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AI ROLLUP #13: Crypto AI vs Silicon Valley | Live From ETH Denver

2025/2/27
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Tom Shaughnessy from Delphi joins us to break down the AI x crypto space—where the value is, how to spot winning models, and why Silicon Valley AI and crypto AI are taking very different approaches. We also get into agent-based research, the fracturing of frontier models, and… a birthday surprise at the end.

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00:00 Start 04:42 Delphi's Interest In The Space 08:20 Initial AI Crypto Use Cases 09:18 The Era's Of AI 13:41 Where Does Value Accrual Come From 20:38 How Do You Choose The Winning Model? 27:08 Silicon Valley AI Vs Crypto AI 37:12 Fracturing Of Frontier Models 41:43 What's Exciting? 46:27 Due Diligence Via Agent 49:02 When To Use What Agent 53:10 A Birthday Surprise

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Tom Shaughnessy https://x.com/Shaughnessy119

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