Choosing Between Automation and Pro-Worker AI
On July 16, 2026, Daron Acemoglu told Jon Hernandez AI that AI's economic consequences will depend on whether development prioritizes automation or expands workers' capabilities.
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Timely notes on emerging research, policy, and technological change.
AI Capability Is Outrunning Its Institutions
On August 8, 2026, the Peter H. Diamandis show convened the Moonshots panel to examine accelerating AI research, autonomous agency, organizational disruption, and full-stack industrial infrastructure.
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Hardware-Wallet Security Is an End-to-End Property
On August 7, 2026, You’re the Voice guest Tomáš Sušánka argued that hardware-wallet security depends on complete implementation, active review, and controls that users can operate reliably.
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The Coldcard Incident and the Failure of Passive Verification
On August 5, 2026, The Bitcoin Nova featured Josh (Secure Sovereign) arguing that the Coldcard incident exposed a gap between Bitcoin’s self-custody ideals and its actual systems of verification.
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Coldcard Failure Exposes the Limits of Passive Self-Custody
On August 4, 2026, Galaxy Grid featured a panel examining a reported Coldcard key-generation failure and the thefts linked to vulnerable Bitcoin wallets.
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AI Security Pressure Tests Bitcoin’s Custody and Governance Systems
On August 5, 2026, BTC Sessions Bitcast convened Ben, Nathan, Joey, and Brandon to argue that AI-assisted attacks and vulnerability discovery are pressuring Bitcoin’s custody, service, and governance layers at once.
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Alignment Failure, Frontier Pacing, and Liability Design
The August 5, 2026 episode of The Cognitive Revolution features Zvi Mowshowitz analyzing recent frontier model misbehavior as ordinary alignment failure compounded by operator negligence.
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American Science Policy and AI-Driven Research Reform
On the Moonshot podcast, Michael Kratsios, director of the White House OSTP, argues that declining US scientific productivity stems from outdated grant structures and review processes.
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AI Data Centers and the Politics of Legitimacy
The August 4, 2026 episode of The Ezra Klein Show features Jasmine Sun examining the growing political backlash against AI data centers.
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Bitcoin Mining at the Energy Edge
The July 7, 2026 episode of the Isabel Foxen Duke podcast features Stephen Barbour describing Bitcoin mining as flexible load for upstream energy production.
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Bitcoin Governance and Client Diversity
The April 13, 2026 episode of The Bitcoin Matrix Podcast features Josh arguing that Bitcoin Core governance concentrates repository power despite decentralized technical consensus.
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Specifying Bitcoin Consensus and Commons Governance for Node Optionality
The June 15, 2026 episode of the Bitcoin Infinity Show features Josh of Secure Sovereign presenting Bitcoin Commons, a Rust implementation that formally specifies consensus separately from Core's monolithic codebase.
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