Hivemind: Ideas from the Edge

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Hivemind: Ideas from the Edge is a technology podcast hosted by Max, with 16 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Max hosts Hivemind: Ideas from the Edge, a technology show with 16 episodes published.

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  The Future of Energy: AI, Solar, Bitcoin, & the New Grid with Ali Chehrehsaz (TerraVerde Energy)

  Oct 1, 20252h 8mS0

  <p>This insightful, wide-ranging conversation with Ali Chehrehsaz (TerraVerde Energy) explores how solar, storage, and new forms of flexible load (AI, data centers, Bitcoin) are reshaping the grid. Ali walks through the economics of distributed generation, why California’s energy costs are so high, and what happens as solar tips into overproduction. Along the way, the discussion dives into the exploding power needs of AI, the rise of off-grid data centers, and Bitcoin mining not just as an energy sink but as a flexible buyer of last resort. </p><p>The episode closes with a look toward the Type I Su...

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  Bitcoin, AI, and The Evolution of Digital Life with Dhruv Bansal

  May 16, 20251h 55mS0

  <p>Dhruv is one of my all time favorite thinkers so this was a real treat to record! We begin by revisiting a number of provocative ideas from Dhruv’s 2018 talk: Down the Rabbit Hole or Blockchain Mind Candy, including the relationship between Bitcoin & energy and how the Lightning Network is actually a new p2p Internet with built-in incentives. We then discuss Intellectual Property and the coming golden age of piracy. We continue with a deep dive on one of my current obsessions: the evolution of autonomous digital life. Much of my thinking here was originally influenced by Dhruv’s 20...

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  Open Source AI and Confidential Compute with Anthony & Marks (Co-founders, OpenSecret)

  May 8, 20251h 47mS0

  <p></p><p>Anthony & Marks were in town for LlamaCon so we got a chance to jam! We discussed a variety of topics including: </p><p>* The state of Llama, DeepSeek, and Open Source AI</p><p>* Dario’s take “On DeepSeek and Export Controls” https://www.darioamodei.com/post/on-deepseek-and-export-controls</p><p>* Data Quality is key - Garbage In, Garbage Out (speculation: Facebook data not nearly as valuable as Twitter or Reddit?)</p><p>* Trend of companies not using proprietary models to protect data privacy</p><p>* AI Alignment towards truth: how to ensure LLMs show real chain of though...

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  Building a Decentralized App Store and Web of Trust with Franzap

  Apr 14, 20251h 27mS0

  <p>I’ve been sitting on this for a month, but the conversation is more relevant now than ever! As vibe coding enables the creation of orders of magnitude more apps and media, the question becomes: how do I sort through this embarrassment of riches to find what I actually need? One option is to trust centralized entities like companies or governments. Franzap, however, has another idea. Using Nostr’s global identity, data commons, and micropayments, he’s designing a new kind of app store powered by a decentralized web of trust. I hope you enjoy! Here are a few topics...

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  Money & Markets in a Post AGI World with Jordi Montes, Founder - Fewsats

  Jan 29, 20252h 15mS0

  <p>Jordi is one of the few people in the world with a deep understanding of the concurrent singularities of AI and Bitcoin. He has particularly novel thoughts on the nature of money and markets post AGI/ASI. This was a fascinating discussion - hope you enjoy! </p><p>A few topics we discuss: </p><p>* How Jordi became AGI/ASI pilled (language = code)</p><p>* The concurrent singularities of AGI/Bitcoin (almost no-one understands them both)</p><p>* Two fundamental types intelligence: 1) desire / will and 2) implementation</p><p>* AGI capabilities: all implementation, “will” remains to be seen</p><p>* As l...

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