OUT OF SCOPE Ep. 2: Anything But Crypto with David Hoffman

from Validated · host Austin Federa

In this episode, Austin and Tori join David Hoffman (Bankless) to talk about "anything but crypto." Their conversation spans longevity and mind-uploading, the challenges of changing opinions in public, and how modern media incentives distort nuanced ideas. They also discuss social media, the future of long-form content, AI risk and alignment, what it means to “win” the AI race, regulatory uncertainty, and ... yes, David's ideas around fitness. 00:00 - Welcome and intro 01:46 - How Do You Want to Live? 06:17 - Changing Your Mind as a Public Figure 09:35 - Media Distortion Effects 14:34 - Quality of Content vs Virality 16:33 - Yudkowsky and AI Doom 24:58 - Base Models' Values 27:55 - China and AI's Moral Core 30:01 - What Winning the AI Race Means 36:46 - Why CLARITY Stalled 41:47 - Hypertrophy and Longevity 44:23 - Conclusion Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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