The People's AI: The Decentralized AI Podcast
Episodes
The 10 Biggest Questions on the Future of AI | Jobs, AGI, Deepfakes and More
16 Mar 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when the biggest questions about AI stop being theoretical and start shaping jobs, education, truth, power, and even what it means to be ...
The Upside of AI and Data: How We Save More Lives, Build a Better World
25 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What if the next life-saving medical breakthrough isn’t a brand-new drug, but an old generic hiding in plain sight, waiting to be matched to the rig...
The Robots Are Already Here—The Data Gap Is What’s Holding Them Back
04 Feb 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when robots stop looking like industrial machines—and start looking (and even feeling) human? And if “replicants” become plausible ...
AI’s Original Sin: Training on Stolen Work
21 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when AI gets smarter by quietly consuming the work of writers, artists, and publishers—without asking, crediting, or paying? And if the...
Generation Generative: Raising Kids with AI “Friends” in a World of Data Extraction and Bias
07 Jan 2026
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when a “kid-friendly” AI bedtime story turns racy—inside your own car?In this episode of The People’s AI (presented by the Vana F...
AI and Life After Death: Griefbots, Digital Ghosts, and the New Afterlife Economy
17 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Can AI help us grieve, or does it blur the line between comfort and delusion in ways we’re not ready for?In this episode of The People’s AI, we ex...
The Invisible (and Underpaid) Data Workers Behind the "Magic" of AI
03 Dec 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Who are the invisible human data-workers behind the “magic” of AI, and what does their work really look like?In this episode of THE PEOPLE'S ...
From Nude Robot Photos to The New York Times Suing OpenAI: How AI Feeds on Your Data, Your Life
19 Nov 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if your robot vacuum accidentally leaked naked photos of you onto Facebook—and that was just the tip of the iceberg for how your data trains AI...
Preserving Privacy in the Age of AI, w/ Marta Belcher and Jiahao Sun
08 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How do we protect privacy in an AI-powered world?As AI systems become increasingly powerful, they’re also becoming increasingly invasive. The stakes...
Solving AI’s Energy Crisis with Decentralized Compute, w/ Akash CEO Greg Osuri
31 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What happens when AI runs out of energy? As models grow exponentially, the world’s compute and energy needs are skyrocketing—and our current infra...
Can AI Be Creative? With AI Artists Mario Klingemann & Shavonne Wong
16 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What does it mean for AI to be creative? Can a machine surprise us—or even move us?This week, we explore the frontier of AI-generated art, emotional...
Building the AI Agent Future: Shaw Walters (Eliza) & Harry Grieve (Gensyn)
09 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
How will AI Agents transform the world? And why do they need to be Decentralized?This episode explores the frontier of AI agents—their power, their ...
A (Respectful) Debate on AI Policy, w/ Justin Hendrix and Jeff Amico
02 Jul 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Should AI be regulated by governments, left to the courts, or guided by open markets and open source? That question is at the heart of this thoughtful...
Can AI Be Trusted? Building Verifiable, Scalable, Decentralized AI w/ the Founders of Gensyn
26 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if we could trust AI results the way we trust cryptographic signatures? That’s the radical promise behind Gensyn’s work—building verifiable...
The Robot Revolution will be Powered by Decentralized Data, w/ PrismaX Founder Bayley Wang
13 Jun 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Why can ChatGPT write your emails, but robots still can’t fold your laundry? The answer isn’t hardware—it’s data.On today's episode of TH...
Deep-Dive into Decentralized AI Data Marketplaces, w/ Vana co-founder Art Abal
23 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What if your personal data wasn’t being harvested — but instead valued, tokenized, and returned to you?That’s the radical shift proposed by Va...
Decentralized AI Hype vs. Reality, w/ VCs Alex Odagiu & Daniel Barabander
15 May 2025
Contributed by Lukas
What’s real in Crypto + AI—and what’s just noise? In this episode of THE PEOPLE'S AI podcast, presented by Vana, we sat down with two top i...
Why Federated Learning AI is the Key, w/ Nic Lane, co-founder of Flower Labs
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The People’s AI, presented by Vana, we explore one of the most promising frontiers in artificial intelligence: federated learning...
Bryan Pellegrino on Crypto Rails for AI Agents
17 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The People’s AI, presented by Vana, we dive into one of the most compelling intersections in tech today: AI agents and crypto inf...
Can Blockchain Fix AI's "IP Problem"? With Story Protocol co-founder Jason Zhao
09 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The People’s AI, presented by Vana, we sit down with Jason Zhao, co-founder of Story Protocol, one of the most ambitious projects...
Decentralized AI from the Academic POV, w/ MIT Media Lab’s Ramesh Raskar
03 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The People’s AI, presented by Vana, we dive deep into the evolution of decentralized AI with Ramesh Raskar, Associate Professor a...
How Data DAOs Empower You and Your Data, w/ the Founders of DLP Labs and Asterisk DAO
26 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In this episode of The People’s AI, presented by Vana, we explore the frontier of Data DAOs — decentralized projects that empower people to take c...
Can AI Fix DeFi? The Rise of DeFAI, w/ Giza co-founder Renç Korzay
19 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
DeFi promised to make finance more accessible, but has it lived up to that vision? In this episode of The People’s AI, presented by Vana, we explore...
Why We're Headed Into "deAI Summer," w/ CoinFund's Jake Brukhman
12 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome to 2025's "deAI Summer." Decentralized AI is emerging as one of the most significant shifts in artificial intelligence and bloc...
Why Data Self-Sovereignty Will (Fairly) Create Better AI, w/ Vana’s Creator Anna Kazlauskas
05 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
AI is nothing without data. It doesn’t exist without it. It doesn’t get good without good data. It doesn’t get great without great data.Right no...
Building the AI Agent Economy w/ David Minarsch & Davide Crapis
26 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Many are calling 2025 the "Year of the AI Agents." And AI Agents are one of the most exciting frontiers of Decentralized AI, or Crypto X AI....
The Case for Decentralized AI, w/ Anna Kazlauskas and Illia Polosukhin
19 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
In our debut episode of The People’s AI: The Decentralized AI Podcast, Presented by Vana, we dive into one of the most critical questions of the AI ...