Most people I know working in AI are the most pessimistic people in my social circles.

Most people I know working on bitcoin are the most optimistic people in my social circles.

Lines up pretty well with Peter Thiel’s communist vs libertarian framing of AI and bitcoin years ago.

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I wasn’t familiar, so looked it up. Interesting and counter to what I might expect of him regarding AI.

https://youtu.be/-iYpmOV60ks?feature=shared

Thanks for tracking that down.

Your leaving off the most important part; the prefix, determinant or indeterminate.

There are plenty (maybe most) indeterminate-optimists in the Bitcoin space. Not good.

We may run in different crowds. I see a lot of credible planning for the future in Austin and Nashville in particular. Not a lot of sideline sitting.