A volcano-powered Bitcoin city?
Tech Life
BBC
4.3 • 227 Ratings
🗓️ 26 November 2021
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
El Salvador's president made Bitcoin legal tender, now he wants to build a city. Joe Tidy speaks to Salvodoran-American cryptocurrency enthusiast and investor Gerson Martinez about the Central American country's experience with Bitcoin since its introduction earlier this year. Plus 193 member states of the UN agency Unesco say they want a more ethical approach to the development of artificial intelligence. We hear from Unesco's Gabriella Ramos about the problems with AI use today. And our own Jane Wakefield investigates the community of tweeters and YouTubers helping others find the latest Playstation and XBox consoles amid a global computer chip shortage in the run-up to Christmas.
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| 0:41.8 | No. sounds. There's probably another podcast on there that you're absolutely love. Hello, this is TechTent from the BBC World Service. I'm Joe Tidy. And with me this week |
| 0:45.7 | is BBC senior tech reporter Jane Wakefield. Hi, Jane. Hi, Joe. Well, this week, Jane, we're looking |
| 0:51.1 | at a volcano-powered Bitcoin City in El Salvador and the ethics of AI. |
| 0:56.0 | And what else have you got? |
| 0:56.9 | So lots of people are probably starting to think about their Christmas presents. |
| 1:00.3 | And if they're thinking about buying consoles, they might be disappointed. |
| 1:03.8 | I've caught up with one guy who's trying to help people to find them. |
| 1:07.9 | Look forward to getting some tips from you then. |
| 1:09.8 | Here's a taste of what's coming up. |
| 1:11.1 | I think there's a lack of understanding about what Bitcoin is. |
| 1:15.2 | It's extremely difficult to get one right now. This is probably the hardest it's ever been. |
| 1:20.1 | What is happening is that more and more decisions are being taken based on the advice of artificial |
| 1:26.1 | intelligence. |
| 1:29.3 | First to El Salvador, A few months ago, the Central American country adopted Bitcoin as legal |
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