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🗓️ 13 May 2025
⏱️ 62 minutes
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In this episode of the Crypto 101 podcast, hosts Bryce and Brendan engage with Greg Osuri, CEO of Akash Network, to explore the intersection of artificial intelligence (AI) and cryptocurrency. The conversation delves into the role of AI in enhancing human intelligence, the infrastructure challenges posed by AI's energy demands, and the geopolitical implications of energy control. They discuss the potential of solar energy as a sustainable power source for AI, the evolution of distributed AI training, and the comparative energy consumption of Bitcoin and AI. The episode highlights the urgent need for innovative solutions to meet the growing energy requirements of AI technologies. In this conversation, Greg Osuri discusses the political dynamics surrounding AI and cryptocurrency, the complexities of AI safety and alignment, and the potential for AI and crypto to intersect in the future. He emphasizes the importance of decentralization in AI infrastructure, the geopolitical implications of rare earth minerals, and the vulnerabilities of current data centers and electric grids in the context of potential conflicts.
Chapters
00:00 Introduction to AI in Crypto Markets
01:58 Understanding AI: Augmentation of Intelligence
05:02 The Infrastructure of AI: Energy and Geopolitics
09:55 The Energy Challenge: AI's Growing Demand
23:54 Distributed AI Training: A New Paradigm
30:00 Bitcoin and Energy Consumption: A Comparative Analysis
31:43 The Political Landscape of AI and Crypto
41:55 Decentralization and the Future of AI
46:18 Geopolitical Implications of Rare Earth Minerals
51:02 Concerns Over Infrastructure and Future Conflicts
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0:54.4 | all right all you good wonderful citizens of crypt nation welcome back to another action-packed |
1:08.2 | high caliber episode of the crypto 101. I'm your co-host |
1:11.9 | Bryce. As always joined by my good buddy across the nation, Mr. Brendan Veman. Brendan, are you excited |
1:18.5 | for this episode today? It's going to be a little different than what we normally do. Yeah, it is. |
1:24.7 | You know, we get to talk about all things AI, and that's a giant hot topic right now. In fact, if you're new to the crypto markets, in fact, if you've never heard of the crypto markets, you are still familiar with artificial intelligence. It's the talk of the town. Everyone's interested in it. And what we're interested in is what kind of role does AI play in the |
1:45.5 | crypto markets? So we brought in one of the leaders in the space to discuss it. And man, I'm excited |
1:50.9 | for this episode. Yeah. Thank you so much, Greg Osir, who's the CEO and founder of Akash Network |
1:57.3 | for joining us today. Greg, how are you doing today? Doing great. Thank you for having me. |
2:03.3 | Yeah, we're really excited about AI, simply like if you're in the audience and you're listening |
2:07.4 | to this and you're not using AI, you're simply behind the curve. It's helped me get such a |
2:13.4 | better understanding of markets and all sorts of things. It's helped me be more productive. |
2:18.9 | And so you've seen the whole chat GPT boom and then, you know, Facebook and Google and |
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