Ehsan Ahmad
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Podcast Appearances
So like every video that gets created gets put up on the blockchain and you'll be able to see if that's the case, whether or not things have been altered.
It is, but it's also, well, I don't want to fuck this up, so let's explain the blockchain.
Get me a definition of the blockchain.
Yeah, I'm like a crypto bro trying to be like, no, the blockchain's got it.
No, it's not a good thing.
It's like, you know what it is?
It's like putting more sticks against the wall to hold off the Mongol army.
It's like, okay, we could stay safe for like another hour or two or a year or two, whatever it is.
But I have a feeling that this AI aspect of our life is totally unmanageable at the point we're at right now.
It just hasn't fallen apart.
And I would describe the first half of the book as this love letter to capitalism.
And then his conclusions are just very bad.
That's how I feel about it.
Because once AI can do every job, what are people going to do?
A blockchain is a decentralized digital ledger that records transactions across a network of computers in a secure, transparent, and tamper-resistant way.
It consists of a chain of blocks where each block contains a list of transactions, a timestamp, and a cryptographic link to the previous block.
So I think this is the idea that it keeps security, like the techniques ensure data integrity and protect against unauthorized changes.
So you're basically logging exactly the time.
Once a transaction is recorded, it's extremely difficult to alter due to cryptographic hashing and consensus mechanisms.