Ethan Sun and Santiago Santos: Bringing Crypto x AI Experiences to Millions with MyShell.AI

In this episode, Tommy and Santiago interview Ethan Sun, the co-founder of MyShell, a decentralized platform for creating and staking AI native applications. They discuss the evolution of AI over the past decade, the importance of consumer-facing applications, and the potential for AI to enhance daily life. Ethan explains how MyShell empowers creators to easily build AI experiences and the role of incentives in the platform's ecosystem. They also explore the future of MyShell, its competition, and the scalability challenges in the AI crypto space. In this conversation, Ethan Sun, the co-founder of MyShell, discusses the future of AI agents and the potential for personalized AI companions. He explores the idea of AI agents that understand individual needs and can perform tasks without explicit instructions. The conversation also touches on the improvement of underlying models and the role of human feedback in reinforcement learning. Ethan shares his thoughts on the differences between OpenAI and Crypto AI and the potential for crypto to empower the open source community. He discusses MyShell's end game and the importance of creators in the platform. The conversation concludes with a discussion on the challenges of incentivizing different parties within the system.
Takeaways

MyShell is a decentralized platform for creating and staking AI native applications.
The focus of MyShell is on consumer-facing applications that enhance daily life.
The platform makes it easy for non-technical creators to build AI experiences without coding.
Incentives play a crucial role in the MyShell ecosystem, rewarding creators and users for their contributions. The future of AI agents lies in personalized companions that understand individual needs and can perform tasks without explicit instructions.
Improving underlying models and gathering human feedback are crucial for enhancing AI agents and reinforcement learning.
Crypto AI has the potential to empower the open source community and provide incentives for creators to monetize their work.
MyShell aims to create a platform that enables creators to build personalized AI applications and attract a wide range of users.
The hardest party to incentivize within the system is the creators, who play a crucial role in unifying models, users, and stakeholders.

Chapters
00:00 Introduction and Background
03:01 The AI Stack and MyShell's Focus
07:01 Creating AI Experiences on MyShell
09:47 Easy Creation of AI Experiences
12:45 Applying Incentive Models to AI
16:34 Incentivizing Creators and Users
27:41 Competition and Differentiation
32:41 Web2 vs Web3 and Scalability
39:42 The Future of AI Agents
42:23 Improving Underlying Models and Data
45:04 Creators' Ideas and Applications
48:42 OpenAI vs. Crypto AI
51:09 Crypto's Impact on Open Source
56:02 MyShell's End Game
01:00:08
AGI and Human Feedback
01:04:19 Ratio of Creators to Users
01:06:40 Excitement and Concerns about Crypto AI
01:09:47 Incentivizing Supply and Demand
01:10:16 The Importance of Rules and Restrictions
01:12:04 Blockchain Infrastructure and Deployment
01:14:17 Hardest Party to Incentivize

Disclosures
Disclosures: This podcast is strictly informational and educational and is not investment advice or a solicitation to buy or sell any tokens or securities or to make any financial decisions. Do not trade or invest in any project, tokens, or securities based upon this podcast episode. The host and members at Delphi Ventures may personally own tokens or art that are mentioned on the podcast. Our current show features paid sponsorships which may be featured at the start, middle, and/or the end of the episode. These sponsorships are for informational purposes only and are not a solicitation to use any product, service or token. Delphi’s transparency page can be viewed ⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠.

As an additional disclosure, Delphi Ventures is invested in MyShell.AI


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