The AWS Moment for Money 14:34 Why Payments Are Broken 21:25 Stablecoins in Action 25:59 The Rise of Payments Chains 38:11 Neutrality, Permissionlessness & The Libra Lesson 52:48 Stablecoins, Tokenized Deposits & CBDCs 59:08 The Stablecoin Boom Ahead 1:12:24 Is FinTech Becoming Crypto? 1:15:22 Tokenization Beyond Payments 1:36:25 Agents & AI Commerce 1:40:33 Closing Thoughts

Bankless

22,811 views • 10 months ago

The end of coding? *Epic* conversation with Guillermo Rauch of Vercel on vibe coding, MCP, agents and building products in the AI era. (00:00) - Intro: Guillermo's Story (02:08) - What is v0 and Why Did It Take Off So Fast? (04:10) - Building a hit product with < people (07:51) - Cursor, Replit, etc: v0 vs Other AI Coding Tools (10:35) - Everyone can cook - What is Vibe Coding? (17:05) - Is v0 Just Frontend? Moving Toward Full Stack 19:40 - How to Become a Great Vibe Coder (23:35) - A GUI for AI: The Future of Interfaces (29:46) - Developer Love vs Agent Love (33:41) - The Importance of Taste in the AI Era (39:10) - MCP: The Protocol for AI-to-AI Communication (43:11) - Security and the Risks of Agentic Web (45:25) - Are Enterprises Ready for the Agentic Future? (49:42) - Building a Data Flywheel (56:06) - The Vercel AI Cloud: From Pixels to Tokens (1:10:14) - Adapting to a Non-Developer Persona (1:13:47) - Retention, Margins, and the Business of AI (1:16:51) - The Secret Behind Vercel Last Year Growth (1:24:15) - The importance of Online Presence (1:30:49) - Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: Keeping your Sanity as a CEO (1:34:59) - Guillermo's Advice to Younger Self
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The end of coding? *Epic* conversation with Guillermo Rauch of Vercel on vibe coding, MCP, agents and building products in the AI era. (00:00) - Intro: Guillermo's Story (02:08) - What is v0 and Why Did It Take Off So Fast? (04:10) - Building a hit product with < people (07:51) - Cursor, Replit, etc: v0 vs Other AI Coding Tools (10:35) - Everyone can cook - What is Vibe Coding? (17:05) - Is v0 Just Frontend? Moving Toward Full Stack 19:40 - How to Become a Great Vibe Coder (23:35) - A GUI for AI: The Future of Interfaces (29:46) - Developer Love vs Agent Love (33:41) - The Importance of Taste in the AI Era (39:10) - MCP: The Protocol for AI-to-AI Communication (43:11) - Security and the Risks of Agentic Web (45:25) - Are Enterprises Ready for the Agentic Future? (49:42) - Building a Data Flywheel (56:06) - The Vercel AI Cloud: From Pixels to Tokens (1:10:14) - Adapting to a Non-Developer Persona (1:13:47) - Retention, Margins, and the Business of AI (1:16:51) - The Secret Behind Vercel Last Year Growth (1:24:15) - The importance of Online Presence (1:30:49) - Everything, Everywhere, All at Once: Keeping your Sanity as a CEO (1:34:59) - Guillermo's Advice to Younger Self

Matt Turck

86,153 views • 1 year ago

I sat down with Jordi Visser to discuss why the Fed did not cut interest rates, how to think about inflation, Israel & Iran, how big bitcoin can get, AI, and Jordi's current market outlook. Enjoy! TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 1:15 - How much will bitcoin be worth? 10:36 - Economic data and the Fed’s decision to not cut rates 19:33 - Legislation and the rise of stablecoins 31:24 - The power of AI and Perplexity 39:25 - Navigating Israel and Iran conflict 46:43 - Market outlook
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I sat down with Jordi Visser to discuss why the Fed did not cut interest rates, how to think about inflation, Israel & Iran, how big bitcoin can get, AI, and Jordi's current market outlook. Enjoy! TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - Intro 1:15 - How much will bitcoin be worth? 10:36 - Economic data and the Fed’s decision to not cut rates 19:33 - Legislation and the rise of stablecoins 31:24 - The power of AI and Perplexity 39:25 - Navigating Israel and Iran conflict 46:43 - Market outlook

Anthony Pompliano 🌪

44,316 views • 1 year ago

The accidental success of ai16z has catapulted AI agents and their transformational promise into the spotlight. .Shaw (spirit/acc), founder of Eliza Labs, talks about: 🔗 How the Eliza framework brings AI agents to every blockchain 📈 How ai16z is rethinking DAOs and decentralized investing 🌍 The societal shifts AI could bring—and who will control its value Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 03:01 Shaw’s inspiration for launching ai16z 08:45 How AI agents are evolving beyond simple tasks 10:28 The Eliza framework and its open-source impact 13:22 Can AI agents excel at trading? 21:19 Why Eliza works seamlessly across multiple blockchains 24:08 The story behind launching Marc Andreessen as an AI character 35:18 Plans for ai16z’s layer 1 and its future launchpad 40:23 Transforming AI agents into more than just “reply bots” 43:26 Shaw’s vision for AI’s role in shaping human society 49:26 Crypto News Recap Thank you to our sponsors! Kelp Polkadot
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The accidental success of ai16z has catapulted AI agents and their transformational promise into the spotlight. .Shaw (spirit/acc), founder of Eliza Labs, talks about: 🔗 How the Eliza framework brings AI agents to every blockchain 📈 How ai16z is rethinking DAOs and decentralized investing 🌍 The societal shifts AI could bring—and who will control its value Timestamps: 00:00 Intro 03:01 Shaw’s inspiration for launching ai16z 08:45 How AI agents are evolving beyond simple tasks 10:28 The Eliza framework and its open-source impact 13:22 Can AI agents excel at trading? 21:19 Why Eliza works seamlessly across multiple blockchains 24:08 The story behind launching Marc Andreessen as an AI character 35:18 Plans for ai16z’s layer 1 and its future launchpad 40:23 Transforming AI agents into more than just “reply bots” 43:26 Shaw’s vision for AI’s role in shaping human society 49:26 Crypto News Recap Thank you to our sponsors! Kelp Polkadot

Laura Shin

216,183 views • 1 year ago