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How is artificial intelligence shifting from simple data storage into a search and synthesis engine for human consciousness? In this throwback episode of the previous Edge of AI Podcast, Ron Levy sits down with Memo Akten, a multidisciplinary artist, musician, researcher, and computer scientist whose collaborators include U2, Lenny Kravitz, Depeche Mode, Richard Dawkins, Google, and Apple.
Memo breaks down his journey from writing software instruments in the early 2000s to pursuing a PhD in machine learning. He shares live demonstrations of his groundbreaking interactive installations, including Learning to See and Distributed Consciousness.
Discover why Memo views current AI advancements as the "final decentering of human exceptionalism," drawing parallels to the Copernican trauma and Darwinian evolution. He also tackles the future of creative labor, the historical lessons of the Luddite movement, and how decentralized blockchain technology could redefine digital authorship and IP

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How do we align the rapid, exponential rise of artificial intelligence with humanity's best interests before we reach a point of no return?

In this classic throwback episode from our old Edge of AI Podcast, we sit down with tech visionary Eric Pulier, a prolific technologist who has founded over 15 companies, raised more than $1 billion, and led exits from IPOs to major mergers.
In this deep dive, Eric explores his leadership roles as Co-Chair of the AI Coalition at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute and CEO of Vatom. He outlines the global push for AI ethics, the looming existential threats of synthetic biology and mass deepfakes, and why preserving human culture in local AI models is crucial to preventing algorithmic erasure.
Eric also reflects on inventing the "Vatom" (the virtual atom) in early 2015, the precursor to modern smart NFTs, and explains why self-sovereign identity, tokenized real-world assets, and human-first connection will dictate the next generation of the internet.

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In this sponsored episode of The Edge of Show, we sit down with John Cheney, a veteran technology founder and the visionary CEO behind the General Artificial Intelligence Proficiency Institute (GenAIPI). John details his mind-blowing transition from hiring expensive development firms to utilizing "vibe coding" with platforms like Repl.it, demonstrating how he stood up a complete application infrastructure in just twenty minutes using a single architecture blueprint.
The conversation dives deep into the strategic implementation of artificial intelligence within modern enterprises and the rollout of their brand-new neural architecture layer, GENA (Generative Execution Neural Architecture). Moving past standard AI experimentation, John emphasizes why true corporate transformation requires dedicated executive oversight, such as a Fractional Chief AI Officer, to successfully connect siloed databases, manage internal privacy permissions, and drive real-world business outcomes. Furthermore, they tackle the profound ethical realities of emerging tech, exploring why humanity's ultimate superpower remains active creation and why abdicating our stewardship to automated systems presents the ultimate existential risk to human agency.
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Welcome to a special edition of The Edge of Show, produced in partnership with Cointelegraph. Let’s hear together about the evolution of digital assets and their impact on financial infrastructure.
Today we sit down with Andrew Isaacs, Co-Founder and COO of Neyro, who draws on his deep investment banking background to explain how the digital asset market has matured past pure hype into sustainable, on-chain revenue models. He breaks down how Neyro is utilizing autonomous AI agents to solve the massive systemic hurdles of fractured blockchain liquidity and data overload.

Then, Denys Ivanov, CPO at Hacken, joins the conversation to address the critical, often overlooked dark side of automated systems. He exposes the reality of how easily AI agents can be prompt-injected or manipulated, and details Hacken's latest advancements in automated smart contract audits, risk-scoring for asset managers, and live real-time AI red-teaming.

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Denys Ivanov
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Welcome to another Edge of Show episode. Today we have a very special throwback edition of our Edge of AI Podcast! In this episode, host Ron Levy sits down with renowned digital artist and global cultural leader Krista Kim to explore the intersection of human consciousness, meditative digital art, and individual data rights in a post-AI world.
In this episode they both have a conversation on how technology has quietly replaced religion, philosophy, and art as the true driver of human culture. We’ve traded raw human contemplation for addictive apps engineered to harvest our attention like a product, triggering what is arguably the heaviest mental health crisis in our history.

Krista also maps out exactly how we can push back through absolute data sovereignty. Discover her vision for carrying the ancient spiritual traditions of Zen monks into the 21st century, bypassing the giant corporate "Borg" with private, offline LLM guardians and mapping unhackable digital spaces directly to the unique rhythm of the human heartbeat.

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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
03:03 The Techism Manifesto: Auditing smartphone addiction
04:43 The quiet tragedy of losing human contemplation
05:56 Confronting the toxic void between tech and culture
07:52 How modern apps subtly program our psychology
09:37 Erasing the noise: Finding Zen on a digital screen
11:46 Pre-AI vs. Post-AI: Locking down your individual sovereignty
13:42 Surveillance Capitalism: Our data is not a free product
16:48 Invasive tracking: The rise of algorithmic fascism
18:28 Why AI data monopolies are more dangerous than nuclear weapons
19:49 Defeating deepfakes and identity theft with Web3
22:36 HEARTSPACE: Why your heartbeat is completely unhackable
24:47 Transcendent data: Tuning into the language of nature
28:27 JULIA AI: Breaking away from the collective LLM Borg
29:53 Creating a personalized digital twin that outlives you
31:46 Meta's open-source Llama vs. the closed corporate models
33:54 Hyper-intelligence: Interacting directly with expert guardians
35:14 The school system overhaul: Activating a child's true genius
37:47 Global tech shifts: The rapid rise of South Korea and Riyadh
42:33 CONTINUUM: Transforming public spaces into wellness sanctuaries
45:24 Shifting massive ad platforms toward human-centric value
57:08 The death of the classic Silicon Valley developer
59:03 How to connect with Krista Kim Studio online

Resources
Krista Kim
Website: https://www.kristakimstudio.com/
X: https://twitter.com/Krista_Kim

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