
Show Notes
0:00 - How Buzz and GrokBot changed PBJ show prep
9:15 - Building a bitcoin-native agent with GrokBot
17:16 - Why agents will need bitcoin
19:08 - Integrating bitcoin payments into Mesh LLM
23:22 - Bitcoin vs stablecoins for agent payments (bitcoin's edge)
34:52 - Designing online services for agents
37:44 - Using GrokBot: building, personal assistant, convenience and security tradeoffs
43:39 - Passwords, 2FA and credentials for agents
56:55 - Why AI needs a new peer-to-peer internet
1:02:16 - Defining AGI, ASI and autonomous agency
1:05:50 - Who is liable for runaway agents?
1:16:28 - Can regulation keep up with frontier AI?
1:25:43 - AI hacking and the questions of agency and autonomy
1:31:01 - Spiral’s open-source AI film and interactive media ideas
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