THE HASH: Coinbase CEO Defends AI Progress; Sushi Swap CEO Gets Candid on Crypto Regulatory Crackdowns
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🗓️ 31 March 2023
⏱️ 24 minutes
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Summary
The most valuable crypto stories for Friday, March 31, 2023.
"The Hash" tackles today's hot topics: Coinbase’s CEO openly opposes calls by some major tech leaders like Elon Musk to temporarily pause artificial intelligence development. SushiSwap CEO gets candid about U.S. regulatory crackdown on crypto. And a year after the biggest-ever hack of a blockchain network, the company behind Axie Infinity has made big changes to make sure Ronin is more secure. Plus, airline tickets as NFTs?
See also:
The Next ChatGPT Won’t Be in Web3 Unless Some Things Change
Sushi Swap CEO Says He No Longer Feels 'Inspired' Amid U.S. Regulators' Crypto Crackdown
Axie Infinity’s Ronin Blockchain Overhauls Tech, Expands to New Game Studios a Year After $625M Hack
Argentinian Airline Issues Every Ticket as an NFT
It’s a Small (Virtual) World After All
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This episode has been edited by Jonas Huck. The senior producer is Michele Musso and the executive producer is Jared Schwartz. Our theme song is “Neon Beach.”
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| 0:00.0 | This is the hash podcast. |
| 0:10.0 | Stay informed with the latest on Bitcoin, Eith, the Metaverse, Web3, and more. |
| 0:15.6 | All on the hash for your ears. |
| 0:19.0 | You're listening to the Coin Desk Podcast Network. |
| 0:22.9 | Hey, everyone. |
| 0:23.9 | Happy Friday. |
| 0:24.7 | You're watching The Hash. |
| 0:26.0 | I'm Jen Sanasi. |
| 0:27.0 | I got Adam B. Levine and Sam Kessler with me here today for a jam-packed show. |
| 0:33.1 | Before we get to the weekend, Adam, the crypto and AI worlds are intersecting. What is happening? |
| 0:40.4 | Yeah, it's an interesting moment. So first up, the debate over AI is heating up. And as the disruptive |
| 0:45.6 | reality of products like GPT4 continues to emerge, some big names within the world of tech have |
| 0:50.3 | been asking for a pause. But that's not a good idea, at least according to Coinbase CEO |
| 0:54.3 | Brian Armstrong, in comments that point to just some of the issues that could emerge from |
| 0:58.0 | such a move. Those potential issues include who exactly would have the power to order this, |
| 1:02.1 | who would be enforcing it, and how, in a world of so much disagreement, you would actually be |
| 1:06.7 | able to pull it off. I've got quite a bit of thoughts personally on this one. But Jen, |
| 1:11.0 | why don't you go ahead and start us off? Yeah, well, it's not surprising to see comments like |
| 1:14.7 | this from Brian Armstrong, I think. I think he's seen firsthand what happens to an industry when |
| 1:19.6 | there's unclear regulation, when there's overregulation that kind of gets ahead of innovation. |
| 1:24.6 | So I wasn't surprised to see Brian's comments. On the other hand, |
| 1:28.7 | I'm not really sure how to think about AI. When you read further down in one of the articles, |
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