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Ai_025 – Bullsh.t and Breakthroughs

May 20, 2024 Guy Comments Off

Today we explore the deluge of announcements from both OpenAi and Google. With a plethora of Ai features dropping at Google I/O And Chat GPT-4o landing with an ai that can be spoken to like a human, how do we determine the difference between groundbreaking AI tools and mere gimmicks. How do we discern practical applications from overhyped features? Join Guy as he navigates the latest AI developments, asking the critical question: What truly enhances our digital lives and what falls short?
Links to check out:

Rabbit R1 (Link: https://www.rabbit.tech/rabbit-r1)
Google I/O Announcements: Coverage of the latest features and tools introduced by Google, including the Gemini Pro and video gen models. (Link: https://io.google/2024/)
OpenAI’s GPT-40 Announcement: Insights into the latest generative pre-trained transformer model which emphasizes voice interaction (Link: https://openai.com/index/hello-gpt-4o/)
Satlantis Project (Link: https://satlantis.com/)
Welcome to the World of Audio Computers – Jason Rugolo TED talk (Link: https://tinyurl.com/4zc62nhc)
Nova Project: Focus on a business-oriented AI platform that prioritizes open-source solutions and privacy for handling sensitive data.⁠ (Link: Pending)

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“The Limits of my language means the limits of my world”~ Ludwig Wittgenstein

Read_821 – The Most Important Thing You’ll Read This Year

May 17, 2024 Guy Comments Off

“The U.S. Government spends in a budgetary deficit, then issues treasuries to pay for the spending, then, at a bigger rate than anybody else, buys the treasuries to cover the loss. An unbelievable Ponzi scheme. The U.S. Government is the director of the Ponzi scheme, the old investor, and the new investor. A true masterclass.”~ Cole Walmsley
Today we tackle the intricacies of fiscal irresponsibility through a Twitter thread by Cole Walmsley. As the U.S. government’s deficit spending spirals into what can only be accurately described as a “masterclass Ponzi scheme,” listeners are beckoned to question: How long can this last? With the state of national debt, the illusion of monetary stability, and the inevitable downfall of fiat currencies, are we witnessing the death throes of the dollar, and can a new monetary system rise from the chaos?
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Gaiter Capital Website⁠ (Link: https://www.gaitercapital.com/)

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Guy on YouTube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@theguyswann)
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The Guy Swann Network Broadcast Room on Keet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/3na6v839)

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“The whole government is a Ponzi scheme.”~ Bernard Madoff

Chat_100 – Privacy is a Crime with Travis West

May 16, 2024 Guy Comments Off

Today we dive into an amazing chat around the complexities and shifts in law enforcement in a world with Bitcoin, as well as breaking down the nuances and difficulties in both the defense and prosecution of the Samourai Wallet case. Travis, previously a detective who found his speciality in cybercrime and fraud, requiring extensive knowledge and interaction with Bitcoin and blockchain analytics, presents a unique insight into how things may develop moving forward and where we should be wary to defend our privacy and independence. Don’t miss this incredible discussion!

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Travis West Nostr Post #1 (Link: https://tinyurl.com/2jzfadtr)
Travis West Nostr Post #2 (Link: https://tinyurl.com/54b89bme)

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TPR_001 – Return of the P2P Web

May 14, 2024 Guy Comments Off

In our inaugural episode of The Pear Report, it only felt right to bring Mafintosh and dmc onto the show to explore the transformative potential of the Pear Stack and how it can reshape our digital interactions and the foundational layers of the internet! Delve into discussions on the role of the Pear Stack in enabling more decentralized, secure, and user-empowered digital environments. Do not sleep on what is happening, find out why in our first episode, “The Second Coming of the P2P Web.”
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Pears.com (Link: pears.com)
The Guy Swann Network Broadcast Room (Link: https://tinyurl.com/yckjrcrr)
Pear Portal Keet Room (Link: https://tinyurl.com/45feujz5)
Keet.io (Link: Keet.io)
Holepunch.to (Link: Holepunch.to)

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⁠Mathias Buus on X⁠ (Link: https://twitter.com/guest)

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Ai_024 – CASCDR

May 9, 2024 Guy Comments Off

“We’re basically at a fork in the road. I think that there’s a good chance we go the wrong way and you end up with a situation like China.
We need to build these tools that serve Liberty and not tyranny. And we need to design these systems correctly. And then on top of that, I think, as I pointed out earlier, you know, we have an opportunity to build a better product than the tyrannical systems, you know, now before, before you’re in too deep. So we need to do that so that people aren’t, aren’t lured by that.”

Are we steering towards a future where technology amplifies human potential, or are we drifting into a realm where control overshadows creativity? We are joined by the creator of CASCDR today to delve into a discussion that explores the role of Ai in our future and how we can utilize it to decentralize markets, service provision, and change the structure of productivity in a way that can bring it far closer to us and our needs. What does that future look like, and how do we build to get there?

Links to check out:

⁠Range by David Epstein ⁠(Link: https://davidepstein.com/range/)⁠
CASCDR App⁠ (Link: https://cascdr.vercel.app/)⁠
Where Goo Ideas Come From by Steven Johnson⁠ (Link: https://tinyurl.com/49ec9zaa)
⁠PlebLab⁠ (Link: https://www.pleblab.dev/)
⁠Jupiter Notebook⁠ (Link: https://jupyter.org/)

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Chat_099 – Failure, Hope and the Purpose of Bitcoin with Bitcoin Mechanic

May 8, 2024 Guy Comments Off

“We have the fork wars, we have a culture that understands the importance of nodes and widespread enforcement of a protocol and its rules. Unlike shitcoins, which couldn’t care less about it… So this node orientation in Bitcoin is is critical to it not being a shitcoin. So spam has come in and they start trashing the blockchain and exploding the UTXO set and making every block almost four megabytes, which was supposed to be a theoretical maximum we were never actually supposed to see because no one thought we would just fill it up with witness data… This is a ridiculous guys. It’s an attack. They’ve stated it as an attack when they came out and just went “I want to bloat the UTXO set because it’s the worst thing you can do in Bitcoin”.”
~ Bitcoin Mechanic

In this episode, I talk with Bitcoin Mechanic about the current state of Bitcoin, focusing on the regulatory environment, the vital role of self-custody, and the challenges facing privacy and autonomy in the digital age. We delve into the complexities of maintaining operational security in the face of increasing regulatory oversight, and consider in what ways we can balance the needs of miners with those of everyday users and node runners to maintain a healthy network ecosystem.

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Bitcoin Mechanic on X (Link: https://twitter.com/GrassFedBitcoin)
Bitcoin Mechanic on Youtube (Link: https://www.youtube.com/@bitcoinmechanic)
Ocean Mining (Link: https://ocean.xyz/)

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Read_820 – The Bitcoin Stack

May 6, 2024 Guy Comments Off

“This is a fancy way of saying that you need money to make markets, and you need decentralized, open, digital money to make decentralized, open, digital markets. Furthermore, higher layers require lower layers to exist, but lower layers benefit from the value created at higher layers. However valuable layer one Bitcoin can be as a new global money, it can become significantly more valuable if we recognize it as a crucial technical building block to building markets with the potential to disrupt many other human networks.”
~ Dhruv Bansal, Ryan Gentry & Allen Farrington

How can we think differently about what is actually occurring at the base layer of Bitcoin and what it enables, to extend it to the more tangible and understood problems of internet centralization, abusive platforms, censorship, and so many other prevalent problems in our networks today? If we can break each of these problems down into their smallest, and simplest parts, and one-by-one solve each of those problems, can we begin to actually solve the broader concerns of permission-less communication, scalable decentralized payments, service provision, and global openly accessible networks of all kinds? Can we re-decentralize the internet, with Bitcoin? Find out in a fantastic new piece from the crew at AxiomBTC and written by the incredible set of authors, Dhruv Bansal, Ryan Gentry, and Allen Farrington. You’d be a fool to skip this episode.

Check out the original article at The Bitcoin Stack. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/582zh742)

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Dhruv Bansal, on X (Link: https://twitter.com/dhruvbansal)
Ryan Gentry⁠ on X(Link: https://twitter.com/RyanTheGentry)
Allen Farrington⁠ on X (Link: https://twitter.com/allenf312)

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“The curious task of economics is to demonstrate to men how little they really know about what they imagine they can design. To the naive mind that can conceive of order only as the product of deliberate arrangement, it may seem absurd that in complex conditions order, and adaptation to the unknown, can be achieved more effectively by decentralizing decisions and that a division of authority will actually extend the possibility of overall order. Yet t

Read_819 – Bitcoin Drain in the USA

May 4, 2024 Guy Comments Off

“I think Americans are used to seeing people arrested for bullshit technicalities and thrown in jail for long periods of time. But in the rest of the world, it is quite uncommon. For a non-US Bitcoin entrepreneur, the US is a scary and dangerous place. American authorities seem resourceful, competent, and motivated to destroy your life just to prove a point. This line of thinking is not paranoia, nor is it cowardice.” ~ Francis Pouliot

We dive into a piece from Francis Pouliot, the CEO of Bull Bitcoin, today that dives into the toxic waters of U.S. regulations that seem to strangle innovation at every turn. As the US govt tightens their grip and “non-compliance” of an absurdly defined regulatory leviathan threatens decades in prison, how can the Bitcoin community protect what makes Bitcoin important? Join us as Guy, along with a special guest, unravels the complex web of control and compliance reshaping the landscape of digital currency. Could this be the dawn of a new era of resistance within the bitcoin world?

Check out the original article at ⁠Bitcoin Drain in the USA⁠. (Link: https://tinyurl.com/5n6raf5d)

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Atomic Habits by James Clear (Link: https://jamesclear.com/atomic-habits)

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“Change happens when the pain of staying the same is greater than the pain of change.” ~ Tony Robbins
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Ai_023 – The Promise of Personal AI

May 3, 2024 Guy Comments Off

How close are we to realizing the dream of personal AI? Dive into the potential of small, efficient AI models that enhance our self-awareness and improve our lives without compromising our privacy. Could these advancements lead us to a future where we not only manage but truly own our data, understanding ourselves better than any corporation could? Join us as we explore the fascinating possibilities of personal AI.

Links to check out

Atomic Habits (Link: https://tinyurl.com/hjcajxc)
Facebook’s LLM transparency tool Hugging Face Demo (Link: https://tinyurl.com/4c9cmzhw)
Clone yourself with Delphi A (Link: https://www.delphi.ai/)
The Cold Start Problem: How to Start and Scale Network Effects (Link: https://tinyurl.com/bdzetyax)
The Innovator’s Dilemma: The Revolutionary Book That Will Change the Way You Do Business (Link: https://tinyurl.com/mt6ca37k)
The Pile (Link: https://pile.eleuther.ai/)

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“The reason why it is so difficult for existing firms to capitalize on disruptive innovations is that their processes and their business model that make them good at the existing business actually make them bad at competing for the disruption.”
~ Clayton M Christenson

Guy’s Take_085 – They Are Coming

May 1, 2024 Guy Comments Off

“The Samurai wallet developers have been arrested. The government has responded with their opposition to the motion of dismissal in the tornado cash case. Phoenix wallet has withdrawn from the United States. Does one need to have control over the funds to be a money transmitter? Is the lightning network, is Bitcoin, is even self-custody and your home node illegal?

The past week or so in Bitcoin has seen a flood of new developments, unfortunate events and clarifications and demands from government regulatory agencies. And it has quite clearly spooked a lot of people in the Bitcoin industry. What does it all mean and how should we respond? It’s time for a guys take episode.”

I took on a whirlwind of pressing issues facing the Bitcoin ecosystem amid a slew of government actions that appear to target privacy and financial sovereignty. What does the arrest of the Samurai wallet developers, the exodus of Phoenix wallet from the U.S., and the broader implications for Bitcoin’s legal landscape mean for the future of digital privacy and self-custody? I dissected these developments with a critical eye, questioning the balance between regulatory oversight and the fundamental right to privacy. Tune in for a deep dive into the legal, technical, and societal impacts of these unfolding events.

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David Zell’s tweet (Link: https://tinyurl.com/22ppa7yt)

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“I have to remind myself that some birds aren’t meant to be caged. Their feathers are just too bright. And when they fly away, the part of you that knows it was a sin to lock them up does rejoice. But still, the place you live in is that much more drab and empty that they’re gone. I guess I just missed my friend.”
~ Red, Shawshank Redemption

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Ai_025 – Bullsh.t and Breakthroughs

Read_821 – The Most Important Thing You’ll Read This Year

Chat_100 – Privacy is a Crime with Travis West

TPR_001 – Return of the P2P Web

Ai_024 – CASCDR

Chat_099 – Failure, Hope and the Purpose of Bitcoin with Bitcoin Mechanic

Read_820 – The Bitcoin Stack

Read_819 – Bitcoin Drain in the USA

Ai_023 – The Promise of Personal AI

Guy’s Take_085 – They Are Coming

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