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Jim talks with Trent McConaghy and Ben Goertzel about the merger of Ben's SingularityNET AGIX token, Trent's Ocean Protocol, and Fetch. They discuss the relative size of the merger, motivations for pulling together the three networks, distinguishing this from a standard corporate merger, how the communities of the projects reacted, leveraging the benefits of scale, changing the ticker symbol, defining AGI vs ASI, forecasts on AGI, considering the arc of self-driving cars, data bottlenecks, the likely shape of superintelligence, what the 3 organizations do, autonomous economic agents, AI creativity, the amount of work happening on crypto networks, the antifragility of crypto, why AGI/ASI emerging from these networks might be plausible, making something work without understanding it, and much more. JRS EP217 Ben Goertzel on a New Framework for AGI JRS EP211 Ben Goertzel on Generative AI vs. AGI Currents 072: Ben Goertzel on Viable Paths to True AGI JRS EP3 Dr. Ben Goertzel – OpenCog, AGI and SingularityNET JRS EP 22 Trent McConaghy on AI & Brain-Computer Interface Accelerationism (bci/acc) "Is It Worth Being Wise?" by Paul Graham "The Unreasonable Effectiveness of Data," Google Research Dr. Ben Goertzel is a cross-disciplinary scientist, entrepreneur and author.  Born in Brazil to American parents, in 2020 after a long stretch living in Hong Kong he relocated his primary base of operations to a rural island near Seattle. He leads the SingularityNET Foundation, the OpenCog Foundation, and the AGI Society which runs the annual Artificial General Intelligence conference. Dr. Goertzel's research work encompasses multiple areas including artificial general intelligence, natural language processing, cognitive science, machine learning, computational finance, bioinformatics, virtual worlds, gaming, parapsychology, theoretical physics and more. Trent McConaghy is founder of Ocean Protocol. He has 25 years of deep tech experience with a focus on AI and blockchain. He co-founded Analog Design automation Inc. in 1999, which built AI-powered tools for creative circuit design. It was acquired by Synopsys in 2004. He co-founded Solido Design Automation in 2004, using AI to mitigate process variation and help drive Moore's Law. Solido was later acquired by Siemens. He then went on to launch ascribe in 2013 for NFTs on Bitcoin, then Ocean Protocol in 2017 for decentralized data markets for AI. He currently focuses on Ocean Predictoor for crowd-sourced AI prediction feeds.

Prediction markets were one of the first use cases of smart contracts, yet their popularity only recently spiked, following Polymarket's social media spread. However, while prediction markets are generally zero-sum games, the rise of AI models trained on large datasets led to AI-powered prediction feeds and hedge funds. Crypto offers a unique array of use cases as it allows data scientists to not only share their data sets and models with complete privacy, but also access decentralised computing and model training. While Predictoor employs Ocean's data infrastructure to run AI-powered prediction bots on lower timeframes, Numerai developed its own AI hedge fund for stocks, that recently also expanded to crypto.Topics covered in this episode:Predictoor & Numerai overviewPrediction marketsPrediction feedsPrediction markets in TradFi and other use casesImplementation of Ocean's tech in PredictoorPredictions vs. FuturesMarket participantsNumerai hedge fundNumerai's trust assumptionsThe role of AIThe evolution of AI and how it might solve market inefficienciesNumerai crypto and how it differs from PredictoorPredictoor x Numerai collaborationsThe future of prediction marketsEpisode links:Trent McConaghy on TwitterRichard Craib on TwitterPredictoor on TwitterNumerai on TwitterOcean Protocol on TwitterOasis Protocol on TwitterSponsors:Gnosis: Gnosis builds decentralized infrastructure for the Ethereum ecosystem, since 2015. This year marks the launch of Gnosis Pay— the world's first Decentralized Payment Network. Get started today at - gnosis.ioChorus1: Chorus1 is one of the largest node operators worldwide, supporting more than 100,000 delegators, across 45 networks. The recently launched OPUS allows staking up to 8,000 ETH in a single transaction. Enjoy the highest yields and institutional grade security at - chorus.oneThis episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst.

Jim talks with Sam Sammane about the ideas in his new book The Singularity of Hope: Humanity's Role in an AI-Dominated Future. They discuss the hype around generative AI, obstacles to AGI, reinforcement learning, intuition & emotion, human-AI augmentation, rules of thumb, the plausibility of the brain as a quantum computer, Jim's ScriptHelper project, machine-like jobs that will likely be automated, the age of retraining, using AI to self-augment, the digital proletariat, a compassionate approach to rethinking society, a priesthood for investing, AI-augmented drug discovery, a major uplift in education, love as an engine of learning, the danger of considering AI in education as cheating, personal info agents, advances in tuning of LLMs, brain-computer interfaces, roads toward AGI, the pure AI singularity, the limits of our understanding of intelligence, collecting wisdom, and much more. Episode Transcript The Singularity of Hope: Humanity's Role in an AI-Dominated Future, by Sam Sammane Sam Sammane (website) OpenCog Foundation TheoSym JRS EP 222 - Trent McConaghy on AI & Brain-Computer Interface Accelerationism (bci/acc) Sam Sammane envisions a world in which rapid advancements in AI and technology have been harnessed for the greater good, creating a new age of global prosperity. He is a seasoned entrepreneur with multiple successful exits and an academician with a rich blend of expertise in applied physics, digital circuit design, nanotechnology, formal methods, life science, and business. Sam's book The Singularity of Hope reflects his experiences and thoughts on the evolving relationship between AI, the economy, and the workforce.

Trent McConaghy is the Founder and CTO of Ocean Protocol and BigchainDB, specializing in AI and blockchain technology to democratize data and AI. His work includes advancing decentralized data solutions and ensuring equitable access to AI technologies. McConaghy also contributes to the IPDB Foundation and advises the Estonian E-residency programKey HighlightsMcConaghy presented a solarpunk future, envisioning an optimistic trajectory for humanity. He covered three topics: web3 to sovereign agents, AI to human superintelligence, and defining human goals.He covered topics including AI superintelligence, humanity's goals, and the transition from web3 to sovereign agents.McConaghy emphasized the importance of aiming for an optimistic future beyond mere survival – proposing reshaping the cosmos at a macro scale as a potential human endeavour. However, he highlighted the challenge of interstellar travel, noting the time it takes to reach the nearest star beyond our sun.Discussed established technologies like Bitcoin, decentralized data storage, and decentralized compute platforms like Ethereum; and explored the concept of sovereign agents through smart contracts on Ethereum, emphasizing their autonomous and ungoverned nature.Dive deeper into the session: Full SummaryAbout Foresight InstituteForesight Institute is a research organization and non-profit that supports the beneficial development of high-impact technologies. Since our founding in 1987 on a vision of guiding powerful technologies, we have continued to evolve into a many-armed organization that focuses on several fields of science and technology that are too ambitious for legacy institutions to support.Allison DuettmannThe President and CEO of Foresight Institute, Allison Duettmann directs the Intelligent Cooperation, Molecular Machines, Biotech & Health Extension, Neurotech, and Space Programs, alongside Fellowships, Prizes, and Tech Trees. Get Involved with Foresight:Apply: Virtual Salons & in-person WorkshopsDonate: Support Our Work – If you enjoy what we do, please consider this, as we are entirely funded by your donations!Follow Us: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedInNote: Explore every word spoken on this podcast through Fathom.fm, an innovative podcast search engine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Panellists: Divya Siddarth, Jonathan Prasserat-Palmbach, Lewis Hammond, Primavera De Filippi, Stuart Armstrong, and Trent Mcconaghy. Recorded at Vision Weekend France 2023. Key HighlightsPanellists discussed the potential development of intelligent cooperation between humans and AI, focusing on secure collaboration and cryptography methods. Concerns about AI's impact on society and the economy also arose, and an acknowledgement of the importance of designing AI systems for collaboration with humans and nature was made.Open source versus closed AI was debated – the risks of opening powerful technologies to a large number of developers vs. the potential for public collaboration and counteracting evil AI models. Other topics included concerns about governmental control of AI and data, potential risks of AI accidents, abuse, and misalignment, and the intersection of blockchain and AI to create decentralized and sovereign AI systems.Dive deeper into the session: Full SummaryAbout Foresight InstituteForesight Institute is a research organization and non-profit that supports the beneficial development of high-impact technologies. Since our founding in 1987 on a vision of guiding powerful technologies, we have continued to evolve into a many-armed organization that focuses on several fields of science and technology that are too ambitious for legacy institutions to support.Allison DuettmannThe President and CEO of Foresight Institute, Allison Duettmann directs the Intelligent Cooperation, Molecular Machines, Biotech & Health Extension, Neurotech, and Space Programs, alongside Fellowships, Prizes, and Tech Trees. She has also been pivotal in co-initiating the Longevity Prize, pioneering initiatives like Existentialhope.com, and contributing to notable works like "Superintelligence: Coordination & Strategy" and "Gaming the Future".Get Involved with Foresight:Apply: Virtual Salons & in-person WorkshopsDonate: Support Our Work – If you enjoy what we do, please consider this, as we are entirely funded by your donations!Follow Us: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedInNote: Explore every word spoken on this podcast through Fathom.fm, an innovative podcast search engine. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Jim talks with Trent McConaghy about the ideas in his recent essay "bci/acc: A Pragmatic Path to Compete with Artificial Superintelligence." They discuss the meaning of BCI (brain-computer interfaces) and acc (accelerationism), categories of AI, how much room there is for above-human intelligence, whether AI is achieving parallelism, the risks of artificial superintelligence (ASI), problems with deceleration, AI intelligences balancing each other, decentralized approaches to AI, problems with the "pull the plug" idea, humans as the weak security link, the silicon Midas touch, competing with AI using BCIs, the need for super-high bandwidth, the noninvasive road to BCIs, realistic killer apps, eye tracking, pragmatic telepathy, subvocalization, reaching adoption-level quality, the arc between noninvasive and full silicon, near-infrared sensors, issues around mass adoption of implants, maintaining cognitive liberty, the risk of giving malevolent ASIs the keys to the kingdom, whether humans plus ASIs might compete with ASIs, and much more. Episode Transcript JRS EP13 - Blockchain, AI, and DAOs "bci/acc: A Pragmatic Path to Compete with Artificial Superintelligence," by Trent McConaghy Ocean Protocol "Nature 2.0: The Cradle of Civilization Gets an Upgrade," by Trent McConaghy Trent McConaghy on Twitter Trent McConaghy is founder of Ocean Protocol. He has 25 years of deep tech experience with a focus on AI and blockchain. He co-founded Analog Design automation Inc. in 1999, which built AI-powered tools for creative circuit design. It was acquired by Synopsys in 2004. He co-founded Solido Design Automation in 2004, using AI to mitigate process variation and help drive Moore's Law. Solido was later acquired by Siemens. He then went on to launch ascribe in 2013 for NFTs on Bitcoin, then Ocean Protocol in 2017 for decentralized data markets for AI. He currently focuses on Ocean Predictoor for crowd-sourced AI prediction feeds.

10 years ago, Adam B Levine, the host of ‘Let's Talk Bitcoin!', decided that it was time to encourage other voices to step onto the crypto podcast scene. Among many applicants, Sebastien and Brian were the only 2 Europeans, so Adam suggested that they teamed up in order to record the pilot episode. On December 20th 2013, Sebastien and Brian released ‘Regulation and the Future of Bitcoin', which marked the beginning of a 10-year (and counting) long journey. The rest is history.On this anniversary episode, our hosts were joined by special guests and friends of Epicenter, to share their favourite moments and fun stories gathered during the 10 years of epicness.Topics covered in this episode:Adam B Levine - Epicenter's godfather & the early days of EpicenterTrent McConaghy - From Ascribe to Ocean. Ahead of the NFT and inscription hypeSebastien Buergel - How he got into crypto, early ventures and Meher's secretGriff Green & Lefteris Karapetsas - The DAO hack and Sebastien Buergel's alleged roleSam Jernigan & Anna Rose - From TradFi to ZKJordi Baylina & Ryan Zurrer - Standing in the Epicenter of the storm and the unsung hero of the DAO hackRichard Muirhead - The future of zk proofs, privacy and AIEpisode links:Adam B Levine on TwitterTrent McConaghy on TwitterSebastian Buergel on TwitterGriff Green on TwitterLefteris Karapetsas on TwitterSam Jernigan on TwitterAnna Rose on TwitterJordi Baylina on TwitterRyan Zurrer on TwitterRichard Muirhead on TwitterThis episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture, Brian Fabian Crain, Friederike Ernst, Meher Roy, Felix Lutsch and Sunny Aggarwal. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/527

Trent McConaghy is an AI and blockchain expert and the founder of Ocean Protocol, a decentralized data marketplace. Ocean's newest product is Predictoor, a decentralized prediction feed platform.   Why you should listen Trent shares his journey from being raised on a farm to studying electrical engineering and computer science. He talks about his experience in starting companies focused on AI for chip design and exploring the creative uses of AI through his PhD.  Trent has always been ahead of the curve and has been publishing thought pieces on tokens, blockchain, big data, AI, solarpunk, nfts, Moore's law, transhumanism, UBI, human actualisation, life on mars, and Dyson spheres over the two decades. Trent focuses his work at the intersection of AI, blockchain, and data. Ocean Protocol aims to connect the dots and envision future possibilities by focusing on interpolation rather than extrapolation. They have been building decentralized data marketplaces since 2017. Their core team has been divided into three sub-teams to pursue different traction hypotheses in data and AI.  One of the projects is Predictoor, which focuses on time series prediction using accurate prediction feeds and data coordination. The goal of Ocean Protocol is to create an open data economy where individuals and organizations can easily make money by adding value to data through AI models, predictions, actions, and revenue generation loops. Ocean Protocol is now focused on allowing people to make money in the Ocean ecosystem, particularly through DeFi.  Predictoor is a two-sided marketplace where predictors submit predictions and traders buy those predictions. The predictions are made every five minutes for various cryptocurrencies and traders can purchase them for a straightforward price of $1 per feed per day. The accuracy of the predictions determines whether users can make money, taking into account fees and slippage. Predictions can be made using AI ML models based on historical data. This crowdsourced approach allows data scientists to practice their skills while providing accurate prediction feeds to users. The goal is to have thousands or even millions of accurate prediction feeds available in different domains such as weather forecasts, traffic congestion, digital asset prices, etc., benefiting various industries and normal people alike. For example, accurate predictions for energy demand and price are crucial at both individual and national levels to avoid issues like brownouts or blackouts. Predictions are closely linked with intelligence and can be applied across various industries. Trent emphasizes the importance of accurate predictions through crowdsourcing combined with skin-in-the-game incentives on-chain, where custody is decentralized.  Supporting links Bitget Bitget Academy Bitget Research Bitget Wallet Ocean Protocol Predictoor Andy on Twitter  Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin   If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.  

Trent McConaghy is the founder of Ocean Protocol, a decentralized platform aimed at democratizing AI data sharing while maintaining privacy. With a career starting in AI research for national defence, McConaghy transitioned to entrepreneurship, where his first startup, ADA, was acquired by Synopsys in 2004. His work continued with Solido, an AI venture aiding Moore's Law, culminating in an acquisition by Siemens in 2017. His current venture, Ocean Protocol, follows earlier initiatives like the ascribe NFT platform and BigchainDB. McConaghy's enduring mission is to equalize AI opportunities and ensure humanity's significance in a future of autonomous technology.Session SummaryThis podcast episode delves into Trent McConaghy's integration of AI with global challenges, highlighting his innovative strategies in technology and environmentalism.The Map: Trent discusses the need for a resource like Wikipedia to show potential technological outcomes – his "Starships and Tokens" outlines pathways to major goals of humanity, from superhuman intelligence to reshaping the cosmos.AI Evolution and Impact: He highlights AI's growth, especially in creative fields and CAD. Discusses AI-induced job displacement, with UBI as a potential solution. He mentions projects like Nature 2.0 for surplus wealth generation.AI Superintelligence Challenge: Focuses on keeping humans competitive with AI through high-bandwidth BCIs and addressing regulatory challenges.Climate Change Strategy: He emphasizes addressing climate change impacts on society, exploring special zones for BCI research and governance adaptations, and stresses the need for aggressive BCI development and jurisdictional arbitrage for research and climate adaptation. He also proposes a climate-focused DAO for legal actions and addressing investment risks in flood-prone areas like Miami.Vision of Eucatastrophe: Trent's long-term goals for humanity include developing Dyson spheres and achieving human superintelligence. Full transcript, list of resources, and art piece: https://www.existentialhope.com/podcastsExistential Hope was created to collect positive and possible scenarios for the future so that we can have more people commit to creating a brighter future and to begin mapping out the main developments and challenges that need to be navigated to reach it. Existential Hope is a Foresight Institute project.Hosted by Allison Duettmann and Beatrice ErkersFollow Us: Twitter | Facebook | LinkedIn | Existential Hope InstagramExplore every word spoken on this podcast through Fathom.fm. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we host Trent McConaghy, Co-Founder at Ocean Protocol, with a mission to kick-start a New Data Economy that reaches every single person, company and device, giving power back to data owners. Join our host Jamie Burke as he explores the evolution of AI and blockchain with Trent. Whether you're a founder, investor, or technologist, tune in to: Learn how Trent's background in AI and chip design informs his perspective on blockchain verification and security. Discover what led Trent to build Ocean Protocol as an open data market for AI. Learn how your startup can use focused "zoom in" pivots to find product-market fit and traction. Understand how resolve and pragmatism helps founders persist through volatility. Explore why open innovation may prevent an AI progress ceiling. Learn how Ocean's new Predictoor platform leverages crowd wisdom to generate valuable prediction feeds for DeFi traders and share proceeds with accurate predictors. Hear Trent's case for universal basic income funded by decentralizing infrastructure. #ai #data #oceanprotocol #blockchain #technology ------------ Whether you're a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

In today's episode of The Metaverse Podcast, we host Trent McConaghy, Co-Founder at Ocean Protocol, with a mission to kick-start a New Data Economy that reaches every single person, company and device, giving power back to data owners. Join our host Jamie Burke as he explores the evolution of AI and blockchain with Trent. Whether you're a founder, investor, or technologist, tune in to: Learn how Trent's background in AI and chip design informs his perspective on blockchain verification and security. Discover what led Trent to build Ocean Protocol as an open data market for AI. Learn how your startup can use focused "zoom in" pivots to find product-market fit and traction. Understand how resolve and pragmatism helps founders persist through volatility. Explore why open innovation may prevent an AI progress ceiling. Learn how Ocean's new Predictoor platform leverages crowd wisdom to generate valuable prediction feeds for DeFi traders and share proceeds with accurate predictors. Hear Trent's case for universal basic income funded by decentralizing infrastructure. #ai #data #oceanprotocol #blockchain #technology ------------ Whether you're a founder, investor, developer, or just have an interest in the future of the Open Metaverse, we invite you to hear from the people supporting its growth. Outlier Ventures is the Open Metaverse accelerator, helping over 100 Web3 startups a year. You can apply for startup funding here - https://ov.click/pddsbcq122 Questions? Join our community: Discord - https://ov.click/pddssodcq122 Telegram - https://ov.click/pddssotgq122 Twitter - https://ov.click/pddssotwq122 LinkedIn - https://ov.click/pddssoliq122 More - https://ov.click/pddslkq122 For further Open Metaverse content: Listen to The Metaverse Podcast - https://ov.click/pddsmcq122 Sign up for our quarterly live events at - https://ov.click/pddsdfq122 Check out our portfolio - https://ov.click/pddspfq122 Thanks for listening!

Trent McConaghy is the Founder of Ascribe (2013), BigChainDB (2015), and Ocean Protocol (2017). Ascribe went on to become the first-ever NFT Marketplace that was deployed on Bitcoin in late 2014. This revolutionary platform existed for four years and ceased operations in 2018 with over 35,000 NFTs created during that time. Currently Trent works on Ocean Protocol, which is a privacy-preserving data sharing protocol for AI and the New Data Economy.|Trent McConaghy|• Twitter → https://twitter.com/trentmc0• Website → http://www.trent.st/|CONNECT WITH JAKE|• Instagram → https://www.instagram.com/jakegallen/• Twitter → https://twitter.com/jakegallen_• Facebook → https://www.facebook.com/JakeNGallen• Linkedin →  https://www.linkedin.com/in/jake-gall...|FOLLOW AND SUBSCRIBE THE PODCAST|• Website → https://www.jakegallen.com/• Youtube → Subscribe to this page• Apple Podcasts → https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast...• Spotify → https://open.spotify.com/show/7hQdRAz...• Google Podcasts → https://podcasts.google.com/?feed=aHR...• RSS Feed → https://feeds.buzzsprout.com/1005154.rss• Website → https://solo.to/theguestlistpod• Media Host → https://theguestlistpod.buzzsprout.com/

From technological breakthrough to philosophical defiance, the topic of AI has always sparked intense debates ever since Alan Turing & John McCarthy advanced this branch of computer science. One might argue that this was caused by expectations overwhelmingly surpassing technological capabilities. However, the recent public release of ChatGPT has rekindled former sci-fi apocalyptical scenarios, even if it is (still) just a trained language model. Humanity gazed in awe as a simple input/output text interface could instantly disrupt fields such as software engineering or copywriting. Worst part? It also challenged (arguably) the most important human-specific trait: creativity (Midjourney). Data is the lifeblood of AI as it increases the model's prediction accuracy: larger input sample translates into more outputs that help fine-tune weights during back-propagation cycles (the model ‘learns').We were joined by Trent McConaghy, founder & CTO at Ocean Protocol, to discuss the advantages of implementing blockchain (& NFT) technology in data management and trading, what makes a particular data set valuable and what challenges derive from AI implementations and the data digital gold rush.Topics covered in this episode:Trent's AI background & founding OceanThe evolution of Ocean ProtocolManaging third-party access to data NFTsMinting data NFTs & their metadataDiscovering & verifying data qualityAI generated data sets & intellectual propertyOcean marketplace user baseData farmingData curation & veOcean rewardsEpisode links: Trent McConaghy on TwitterOcean Protocol on TwitterOcean MarketplaceSponsors: Omni: Access all of Web3 in one easy-to-use wallet! Earn and manage assets at once with Omni's built-in staking, yield vaults, bridges, swaps and NFT support.https://omni.app/ -This episode is hosted by Friederike Ernst. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/481

In this episode of Voices of the Data Economy, we welcomed Trent McConaghy, Co-Founder of Ocean Protocol, for the second time on our show. During this two-episode series podcast interview, we spoke about the ocean roadmap for 2023 and the project's focus on newer use cases, including DeFi. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/dataeconomy/message

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Gaming the Future: Technologies for Intelligent Voluntary CooperationTrent McConaghy: I'm working on Ocean Protocol. Ocean is a public utility network to safely & securely share AI data while preserving privacy. It has applications to data marketplaces and digital sovereignty. Steve Omohundro: Steve has been a scientist, professor, author, software architect, and entrepreneur. He is a Research Scientist at Facebook working on AI-based simulation. He has degrees in Physics and Mathematics from Stanford and a Ph.D. in Physics from U.C. Berkeley. He was an award-winning computer science professor at the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana and cofounded the Center for Complex Systems Research. He was the Chief Scientist of AIBrain and served on its Board of Directors. He was the Founder and CEO of Possibility Research which worked to develop new foundations for Artificial Intelligence based on precise mathematical semantics and Self-Aware Systems which worked to make intelligent technologies beneficial for humanity.This episode is a discussion on chapter 9 of the book: WELCOME NEW PLAYERS | Artificial IntelligencesSession summary: T. McConaghy & S. Omohundro: WELCOME NEW PLAYERS | Gaming the Future Book Club Chapter 9 - Foresight InstituteThe Foresight Institute is a research organization and non-profit that supports the beneficial development of high-impact technologies. Since our founding in 1987 on a vision of guiding powerful technologies, we have continued to evolve into a many-armed organization that focuses on several fields of science and technology that are too ambitious for legacy institutions to support.Allison Duettmann is the president and CEO of Foresight Institute. She directs the Intelligent Cooperation, Molecular Machines, Biotech & Health Extension, Neurotech, and Space Programs, Fellowships, Prizes, and Tech Trees, and shares this work with the public. She founded Existentialhope.com, co-edited Superintelligence: Coordination & Strategy, co-authored Gaming the Future, and co-initiated The Longevity Prize. Apply to Foresight's virtual salons and in person workshops here!We are entirely funded by your donations. If you enjoy what we do please consider donating through our donation page.Visit our website for more content, or join us here:TwitterFacebookLinkedInEvery word ever spoken on this podcast is now AI-searchable using Fathom.fm, a search engine for podcasts.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of Voices of the Data Economy, we had a candid conversation with Trent McConaghy, Founder of Ocean Protocol. During this discussion, he explains how Data Marketplaces work; the concept of Data Tokens, Data NFTs, and the road ahead with Ocean DAO and Ocean V4. Voices of the Data Economy is supported by Ocean Protocol Foundation. Ocean is kickstarting a Data Economy by breaking down data silos and equalizing access to data for all. This episode was hosted by Diksha Dutta and audio engineering by Aneesh Arora. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/dataeconomy/message

Slaying Moloch, starting the first crypto art registry, Bowie Bonds, Data markets and data unions with Ocean Protocol's Trent McConaghyTrent has been very influential to our thinking. There are few people who can talk with such fluency on matters we care about, even better build compelling alternatives. In this we discuss how he and his wife Masha built the first crypto art registry, Ascribe, long before the concept of an NFT existed. We also discuss how his latest project Ocean Protocol proposes to hand us control of our data at the dawn of the next internet.  Follow Trent: https://twitter.com/trentmc0Trent's Blog: http://trent.st/blog/Ascribe: https://www.ascribe.io/Ocean Protocol: https://oceanprotocol.com/Swash: https://swashapp.io/ 

When Trent built Ascribe in 2013/14 NFTs virtually zero artists had published their works on a blockchain. Ascribe changed that. But by all accounts, Ascribe was a fantastic platform for artists to launch on Bitcoin. Only one problem, the market simply wasn't ready for it. I chat with Trent about what it was like building the platform. The work he did to onboard artists. And what artists today can do to access those early NFTs that they may have published with Ascribe. Twitter: https://twitter.com/trentmc0 Website: http://trent.st/ Trent is the founder of Ocean Protocol: https://oceanprotocol.com/

What are AI DAO's? Why are they interesting? How can brain computer interfaces help humans? And what challenges will we face when we move into space? All of these questions and more are being answered in this episode that was recorded live at the first ever Foresight gathering in Europe, Berlin.The panel consists of: Jessy Kate Schingler, Open LunarPeter Schlecht, BrainGradeTrent McConaghy, Ocean ProtocolSession Summary: Jessy Kate Schingler, Peter Schlecht, and Trent McConaghy | Foresight's first Europe Gathering - Foresight Institute If you enjoy what we do please support us via Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/foresightinstitute. If you are interested in joining these meetings consider donating through our donation page: https://foresight.org/donate/   Music: I Knew a Guy by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/The Foresight Institute is a research organization and non-profit that supports the beneficial development of high-impact technologies. Since our founding in 1987 on a vision of guiding powerful technologies, we have continued to evolve into a many-armed organization that focuses on several fields of science and technology that are too ambitious for legacy institutions to support.Allison Duettmann is the president and CEO of Foresight Institute. She directs the Intelligent Cooperation, Molecular Machines, Biotech & Health Extension, Neurotech, and Space Programs, Fellowships, Prizes, and Tech Trees, and shares this work with the public. She founded Existentialhope.com, co-edited Superintelligence: Coordination & Strategy, co-authored Gaming the Future, and co-initiated The Longevity Prize. Apply to Foresight's virtual salons and in person workshops here!We are entirely funded by your donations. If you enjoy what we do please consider donating through our donation page.Visit our website for more content, or join us here:TwitterFacebookLinkedInEvery word ever spoken on this podcast is now AI-searchable using Fathom.fm, a search engine for podcasts.  Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Data is a huge industry, worth about $500 billion in Europe alone. And currently there's a fundamental misalignment between those creating data and those consuming it. There's a one direction value flow in terms of those who are providing the value (the data) and those extracting it. These are big tech platforms that typically use that data to sell signals and advertising to brands and merchants. This is referred to as a shadow data economy and it's time to flip this model on its head.Ocean Protocol is a platform which creates data marketplaces, providing an alternative to the current model. Data providers can sell their data to the platform to whoever wants to buy it and that data set is represented as a token. The value is a function of the usefulness of that data. This creates a much more equitable market where value flow is more cyclical than one directional.Trent McConaghy, Founder of Ocean Protocol, joins us to chat about the platform. They have just released V3 which has seen the introduction of the data token, the Ocean Market, and a new home on the Ethereum Mainchain.Topics covered in this episode:Trent’s background and long history of building blockchain productsThe business models built around data and the “Shadow Data Economy”What Ocean Protocol is and what it achievesTechnical components and stakeholders in the Ocean ProtocolStaking and providing liquidity for datatoken marketsThe Ocean Market and activity since the launchOcean Protocol and its compliance with privacy regulations like GDPROcean Protocol V3 and migrating from a sidechain to the mainnetThe future of Ocean Protocol and the potential for data stream marketsEpisode links: Ocean Protocol websiteOcean V3 releaseEpisode 78 - Ascribe – The Internet of OwnershipEpisode 126 - BigchainDB – Scalable Public Distributed DatabasesEpisode 184 - IPDB – The Interplanetary Database and its Applications in AIOcean Protocol on TwitterTrent on TwitterThis episode is hosted by Sebastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/366

AI loves data, the more data it has the more accurate the models are which leads to better business outcomes and better research outcomes. A lot of the data today is locked behind closed walls. To unlock the digital economy and to train AI models, you need to unlock private data, that is exactly what Ocean’s Compute-to-Data is doing. It’s unlocking private data while preserving privacy. Join us and Trent McConaghy, Co-Founder of Ocean Protocol, as we discuss how to unlock data in privacy manner in order to monetize it. Trent has a background in AI and has been working in the real of blockchains for the last several years with a focus on data.  His initial work was around IP and data, and then on big data with a blockchain database.   What is blockchain? A mundane definition of blockchain is that it is a database with three special characteristics: decentralised immutable assets: Decentralised as in, no single entity owns or controls it. If for example you have tens of thousands of people running it then it starts to act and look like a public utility just as a gas company or the internet itself. This public utility records “state”. Immutable means once you’ve written onto it, it’s there for good. This is very useful characteristic for tracking provenance whether of financial instruments or of a fruit flowing from a farm in one country to a supermarket shelf in another. The idea of assets is if you have the private key, or password, to something then you own it. For example, if you have a Bitcoin private key then you own approximately $10,000. Since that initial inception of blockchain a few new characteristics have been added: Smart contracts which are essentially unstoppable scripts that run on top of a blockchain automatically when they have received the appropriate inputs. Blockchains are seen as incentive machines to get people to perform certain actions. Bitcoin for example gets people to add to the security the Bitcoin network through hashing, known as Bitcoin mining. People are willing to expend computational power to do this hashing, add security to the network, in the hope of getting paid in Bitcoins by the Bitcoin network.   About Ocean Ocean Protocol is a decentralized data exchange protocol to unlock data for AI, launched in 2017. Leveraging blockchain technology, Ocean Protocol connects data providers and consumers, allowing data to be shared while guaranteeing traceability, transparency, and trust for all stakeholders involved. It allows data owners to give value to and have control over their data assets without being locked-into any single marketplace.   The data economy In July 2019, Trent recorded his first podcast with Insureblocks entitled “The Data Economy – Insights from OceanProtocol”. He sees that the data economy is already a true economy in that there is buying and selling of data but the key is that it’s really hard to see it. You could nearly characterise it as a sort of shadow data economy, where there's buying and selling data, but it's mostly behind closed doors. On the one hand it’s visible if you’re buying data feeds from Bloomberg regarding stock prices. On the other a lot of data is bought and sold behind closed doors that you don’t hear about. For example, we don’t hear about the 150 plus organisations that Facebook is buying data from in order to mine people better to sell ads to. “The more data you sell, the less valuable it becomes. Instead, if you work with privacy-preserving tools and you allow other people to develop applications and derivative products, using your data, without ever giving you a copy of your data to anyone else — you get all the revenue without the increase in supply. This means, whenever someone wants to do anything with this kind of data, you still have billing power. And secondarily, you also have better pricing power,” concludes Andrew Trask   Compute-to-data and extracting value out of private data

The conflict between access to data and data sovereignty is key to understanding how AI works, and moving it forward. The Ocean Protocol Foundation wants to help resolve that conflict, by introducing a way of letting AI work with data without giving up control. The goal is to decentralize data science and AI using blockchain, and the latest milestone called Compute-to-Data brings this one step closer We connected with Trent McConaghy, Ocean Protocol Foundation Founder, to discuss how it all works. Article published on ZDNet in June 2020

Trent McConaghy, is not only one of the early blockchain entrepreneurs founding several startups in the space, most recently Ocean Protocol, a decentralised data marketplace that enables a New Data Economy but an AI founder who enjoyed a big exit. He explains how Ocean can break down entrenched data silos across industries and allows for the gains of Big Data and AI to be more evenly distributed across society. As the founder of  the global token engineering community we talk about why the principles of ‘engineering’ are critical to building safe infrastructure for a new multi billion dollar digital economy centered on Web 3.

Trent McConaghy is a data and statistical modeling expert. Alarmed at the exponential spread of COVID-19, Trent became concerned that if the virus followed the same trajectory as in Wuhan and Lombardy - other cities would be similarly overwhelmed. Trent created a model to answer the question - how long before hospital capacity gets overwhelmed; at which point the death rate jumps? The focus of the modeling is on the hot zones of the U.S. and Germany: Washington state (WA) and Berlin. According to the model WA will hit capacity by March 25, and Berlin by April 5.  Why you should listen: There are things we can do now, as citizens, organizations and governments, to slow the spread of COVID-19 and to bound the downside. If we don't, the downside could be severe. Trent has a Ph.D. in EE from KU Leuven, Belgium. He undertook machine learning research for the Canadian Department of National Defense. He is the founder of Ocean Protocol, a decentralized data marketplace.  COVID-19 is a Black Swan. It's gone from highly unlikely, to likely, to happening. No one has perfect models of how it will unfold, exactly. But, we can identify possible worst-case scenarios and take action to minimize the negative impacts if those scenarios do occur. The most rational thing that we can do is to bound the downside. Key takeaway: The virus will not hit nations in a uniformly spread fashion. It will take out one city at a time, not one country at a time. In China, Northern Wuhan was taken out first. In Italy, it was Lombardy, Venice, and Milan. So while we can start with analyses at the national level (USA, Germany), it's critical to drill into specific hotspots (Washington state, Berlin) which will experience capacity constraints sooner than the national average. What can be done? For starters, get more beds. Cancel large gatherings, start remote work, and accelerate universal testing. We should act now. We can learn a lot from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore. The Crypto Conversation is proudly sponsored by DeFi leaders NEXO  Click here to borrow instantly in 45+ fiat currencies   Click here to earn daily interest on your idle assets Supporting links: When does hospital capacity get overwhelmed What we can do about Coronavirus Systemic Risk of Pandemic via Novel Pathogens Ocean Protocol Trent on Twitter Andy on Twitter  Brave New Coin on Twitter Brave New Coin If you enjoyed the show please subscribe to the Crypto Conversation and give us a 5-star rating and a positive review in whatever podcast app you are using.

In this exciting podcast, we are joined by Bruce Pon, co-founder of Ocean Protocol, to discuss how to monetize and tokenize data. Almost 6 years ago Bruce and Trent McConaghy, previously on Insureblocks regarding “The Data Economy”, got into the blockchain space by seeing how the concept of Bitcoin could be applied into non-financial use cases like data.   What is blockchain? Bruce, refers to blockchain as a general purpose technology. He states there are only about 30 to 35 general purpose technologies that have ever been discovered on Earth, by humankind. You start off with agriculture such as the domestication of plants and animals to the steam engine of the industrial revolution to electricity and railways to the last century. In this decade we’re going to see things like AI, blockchain, bioengineering infuse themselves across the entire world. At the highest level, blockchain is one of those fancy technologies that is going to change the world over the next 30 years. At a more in-depth technical level it is a way use technology where you don't need to trust an authority. Bruce read an interesting concept which states that it was science in the Enlightenment era which took us away from believing in authority, the Supreme kind of knowledge of authority from priests and/or kings. That Enlightenment era made us take a different methodology for understanding the world around us, which was the scientific method. Blockchain is taking us away from believing that we need a central intermediary to hold things of value for us like a bank, like a government, or any other enterprise that holds for instance our data. Blockchain allows for data to now be held in a way that there is no authority to control your own data. Just like the internet 30 plus years ago allowed the general public to get access to information in a way that was never before possible. Blockchain is going to allow us to get access to control our own assets in a way that was never before possible.   Ocean Protocol In 2013 Trent McConaghy and his wife found the idea of Bitcoin as an interesting global database that allows people to have perfect knowledge about who controls what? Along with Bruce they found that this could be applied to intellectual property with copyright. Who owns the copyright? Who owns the rights to control the distribution of music or books? In 2014, they started a company called ascribe to do exactly that to try to put intellectual property copyrights, trademarks, all these types of things on the Bitcoin blockchain. 18 months later they realised that Bitcoin wasn’t the appropriate infrastructure for metadata for copyrights. They then created BigchainDB, a database that was built on blockchain technology to store metadata to solve the problem with ascribe. After running 50 to 100 industry proof of concepts they came to realise that who needs data with provenance? Who needs control of their data? It is either the people providing the data and/or trying to sell the data to the AI consumer. As it is AI that is actually absorbing all the data in order to feed its algorithms. The more sources of data, the better the AI algorithm. If provenance, ownership, and origin of data can be ensured then you have the potential to change the economic model for society when it comes to non-financial use cases such as intellectual property. Bruce recounts how in the mid 90s there was a valuation made of all the land and all the intellectual property in the world. It turns out that their respective valuations where roughly equal. The only exception was there wasn’t a proper mechanism for valuing intellectual property nor was there the infrastructure to track who owns what. Blockchain provides the infrastructure to track ownership of intellectual property globally. With the increase growth to the service economy, the knowledge economy is now going to be valued in a way that wasn’t possible.

In this episode, Mark sits down with Trent McConaghy to discuss how Ocean Protocol is building a foundation for data to drastically improve everything from AI & autonomous vehicles to cancer screenings and diagnosis. Learn more about how Ocean is utilizing their token to incentivize users to permission their data, while encouraging developers to unlock its potential in a way that still preserves privacy. Ocean Protocol Website @OceanProtocol Twitter Download Mark's app UBDI or follow them on Twitter or Instagram --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/cryptoconomy/message

Trent McConaghy is the Founder of Ocean Protocol. He has 20 years of deep technology experience with a focus on machine learning, data visualization and user experience. He was a researcher at the Canadian Department of Defense and in 1999, he co-founded Analog Design Automation Inc. and was its CTO until its acquisition by Synopsys Inc. … Continue reading EP13 Trent McConaghy: Blockchain, AI and DAOs → The post EP13 Trent McConaghy: Blockchain, AI and DAOs appeared first on The Jim Rutt Show.

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Trent McConaghy grew up on a farm in rural Canada. He did AI research for 20 years including running 2 startups and a PhD. For the last 5 years he has been focused on blockchain and in particular on Ocean Protocol which he has co-founded.. Ocean Protocol is a protocol whose mission is to unlock data for the broad benefit of society. Data is becoming increasingly important and influential throughout the world, ensuring that the opportunities to access data are equalised is the aim of Ocean Protocol. What is blockchain? Blockchain at its heart is a technology, just as the internal combustion engine or a computer. The internal combustion engine combined with oil unlocked mobile transport in a big way. Similarly blockchain unloads a whole new set of possibilities that we haven’t seen before. At the very heart, it is simply a database. However its a database with very specific characteristics: Decentralised: no single entity owns or controls it Immutable Concept of ownership if you have the private key to it such as tokens for money like with Bitcoin Unlocks incentives – blockchain can be used to shape incentives for human behaviour What is the data economy? Trent looks at the token economy as the open version of the money economy. With the money economy we have tokens, currencies, etc. Traditionally these were distributed solely by national governments in opaque ways through the Fed and Central Banks. Whilst this has been beneficial in many ways there were still challenges. Bitcoin opened up the money economy by being permission less, friction free and fully open. Today there is a data economy, but like the money economy it is very opaque where credit card companies are selling your data, Facebook buying data from 150 organisations to add it to its own data in order to sell you more adds. There already is a data economy where it’s a flow of value and participants in the economy are buying and selling data in a closed and opaque manner. Just as Bitcoin opened up the money economy, ocean is designed to open up the data economy.   AI, the last mile of data Just like the internal combustion isn’t useful on its own nor is oil useful for its sake, both of them are useful towards machines that are then used for mobility. AI, is the last mile to unlock the value of data. Modern AI really loves data. The more data it receives the more accurate its models become which in turn can create business value. For example AI models used to predict cancer usually use data gathered from 100 individuals. These models can predict cancer from 6 months in or even from stage three. If those AI models were based on orders of magnitude of more data such as over millions of individuals then you could theoretically predict the existence of cancer 6 days into it from very early weak signals. Feeding large amounts of data into AI can help to unlock value and build new applications.   Components of the data economy Three levels to both the open money economy and to the token economy: Base infrastructure (i.e. a store of value) Unit of exchange Platform to launch and to exchange things The last mile on top of the platform are the applications. In the token economy the de factor standard, the unit of exchange, that has emerged is Bitcoin. The platform is Ethereum. On top of the platform you have a set of decentralised applications, DAPPS, running on Ethereum, which represent the kind of last mile in terms of applications. In terms of financial side the last mile are Decentralised finance or DeFi, some use cases of DeFi are for payments, lending, stablecoins, tokenization and decentralised exchange. The components of the data economy are very similar in structure to the ones of the open money economy and the token economy. At the bottom level you have a store of value in terms of data, you have a unit of exchange related to data and you have an application platform related to data.

AI researcher and entrepreneur Trent McConaghy discusses how blockchain will unlock the value of data by bridging the gap between the AI haves and have-nots and, in turn, helping to create the data economy.

Music producer DJ Khaled and boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. were charged by the Securities and Exchange Commission with promoting investments in initial cryptocurrency coin offerings without revealing that they'd been paid. Cello explains why this is important to focus on for a second. Then Trent McConaghy swing by to chat about how data scientists will be key users of Ocean Protocol. What is that? Well, Ocean Protocol is kickstarting a Data Economy by breaking down data silos and equalizing access to data for all. Then we wrap things up by inviting listeners to call in LIVE. Ray Redacted and Mark throw some questions at us!

Ben Chan, CTO of BitGo, will join us to discuss cryptocurrency custodial solutions including multi-sig wallets, child wallets, escrow, co-signing services, and exchanged owned segregated wallets. Watch on YouTube: https://goo.gl/z1uR6ZListen on Alexa: https://goo.gl/z7MU1z BitGo: https://bitgo.com Make sure to follow the different OST social media platforms to have the latest updates: Twitter Medium Telegram Announcement Telegram Chat Reddit Facebook The latest news from OST | Simple Token An in-depth article on OST Mosaic by Mike Spencer, a prominent tech blogger https://goo.gl/CrkaVi Metaps Plus and OST Announce Partnership to Tokenize $140M+ Mobile Coupons Market https://goo.gl/qE8A6G People of OST: Wouter Verhoog, Director of Communications https://goo.gl/UCzXj7 Recap from OST LIVE with Trent McConaghy, Founder of Ocean Protocol — AI and Data Services on the Blockchain https://goo.gl/vp9pCi 8 Weeks, 24 Episodes of OST LIVE — Upcoming Guests: Trent McConaghy, Pavel Bains, Nate McKervey & Ben Chan! https://goo.gl/TQiozT People of OST: Paul J du Plessis, Business Development Director, EMEA https://goo.gl/YwoSFw From OpenST Protocol to Mosaic https://goo.gl/XysTcY Please beware of scammers. OST | Simple Token team will never message you and ask for personal details! More information: https://ost.com

Jean Wang is OST’s Business Development Director of Asia Pacific. As an ex-engineer and ex-investment banker, Jean is passionate about the latest trends in Fintech. He joins OST with over 14 years of professional experience and will lead partnerships in Asia, helping companies unlock their growth potential. Jean holds a MS in Electrical Engineering from Caltech, and a MBA from the University of Chicago. Watch on YouTube: https://goo.gl/pzHQ1rRead on Medium: https://goo.gl/cHsQymListen on Alexa: https://goo.gl/z7MU1z Make sure to follow the different OST social media platforms to have the latest updates: Twitter Medium Telegram Announcement Telegram Chat Reddit Facebook The latest news from OST | Simple Token An in-depth article on OST Mosaic by Mike Spencer, a prominent tech blogger https://goo.gl/CrkaVi Metaps Plus and OST Announce Partnership to Tokenize $140M+ Mobile Coupons Market https://goo.gl/qE8A6G People of OST: Wouter Verhoog, Director of Communications https://goo.gl/UCzXj7 Recap from OST LIVE with Trent McConaghy, Founder of Ocean Protocol — AI and Data Services on the Blockchain https://goo.gl/vp9pCi 8 Weeks, 24 Episodes of OST LIVE — Upcoming Guests: Trent McConaghy, Pavel Bains, Nate McKervey & Ben Chan! https://goo.gl/TQiozT People of OST: Paul J du Plessis, Business Development Director, EMEA https://goo.gl/YwoSFw From OpenST Protocol to Mosaic https://goo.gl/XysTcY Please beware of scammers. OST | Simple Token team will never message you and ask for personal details! More information: https://ost.com

Traipse is a mobile application that allows users to explore and learn about local downtown districts. Every tour highlights the locally owned businesses, historic buildings, colorful murals, monuments, and parks while adding a little element of fun. Watch on YouTube: https://goo.gl/gw9fLkRead on Medium: https://goo.gl/DdUzS2Listen on Alexa: https://goo.gl/z7MU1z Make sure to follow the different OST social media platforms to have the latest updates: Twitter Medium Telegram Announcement Telegram Chat Reddit Facebook The latest news from OST | Simple Token An in-depth article on OST Mosaic by Mike Spencer, a prominent tech blogger https://goo.gl/CrkaVi Metaps Plus and OST Announce Partnership to Tokenize $140M+ Mobile Coupons Market https://goo.gl/qE8A6G People of OST: Wouter Verhoog, Director of Communications https://goo.gl/UCzXj7 Recap from OST LIVE with Trent McConaghy, Founder of Ocean Protocol — AI and Data Services on the Blockchain https://goo.gl/vp9pCi 8 Weeks, 24 Episodes of OST LIVE — Upcoming Guests: Trent McConaghy, Pavel Bains, Nate McKervey & Ben Chan! https://goo.gl/TQiozT People of OST: Paul J du Plessis, Business Development Director, EMEA https://goo.gl/YwoSFw From OpenST Protocol to Mosaic https://goo.gl/XysTcY Please beware of scammers. OST | Simple Token team will never message you and ask for personal details! More information: https://ost.com

Pavel Bains is the CEO of Bluzelle, a decentralized database that solves the security, integrity, reliability issues facing data management. Pavel will discuss enhancing data management and security with a decentralized database. Watch on YouTube: https://goo.gl/8hkFPXListen on Alexa: https://goo.gl/z7MU1z Make sure to follow the different OST social media platforms to have the latest updates: Twitter Medium Telegram Announcement Telegram Chat Reddit Facebook The latest news from OST | Simple Token Recap from OST LIVE with Trent McConaghy, Founder of Ocean Protocol — AI and Data Services on the Blockchain https://goo.gl/vp9pCi 8 Weeks, 24 Episodes of OST LIVE — Upcoming Guests: Trent McConaghy, Pavel Bains, Nate McKervey & Ben Chan! https://goo.gl/TQiozT People of OST: Paul J du Plessis, Business Development Director, EMEA https://goo.gl/YwoSFw How Touriocity Will Tokenise the $183 Billion Travel Activities Market https://goo.gl/8cDJi5 OST Expands Partnership With Animoca Brands https://goo.gl/ybCbCE Recap from OST LIVE with Jehan Chu, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Kenetic https://goo.gl/dr2AUi From OpenST Protocol to Mosaic https://goo.gl/XysTcY Please beware of scammers. OST | Simple Token team will never message you and ask for personal details! More information: https://ost.com

Metaps Plus, Korea’s largest mobile fintech company, has entered into a strategic partnership with OST to develop Blockchain-powered mobile coupons and payments, leveraging OST technology and the OpenST and OpenST Mosaic Protocols. Metaps Plus CSO Jisoon Lim sat down with OST Co-Founder and CCO Chris Dark and Jose Mata, host of OST LIVE, to discuss the partnership. Watch on YouTube: https://goo.gl/7hbMfpListen on Alexa: https://goo.gl/z7MU1z Make sure to follow the different OST social media platforms to have the latest updates: Twitter Medium Telegram Announcement Telegram Chat Reddit Facebook The latest news from OST | Simple Token Recap from OST LIVE with Trent McConaghy, Founder of Ocean Protocol — AI and Data Services on the Blockchain https://goo.gl/vp9pCi 8 Weeks, 24 Episodes of OST LIVE — Upcoming Guests: Trent McConaghy, Pavel Bains, Nate McKervey & Ben Chan! https://goo.gl/TQiozT People of OST: Paul J du Plessis, Business Development Director, EMEA https://goo.gl/YwoSFw How Touriocity Will Tokenise the $183 Billion Travel Activities Market https://goo.gl/8cDJi5 OST Expands Partnership With Animoca Brands https://goo.gl/ybCbCE Recap from OST LIVE with Jehan Chu, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Kenetic https://goo.gl/dr2AUi From OpenST Protocol to Mosaic https://goo.gl/XysTcY Please beware of scammers. OST | Simple Token team will never message you and ask for personal details! More information: https://ost.com

Wouter is OST’s Director of Communications, managing contacts with the press and OST’s online channels. Wouter started his own publishing house in Amsterdam at the age of 18, kicking off his career in entrepreneurship, marketing, and communications. He co-founded BuddyGuard in 2015, a Berlin startup in clever home security. Wouter enjoys hiking in Switzerland, whiskey from Scotland and weekend trips in his adopted homeland of Germany. Watch on YouTube: https://goo.gl/xPLpkbListen on Alexa: https://goo.gl/z7MU1z Make sure to follow the different OST social media platforms to have the latest updates: Twitter Medium Telegram Announcement Telegram Chat Reddit Facebook The latest news from OST | Simple Token Recap from OST LIVE with Trent McConaghy, Founder of Ocean Protocol — AI and Data Services on the Blockchain https://goo.gl/vp9pCi 8 Weeks, 24 Episodes of OST LIVE — Upcoming Guests: Trent McConaghy, Pavel Bains, Nate McKervey & Ben Chan! https://goo.gl/TQiozT People of OST: Paul J du Plessis, Business Development Director, EMEA https://goo.gl/YwoSFw How Touriocity Will Tokenise the $183 Billion Travel Activities Market https://goo.gl/8cDJi5 OST Expands Partnership With Animoca Brands https://goo.gl/ybCbCE Recap from OST LIVE with Jehan Chu, Co-Founder and Managing Partner at Kenetic https://goo.gl/dr2AUi From OpenST Protocol to Mosaic https://goo.gl/XysTcY Please beware of scammers. OST | Simple Token team will never message you and ask for personal details! More information: https://ost.com

Trent McConaghy, Founder of Ocean Protocol, will join us on OST LIVE to discuss the potential for AI and data services on the blockchain. Ocean Protocol is an ecosystem for sharing data and services. It uses blockchain technology that allows for data to be shared and sold in a safe, secure and transparent manner. Watch on YouTube: https://goo.gl/sa5Q6jListen on Alexa: https://goo.gl/z7MU1z Follow Trent on Twitter @trentmc0More about Ocean Protocol: https://oceanprotocol.com/ Make sure to follow the different OST social media platforms to have the latest updates: Twitter Medium Telegram Announcement Telegram Chat Reddit Facebook The latest news from OST | Simple Token From OpenST Protocol to Mosaic https://goo.gl/XysTcY OST is excited to join the Blockfolio Signal beta OpenST Mosaic: Scaling apps on Ethereum to billions of users https://goo.gl/jsJp8m Recap from OST LIVE with Ben Bollen, Rachin Kapoor, Kedar Chandrayan, and Pro Gevorgyan on OpenST 0.9.4 https://goo.gl/BTYdMA Release of OpenST Protocol v0.9.4: Introducing OpenST TokenHolder Contracts, TokenRules Contracts, Token Rules, and OpenST.js libraries https://goo.gl/cHoLP6 Recap from OST LIVE with KR1 Co-Founder Keld van Schreven — Funding Early Stage Blockchain Projects https://goo.gl/EXfTtJ License.Rocks to Tokenise $14.3 Billion Software Licensing Market https://goo.gl/5kMcgY Please beware of scammers. OST | Simple Token team will never message you and ask for personal details! More information: https://ost.com

Trent McConaghy speaks about creating a data economy with Ocean Protocol, token engineering and design, bringing artificial intelligence to the blockchain, how Facebook could tokenize itself to melt into the user community, why AI researchers often miss the most mundane solutions, how we're moving from nature 1.0 to nature 2.0, smart decentralized autonomous organizations (DAOs), how DAOs could provide universal basic income (UBI), Estonia's blockchain initiatives, token engineering, ethics in blockchain technology and engineering, creativity, Berlin as a blockchain hub, and much more. Trent is the founder of the Ocean Protocol, a decentralized data exchange protocol to unlock data for artificial intelligence. He has a PhD in engineering, where he focused on machine creativity, and he also advises Estonia, Germany and other governments on strategies related to blockchain technology and AI. Trent McConaghy: http://www.trent.st, http://www.twitter.com/trentmc0  Ocean Protocol: http://www.oceanprotocol.com/, http://www.twitter.com/ Also mentioned in the episode: Data.world: http://www.data.world Daimler's Car2Go: http://www.daimler.com/products/services/mobility-services/car2go/ Nature 2.0: http://www.medium.com/@trentmc0/nature-2-0-27bdf8238071 Towards a Practice of Token Engineering: https://blog.oceanprotocol.com/towards-a-practice-of-token-engineering-b02feeeff7ca?gi=3e6ef6d6546f Interview with Anish Mohammed: http://www.theblockchainandus.com/anish-mohammed Room 77, Berlin: http://www.room77.de/ Ben Franklin's book "Poor Richard's Almanack": http://www.benjamin-franklin-history.org/poor-richards-almanac/ The Blockchain and Us newsletter To stay up to date about what blockchain pioneers, innovators and entrepreneurs from all around the world think about the future of this space, sign up for the newsletter on http://www.theblockchainandus.com.

Token Engineering panel - Trent McConaghy, Dimi De Jonghe, Ryan Selkis, Ben Bollen - ETHBerlin

Trent McConaghy (@trentmc0) returns for another interview with Erik. He’s the founder of Ocean Protocol and BigchainDB. In this episode, he starts by explaining Ocean Protocol’s mission and gives us a history of how the overall philosophy of the web has changed over the years, going from what could be called Web 1 to Web 2.0 to the yet-to-be-written story of Web 3. He explains how the web started out as a tool for democratizing access and how Web 2.0 created some undesirable effects when it comes to the siloing of information, questions about privacy, and the prevalence of advertising. Trent is hopeful though that Web 3 will be a return to the roots of Web 1. He lays out a compelling case for why several of the web’s biggest names should be tokenized and how that will remedy the current case of misaligned incentives between company and users. Trent also helps us imagine a world where AI and blockchain are working to amplify each other and what kinds of changes for society that might portend. He explains a number of scenarios related to digitally autonomous organizations, self-driving cars, road infrastructure, medicine and art.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg. Shawn Xu is our researcher, Colin Campbell is our audio engineer, and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.

Trent McConaghy (@trentmc0) returns for another interview with Erik. He’s the founder of Ocean Protocol and BigchainDB. In this episode, he starts by explaining Ocean Protocol’s mission and gives us a history of how the overall philosophy of the web has changed over the years, going from what could be called Web 1 to Web 2.0 to the yet-to-be-written story of Web 3. He explains how the web started out as a tool for democratizing access and how Web 2.0 created some undesirable effects when it comes to the siloing of information, questions about privacy, and the prevalence of advertising. Trent is hopeful though that Web 3 will be a return to the roots of Web 1. He lays out a compelling case for why several of the web’s biggest names should be tokenized and how that will remedy the current case of misaligned incentives between company and users. Trent also helps us imagine a world where AI and blockchain are working to amplify each other and what kinds of changes for society that might portend. He explains a number of scenarios related to digitally autonomous organizations, self-driving cars, road infrastructure, medicine and art.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.Venture Stories is brought to you by Village Global and is hosted by co-founder and partner, Erik Torenberg. Shawn Xu is our researcher, Colin Campbell is our audio engineer, and the show is produced by Brett Bolkowy.

Simon de la Rouviere (@simondlr), crypto developer and thought leader, and Trent McConaghy (@trentmc0), founder of Ocean Protocol, join Erik for an enlightening discussion of crypto.They explain the vast societal transformation that will be brought by blockchain, sometimes in ways that are hard to imagine today. They tell us why we are just at the beginning of a new revolution and how it compares to the rise of the web in the 90s.They promise that “things are going to get weird.” For example, the future your kids inhabit might be one where they earn money as “meme traders” and where cars are not only self-driving but self-owning as well. They also explain why in the future “if it’s not on the blockchain, it didn’t happen” and why it might become very difficult for us to discern what reality in fact actually is.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc/podcast or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.

Simon de la Rouviere (@simondlr), crypto developer and thought leader, and Trent McConaghy (@trentmc0), founder of Ocean Protocol, join Erik for an enlightening discussion of crypto.They explain the vast societal transformation that will be brought by blockchain, sometimes in ways that are hard to imagine today. They tell us why we are just at the beginning of a new revolution and how it compares to the rise of the web in the 90s.They promise that “things are going to get weird.” For example, the future your kids inhabit might be one where they earn money as “meme traders” and where cars are not only self-driving but self-owning as well. They also explain why in the future “if it’s not on the blockchain, it didn’t happen” and why it might become very difficult for us to discern what reality in fact actually is.Thanks for listening — if you like what you hear, please review us on your favorite podcast platform. Check us out on the web at villageglobal.vc/podcast or get in touch with us on Twitter @villageglobal.

Trent McConaghy is the Co-Founder of Solido, Ascribe, BigchainDB and Ocean Protocol. He holds a PhD in Engineering and has a background in Computer Science. In this episode, Trent and I discuss: How Trent went from being raised on a pig farm in Saskatchewan, Canada, to being one of the world’s top experts in Blockchain and Artificial Intelligence (AI) How companies like Facebook and Google are really just data companies that hoard data (and it looks like Ocean may change that) The “ArtDAO” – a thought experiment on how an autonomous piece of AI code becomes independently wealthy. What does it do with the money? The nuts and bolts of Ocean Protocol, Estonia’s e-residency program (which Trent has advised Estonia on), and much more  

Trent McConaghy, the founder of BigChainDB and Ocean Protocol discusses the relationship between artificial intelligence, blockchain technology and democratizing data. Show notes: http://cryptoradio.io/trent This episode is sponsored by: http://cryptoradio.io/bitguild  

Trent McConaghy, the CTO and co-founder of Ocean Protocol, a decentralized data substrate (and protocol!) for data marketplaces. We chat cryptoeconomic primitives like Curation Markets and Token-Curated Registries and Trent’s proposed system to map our future. Support me on Patreon! www.patreon.com/rhyslindmark Thanks to Shapeshift for sponsoring the show! www.shapeshift.io Thanks to Mike Goldin, John Desmond, Colin Wielga, Harry Lindmark, Joe Urgo, John Lindmark, Daniel Segal, Jacob Zax, Katie Powell, Jonathan Isaac, Brady McKenna, Jeff Snyder, Ryan X Charles, Chris Edmonds, Ned Mills, Kenji Williams, Brayton Williams, Scott Levi, Peter Rodgers, Keith Klundt, Andrew O’Neill, and Kenzie Jacobs for supporting me on Patreon!

In this keynote fireside chat with Erik Voorhees at Denver Startup Week, we “get philosophical” and dive into the societal and political implications of blockchain. This interview was inspired by Ryan Shea’s interview of Naval Ravikant. It’s also the first in a series of philosophical podcast interviews with blockchain philosophers like Albert Wenger and Trent McConaghy (plus leaders in the effective altruist/rationalist community!). I'd love for you to rate my podcast on iTunes, give me feedback on the show, or support me on Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/rhyslindmark Thanks to Keith Klundt, John Desmond, Colin Wielga, Harry Lindmark, Joe Urgo, John Lindmark, Daniel Segal, Jacob Zax, Katie Powell, Jonathan Isaac, Ryan X Charles, Chris Edmonds, Ramsay Devereux, Ned Mills, Kenji Williams, Scott Levi, Peter Rodgers, Kenzie Jacobs, Jon Frechin, Nathan Schneider, and Kash Dhanda for supporting me on Patreon!

Host Cameron D’Ambrosi joins BigChainDB Co-Founder and CTO Trent McConaghy to discuss the challenges of scaling on the Bitcoin blockchain, matching technologies to use cases, and why shared public databases are crucial to the future of the internet.

Data is the new oil, and those who control massive amounts of it have a major competitive advantage. That advantage becomes exponential when that data is used to teach artificial intelligence. Companies such as Google, Facebook and Amazon have a far greater probability of building strong AI than smaller actors simply by the sheer amount of user data and metadata they possess. Let’s now envision an alternate reality where big data lives on public infrastructure and is accessible to anyone who wishes to use it for the purpose of teaching AI. Big data as a public resource could have the potential to enable vast amounts of innovation at the edges, far greater than that of a small set of incumbents building large centralized AI systems. We’re joined by Trent McConaghy, who is the CTO and Co-founder of BigchainDB and Ascribe. Trent brings along a special surprise guest, Fred Ehrsam, former Co-founder at Coinbase. For the first half of the show, we have a fascinating discussion with Trent and Fred about the intersection of AI and blockchain technologies, and the implications of publicly available data sets on innovation in AI. For the second half of the show, we talk with Trent about the public implementation of BigchainDB, the Interplanetary Database (IPDB), and the applications for a public big data storage network accessible to all of humanity. Topics covered in this episode: The issues which arise with big data centralization in the context of building artificial intelligence How blockchain technologies could serve as the public data infrastructure for teaching AI How an AI might gain financial dominance over humanity by selling art on a DAO An update on Ascribe and BigchainDB The IPDB network and what goals it hopes to achieve The IPDB Foundation, its members and governance rules The technical components of the IPDB network Use cases and applications for a public decentralized global database Episode links: IPDB - Interplanetary Database Foundation IPDB Dev Portal This episode is hosted by Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/184

Jamie Burke & Lawrence Lundy talk to Trent McConaghy of Bigchain DB about the convergence of AI + blockchain in the form of an AI-DAO (Decentralised Autonomous Organisation)

Bigchain DB allows users access to a huge distributed database, with blockchain attributes, like decentralized control, immutability and the transfer of digital assets. With high throughput, low latency, a full-featured NoSQL query language, this is a scalable solution to current blockchain limitations. Trent McConaghy, CTO at Bigchain DB, discusses the pros and cons of various database structures, including blockchain implementations. Listen, subscribe, and review Future Tech Podcast. Contribute Bitcoin to fuel our interviews and keep us going!

After the successful Ethereum crowdfunding campaign, musician and web developer Peter Harris saw a path to creating a fair, decentralized music streaming platform. Out of that Resonate was born. Peter joined us to discuss why the dysfunctional structure of the music industry results in a bad deal for musicians and why a decentralized platform supported by blockchain technology and run as a cooperative represents a better way forward. Topics covered in this episode: How technology changed the ability of musician’s to make money Why streaming platforms don’t compensate musicians fairly The story of how Peter came to found resonate Why Stream-to-Own is a better way to compensate artists Why Resonate chose to build on BigchainDB The benefits of the cooperative structure for decentralized platforms The Resonate crowd-owning campaign Episode links: Resonate Website Resonate Crowd-Owning Campaign Resonate - Stream-to-Own Resonate - Building a Blockchain Database Epicenter 126: Trent McConaghy on BigchainDB COALA IP This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Meher Roy. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/167

In this episode 11:FS’ resident blockchain geek, Simon Taylor, is in heaven this week. Today we bring you ace interviews with Adam Ludwin, Co-Founder & CEO at Chain – @adamludwin Trent McConaghy, Founder & CTO of BigchainDB – @trentmc0 Later this week, we’ve got another fantastic blockchain episode with R3’s Richard Brown and other great guests. Chain is a blockchain technology company that partners with financial firms to build and deploy blockchain networks that transform markets. BigchainDB allows developers and enterprise to deploy blockchain proof-of- concepts, platforms, and applications with a scalable blockchain database. Simon, blockchain lead at 11:FS,  is a globally-recognised blockchain subject matter expert and fintech Influencer. He serves as a trusted advisor to the UK government, Bank of England, tier 1 banks, asset managers, and investors. He also established Barclays as one of the leaders in blockchain and helped a variety of startups flourish through Barclays Tech Stars accelerator. The post Ep119 – Back on the Blockchain Gang! appeared first on 11FS. The post Ep119 – Back on the Blockchain Gang! appeared first on 11:FS.

One of the major drawbacks of Bitcoin is its low transaction throughput. Maxing out only a handful of operations per second, there have been many proposals to scale it up so that it can compete with existing distributed database technologies. As the blockchain’s demand continues to increase, it’s unclear if the Bitcoin protocol will ever be able to handle thousands, if not millions of transactions per second. BigchainDB is taking a different approach. Rather than trying to scale up blockchain technology, it starts with a big data distributed database, RethinkDB, and adds blockchain features and characteristics. Trent Mcconaghy, Co-founder and CTO of Ascribe and BigchainDB, joins us to talk about how this protocol may become to databases, what IPFS and Ethereum are to distributed filestorage and computing, respectively. Able to perform more than one million writes per second and capacities in the petabytes, BigchainDB has the ambition to become the world’s public database platform. Topics covered in this episode: A brief update on Ascribe since Trent was last on the show The motivations behind BigchainDB and that problems it’s trying to solve How BigchainDB plans to solve the typical scalability bottlenecks found in blockchain protocols BigchainDB’s capacity, performance and latency characteristics BigchainDB’s consensus model, applied to RethinkDB Potential application for BigchainDB, in both centralised and decentralised application stacks Episode links: BigchainDB BigchainDB Whitepaper Ascribe Left Gallery 23vivi This episode is hosted by Meher Roy and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/126

The idea of using the Bitcoin blockchain to represent and track the ownership of off-chain assets is almost as old as Bitcoin itself. One of the startups that is pursuing this vision is Berlin-based Ascribe, which allows creators to register (‘ascribe’), transfer and archive digital art. Ascribe CTO joined us for a fascinating discussion of their ambitious goals to enable a so-far elusive secondary market for digital art, help creators monetize their work and ultimately retrofit an entire ownership layer to the internet. Topics covered in this episode: Why ownership in the internet is broken How Ascribe wants to realize the vision of Project Xanadu of an internet with bi-directional links and baked-in copyrights How the SPOOL (Secure Public Online Ownership Ledger) protocol works The components of the Ascribe tech stack How Ascribe will crawl and similarity-match the entire internet to retrofit an internet of ownership Why Ascribe focuses first on the digital art market Episode links: Ascribe SPOOL Protocol Cointemporary Project Xanadu Wikipedia Rewiring the Internet for Ownership with Big Data and Blockchains Slides This episode is hosted by Brian Fabian Crain and Sébastien Couture. Show notes and listening options: epicenter.tv/078