Guest’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrDaronAcemoglu My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader My TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gregmustreader Collabs: mazdrid@gmail.com In the new episode we discuss what awaits us in the future with the legendary MIT professor, author of Why Nations Fail and other bestsellers, Daron Acemoglu. Will our future be bright or bleak? How will AI and Web3 change democracy? Is it true that humans are not smart enough and machines will be able to manipulate them? Daron answers these and other questions, and also shares his must-read recommendations. 00:00 — Intro 00:21 — About the guest 1:00 — Where civilization is going 4:23 — How AI and politics are related 5:40 — The false dichotomy of AI 9:10 — AI's bright future 14:20 — Web3 will heal the world? 19:43 — Who’s responsible for AI 25:37 — Key parties in the future of AI 30:02 — The relationship between economic growth and regime 37:35 — Russia’s future 39:55 — Mustreads #ai #futureofai #openai

In the new episode, we are discussing the future of crypto with Alex Makogon, Founder and CEO of Hardcore Labs. Should the government regulate crypto more? How do different countries deal with crypto laws and regulations? We talk about Vitalik Buterin’s soulbound tokens concept, decentralization, crypto use cases and many other topics. My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader My TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gregmustreader Hardcore Labs: https://hcl.finance/ Collabs: mazdrid@gmail.com 00:00 — Intro 00:38 — End of good times for crypto 7:08 — Highest crypto market valuation 8:09 — Should we regulate crypto more? 12:10 — Crypto regulations worldwide 13:44 — Futuristic forecasts on centralization 26:12 — Crypto utopia or crypto dystopia #crypto #blockchain #cryptoforecast

Was Yudkowsky too radical about AI or was he right? How can we regulate AI and is it possible at all? Who should use AI more? Google or ChatGPT — who will win? We discuss these questions and many more with my guest Andrey Volodin, AI researcher (ex-Prisma AI) Andrey’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/s1ddok My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader My TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gregmustreader Collabs: mazdrid@gmail.com 00:00 — Intro 1:04 — AI forecast 6:24 — Was Yudkowsky right about AI? 14:06 — Can we control AI? 18:10 — Regulating misuse 20:25 — Why ChatGPT is AGI 27:28 — Is Lex Fridman an imposter? 28:40 — How does the guest use GPT 31:25 — Google vs ChatGPT 43:18 — Should we all use AI? #ai #futureofai #openai

My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader My TikTok: https://tiktok.com/@gregmustreader Collabs: mazdrid@gmail.com 00:00 — Intro 0:51 — Tolstoy or Dostoevsky? 3:54 — How foreigners perceive Russian literature 16:01 — Why Tolstoy and Dostoyevsky are the best 22:20 — Canceling Russian literature 33:44 — Connection between Russian literature and politics 37:19 — Russian literature in the world 42:46 — Is Nabokov an American writer? 46:44 — Like Bunin Tolstoy party or Dostoevsky party? Will Russian language and Russian literature be cancelled? Is it possible today for Russian writers to not care about politics? We discuss this and many other questions with Viv Groskop! #tolstoy #russianliterature #dostoevsky

Andrei Zaitev tells about his crypto journey and becoming a crypto billionaire. Why did nobody believe in him when he bought lots of Ethereum? How to invest in crypto? And many more insights in my video! QChain Twitter: https://bit.ly/3XakbxA QChain Telegram Community: https://bit.ly/3Jf8Q9I QChain Telegram Channel: https://bit.ly/3p6eCUb QChain YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/42JKVGa QChain Facebook: https://bit.ly/3Cr02tB Many thanks to our voiceover actor: https://instagram.com/moonxranger 00:00 — Intro 00:20 — About 00:38 — Beginning of Andrei's crypto journey 7:55 — How much you could earn on Ethereum 12:07 — Crypto forecast 2023 17:00 — Crypto founder strategy 23:44 — Qchain 26:20 — Capitalisation of Qchain 28:54 — How to become a part of Qchain community 30:22 — How to enter crypto My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregmustreader Collabs: mazdrid@gmail.com #crypto #Ethereum #blockchain

In the new episode of my podcast I speak with Juraj Bednar, entrepreneur, hacker and crypto anarchist. What is the concept of optionality and why does it work? Why is Paraguay a good place to move? We talk about network states, the social experiment of Parallelna Polis, crypto anarchism and many more topics! Where to find Juraj: http://juraj.bednar.io/ Books: Cryptocurrencies - Hack your way to a better life book: https://hackyourself.io/product/cryptocurrencies-hack-your-way-to-a-better-life/ Amazon https://www.amazon.com/dp/8057043482?ref_=pe_3052080_397514860 Cypherpunk visions and trends 2023-2025 ebook - e-shop: https://hackyourself.io/product/cypherpunk-visions-and-trends-2023-2025-ebook/ - amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BRXZHYM7 Links: Blog that relates to the topic of Internet, Bitcoin and AI: https://juraj.bednar.io/en/blog-en/2023/03/16/three-magic-steps-to-a-better-world-internet-cyphersphere-bitcoin-and-ai/ Paul Rosenberg's A Lodging of Wayfaring Men (the guest mentioned this book that it predicted parallel economy before Bitcoin): https://www.amazon.com/Lodging-Wayfaring-Men-Paul-Rosenberg/dp/097960110X Sovereign Individual: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B07TWNP9NB/ Paralelni Polis Prague: https://www.paralelnipolis.cz/en/ 00:00 — Intro 00:48 — Current projects 3:25 — Techno optimism or techno pessimism? 8:30 — Perks of 2020 14:50 — Concept of optionality 28:30 — Why Juraj moved to Paraguay 34:15 — Paralelní Polis 46:40 — ‘The Network State’ 57:28 — OODA loop 1:03:00 — Regulation of crypto anarchism 1:20:40 — Crypto and parallel money 1:27:40 — The forecast for neural networks My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregmustreader Collabs: mazdrid@gmail.com #crypto #networkstate #blockchain

My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregmustreader A new episode of my podcast with Ashley Dudarenok, a serial entrepreneur, award-winning digital marketing professional and author. Ashley is recognised as a “guru on digital marketing and fast-evolving trends in China” by Thinkers50, she is the founder of China-focused digital marketing agency Alarice and China digital consultancy ChoZan 超赞. We are talking about digital changes and trends in China. Which social media platforms are the most promising? What is happening with AI regulations? Is Shanghai still a digital capital of the world? Discussing metaverse, Chinese podcasts, specific features of the Chinese digital market and many more! Where to find Ashley: LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/ashleydudarenok/ YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/ashleydudarenok Twitter https://twitter.com/AshleyDudarenok Podcasts: Jack Ma: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mysterious-disappearance-of-chinese-billionaire/id1501716010?i=1000506138776 My podcast with Stanley Chen: https://youtu.be/vkzQ-2Bt5Gc 00:00 — Intro 00:45 — China in 2006 and in 2023 9:50 — Problems of Chinese market 18:09 — Social media in China 22:31 — TikTok vs. Douyin, Kuaishou and Bilibili 29:59 — Podcasts in China 33:35 — Chinese digital trends 45:47 — Regulations on ChatGPT and AI Collabs: mazdrid@gmail.com #AI #China #Douyin

My long deep talk with the famous Chinese sci-fi writer Stanley Chan / Chen Qiufan He used AI to write his award-winning books! We talk about the future of using AI in content creation, climate change, Elon Musk and many more topics! My previous interview with Chen Qiufan: https://youtu.be/4Jgq5uYo0Jo 00:00 — Intro 1:09 — Climate change 5:00 — Will we reach a better future? 7:50 — Will external crisis help our planet? 12:50 — Can we rely on AI? 14:45 — Will Elon Musk save us? 19:13 — Current problems with privacy 20:18 — Is Stanley ready to be a cyborg 23:09 — Different human species using technology 27:10 — AI optimistic scenarios 34:45 — Do writers need AI? 48:18 — Forecast of using AI in creating 55:20 — Risks of AI 1:03:33 — Stanley’s sci-fi mustreads 1:06:56 — Stanley’s current projects My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregmustreader Collabs: mazdrid@gmail.com #AI #scifi #ChatGPT

Today’s guest of my podcast is Mikhail Samin, AI safety researcher, effective altruist, creator of AudD, ex-head of Russian pastafarian church. In this episode we are discussing the problem of AI alignment (unfriendly AI), ChatGPT, and AI safety. Links to explore: https://www.agisafetyfundamentals.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCLB7AzTwc6VFZrBsO2ucBMg https://aisafety.info/ My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader My TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@gregmustreader 00:00 – Intro 1:07 — AI alignment problem 3:25 — Why Michael donated that much 6:45 — What can go wrong with AI 9:35 — What’s AGI and ASI 13:25 — AI development 26:01 — How to stop the AI apocalypse 36:10 — Will we create safeguards from AI 40:54 — Anything optimistic? Collabs: mazdrid@gmail.com #AI #AIalignment #chatgpt

My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader Mable’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Mable_Jiang New podcast episode with Mable Jiang, Chief Revenue Officer at Find Satoshi Lab. We discuss the development of crypto industry and Web3. How and why has Mable quit her previous job for crypto? How hard is it to launch a new NFT-project today? What's going on at STEPN? What is the future for the Web3 market? Watch the podcast for answers to these and many more questions. 00:00 — Intro 00:55 — Mable’s Web3 experience 6:00 — Learning about M2E 11:12 — What is happening with STEPN 17:24 — Being the Chief Revenue Officer 21:42 — How to build a M2E brand 23:12 — The most challenging task 27:08 — Is it hard to launch a new NFT project nowadays? 32:20 — The most exciting things about crypto 37:10 — Soulbound tokens TGS, my Web3 marketing studio: https://web3tgs.com HODLong Podcast, Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2qwSrkHRda3xomdzhjASkH Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hodlong-%E5%90%8E%E6%B5%AA/id1622341355 MOOAR, NFT Marketplace: https://mooar.com/home/default Discord of STEPN: https://discord.com/invite/stepn #MableJiang #movetoearn #stepn

My interview with and a lecture by Chris Dancy, the most connected man on Earth, the mindful cyborg. How can marriage and family values can affect technological self-development? How has Chris become a cyborg? Which apps can help raise your productivity, wealth, awareness and happiness? Is privacy a thing of the past? The guest shares a lot of insightful recommendations and lifehacks. My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader 00:00 — Intro 00:51 — Development of technologies 2:14 — Story of Chris Dancy 5:52 — Values and technology 7:29 — All of us are cyborgs 9:10 — 3 cyborg environments 10:40 — Useful apps 19:00 — No-code tools 22:40 — Problems with privacy 24:00 — Polarization and FOMO 27:40 — Cyborgs in Metaverse 31:33 — How to track everything 32:50 — Top tools 35:00 — Digital detox 36:08 — Addiction to technology #ChrisDancy #cyborg #apps

My interview with the famous Chinese sci-fi writer Chen Qiufan. Will AI replace human writers? How can we cope with eco-problems? What is the main problem of AI? We talk about writing with the help of AI, self-awareness of AI, digital immortality, and many other topics. My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader 00:00 — Intro 00:30 — Writing books with AI 4:22 — GPT-2 and GPT-3 6:22 — Will AI replace human writers 8:38 — AI future 12:30 — Will AI become conscious 16:27 — Will we cope with eco-problems 20:45 — Digital immortality 24:40 — Chen’s inspiration 26:50 — Books and gamification 29:50 — Books in metaverse 32:31 — Interactive storytelling 34:45 — Chen’s mustreads 37:15 — Ethics of self-conscious AI #ChenQiufan #AI #metaverse

My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader My interview with Robert Sapolsky, an American neuroendocrinology researcher and bestselling author. Are we going to be truly happy in the future? How will AI affect our longevity? How to cope with FOMO? Are violent video games making kids more violent? We speak about technological risks, neuroscience and future. 00:00 — Intro 00:05 — Is Robert a techno optimist? 1:18 — Nearest drastic changes 1:56 — Changes in neuroscience 6:13 — How to cope with FOMO 10:00 — How to minimize technological risks 13:55 — Happiness in the modern world 17:05 — Neuroscience about meditation 19:26 — Science about spiritual practices 21:00 — Does Robert meditate? 24:39 — Metaverse and the free will #robertsapolsky #sapolsky #neuroscience

My interview with Lawrence Krauss — american theoretical physicist, cosmologist, bestselling author. We discuss problems in space and on Earth. What’s more important — solving problems on Earth or colonizing other planets? What is the most important problem on our planet right now? This is a discussion about technological risks, AI and the real future of Earth. 00:00 — Intro 00:18 — Is colonizing space is real? 2:54 — Climate change 7:00 — Different approach of different countries 11:13 — Which real technologies we have 12:42 — Problems of nuclear weapons 16:04 — Problem of AI 22:20 — When UFOs will visit us 28:35 — Space tourism 34:42 — Is Lawrence optimistic about the future? #lawrencekrauss #elonmusk #future

Luba Yudasina (Life of Luba) is a content creator and entrepreneur. She formerly worked at AirBnB, Yelp, and ran her own startup. Video version of the podcast: https://youtu.be/1AhHpFObO9k My video on Getting Things Done: https://youtu.be/Qh4YcvDV8OA Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/gregmustreader My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader My blog on Medium: https://medium.com/@mustreader My Instagram: https://instagram.com/mustreader Luba's Instagram: https://instagram.com/lifeoflubaa Luba’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/c/LifeofLuba Roam Research: https://roamresearch.com Notion: https://notion.so/?r=54896487b90e4fb5a84041bb2e4517b1 Centered: https://centered.app 0:00 – Intro 0:47 – Startup mentoring 05:18 – Running your own YouTube channel 07:15 – Social media for startups 08:47 – TikTok content 12:15 – Future of Clubhouse 16:56 – Rules on health and productivity 20:50 – Obsession with productivity 22:30 – Pandemic and working out 25:45 – Importance of priorities 29:26 – Note organization 33:42 – Silicon Valley exodus 36:39 – Moving to LA 38:40 – Personal media strategy 42:47 – Importance of trying 44:17 – Advice for startup founders

Frederic Beigbeder is a French writer, TV host, and literary critic. Today we discuss which books can help us cope with isolation, which books to read to predict the future, what French and Russian writers have in common, and when we will become posthuman. Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/gregmustreader My blog on Medium: https://medium.com/@mustreader Subscribe to my podcast on iTunes, Spotify and other podcasting platforms: https://anchor.fm/greg-mustreader My Instagram: https://instagram.com/mustreader My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader Notes from Underground: https://amzn.to/3aiAwJX A Journey Round My Room: https://amzn.to/387ucCq The Minority Report: https://amzn.to/2KtGqx4 Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: https://amzn.to/2LLmMgL Time Out of Joint: https://amzn.to/3mu9Lop Frankenstein: https://amzn.to/2LJUIu9 A Life Without End: https://amzn.to/37thKOq The Man In A Case: https://amzn.to/2KbGcuI 0:00 – Intro 0:49 – Role of literature 1:54 – Book recommendations 3:22 – Inspiring books 4:50 – Can modern writers predict the future? 6:10 – On immortality 8:08 – Border between the human and the post-human 10:18 – Privacy vs self-development 11:32 – Future of privacy 14:11 – Will reading go away in future? 15:28 – How books change you 16:56 – Favorite authors from the past 19:50 – Modern writers 22:24 – Like Bunin 28:05 – Frederic's new book 29:35 – Tolstoy or Dostoevsky

Artem Rodichev is the Head of AI at the San Francisco-based Replika, one of the leading startups in the area of conversational AI algorithms. Video version of the podcast: https://youtu.be/bKUzEoLiDI0 Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/gregmustreader My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader My blog on Medium: https://medium.com/@mustreader My Instagram: https://instagram.com/mustreader Artem Rodichev: https://facebook.com/rodichev.artem Replika’s site: https://replika.ai 0:00 – Intro 00:44 – Creation of Replika 05:14 – On digital immortality 08:04 – On GPT-3 13:09 – Risks of creating the AI 21:05 – How soon will the general AI appear? 22:34 – Will people stop talking to each other in future? 28:08 – The strangest conversation with Replika 29:56 – Cases of offensive behavior of Replika 33:24 – Can artificial intelligence create art?

Robert Zubrin is an American aerospace engineer and the President of the Mars Society. Video version of the podcast: https://youtu.be/gc2EHVsw76M Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/gregmustreader My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader My blog on Medium: https://medium.com/@mustreader My Instagram: https://instagram.com/mustreader Robert Zubrin: https://ru-ru.facebook.com/RobZubrin/ The Case for Mars: https://amzn.to/30Nl2IT Russian edition, «Курс на Марс»: http://partners.book24.ru/r/vNTmA 0:00 – Intro 0:40 – Which country will be the first to reach Mars 05:59 – Why hasn't anyone done it yet 07:31 – Why the US is postponing the Mars program 10:35 – Similarities between SpaceX and Lockheed Martin 12:23 – How Elon Musk is going to use Martian materials 13:48 – What prevents us from reaching Mars 16:30 – Sending unmanned vehicles to Mars 17:47 – Risks of a flight to Mars 18:36 – The number of people in the first mission to Mars 20:16 – Why the Mars mission is so important 28:24 – Which social problems can the colonization of Mars cause 30:41 – The Mars Society 32:59 – Terraforming Mars 36:45 – The use of nuclear weapons in the terraforming of Mars 37:46 – About flying to Mars in person

Andrei Linde is a Professor at Stanford University and one of the authors of the inflationary theory of the universe. Video version of the podcast: https://youtu.be/EfS4eV7oFHo Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/gregmustreader My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader My blog on Medium: https://medium.com/@mustreader My Instagram: https://instagram.com/mustreader Andrei Linde: https://web.stanford.edu/~alinde/ The Star Diaries: Further Reminiscences of Ijon Tichy: https://amzn.to/30yhlqx 0:00 – Intro 0:40 – The inflationary theory of the universe 12:24 – On discussing the theory with Stephen Hawking 15:12 – Brief description of the inflation theory 17:14 – How particles were formed in a vacuum 18:59 – On creating the inflationary theory 25:04 – Scientific consensus about the inflationary theory 27:02 – The multiverse theory and evidence for it 47:02 – Simulation theory

Charlie Kam is the 2020 US presidential candidate endorsed by the US Transhumanist Party. Video version of the podcast: https://youtu.be/6EY1Kge0oYo Support me on Patreon: https://patreon.com/gregmustreader My Twitter: https://twitter.com/mustreader My blog on Medium: https://medium.com/@mustreader My Instagram: https://instagram.com/mustreader Charlie Kam: https://facebook.com/charlie.kam.79 Charlie's YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/user/KamCharlie If I had to Build a Brain - https://youtube.com/watch?v=Gdh9Z4zczz0 The Singularity is Near - https://amzn.to/2X90qZd Age of the Intelligent Machines - https://amzn.to/2X7HlH2 Age of the Spiritual Machines - https://amzn.to/334rkp2 0:00 - Intro 1:01 - Science fiction culture and books by Ray Kurzweil 3:55 - Why Ben Zion left the US Transhumanist Party 8:49 - Artificial meat industry in future 12:11 - Marketing of the US Transhumanist Party 14:37 - How the pandemic raised the issue of life-extension 16:21 - Why will mass production make universal basic income inevitable 17:54 - How will universal basic income change people's lives 21:02 - Duopoly of Republicans and Democrats in the US 25:41 - Joining the Democratic Party 27:17 - When will the US get a transhumanist president 29:32 - Understanding what transhumanism is 32:32 - Transhumanism and becoming a cyborg 36:12 - Three steps after becoming the president