"If you are using technology to manipulate other people, you should be ashamed of yourself."In this episode of Endgame, Amanda Cassatt sits down with George Hotz to explore when technology empowers and when it traps. Using the framework of finite and infinite games, they define manipulation as placing someone in a system designed to extract from them without their awareness.They examine algorithmic trading, behavioral betting, and AI agents, asking where the ethical line lies between prediction and deception. The conversation moves from societal measures like GDP to electricity, steel, and Nvidia’s AI chip dominance, highlighting how software moats create real choke points of power.George and Amanda explore whether AI will create a cognitive divide between the upgraded and the monkey class, and whether opting into algorithmic comfort loops is a voluntary surrender of agency.This episode is about the ethics of control in a world where persuasion can be automated and scaled, and whether the games we build are infinite or finite, liberating or extractive.▶️TIMESTAMPS00:00 Intro01:25 The Rise of AI Tools and Productivity03:02 The Evolution of Coding: From Direct Coders to Managers of Agents05:48 Democratization of Coding: Access and Quality08:24 The Impact of AI on Software Production and Value10:56 Cultural Manipulation and the Role of Technology13:48 The Perpetual Underclass: Fears and Realities16:14 The Future of Power Dynamics in AI18:52 The Cost of AI Development and Its Implications21:23 The Role of Culture in Addressing AI Challenges33:29 Cultural Responsibility and Advertising Ethics35:41 The Role of Technology in Manipulation38:40 Ethics of Control and Manipulation43:45 Market Fairness and Regulation46:18 The Future of Capitalism and Financial Products51:28 Electricity Production as a Measure of Progress53:08 NVIDIA and the Future of AI Chips56:30 Cultural Shifts and the Monkey Class01:01:41 The Liminal Space of AI and Culture

As artificial intelligence agents become the dominant interface to the web, the question is no longer just “Who are you?” but “Who is acting on your behalf?”

In this episode of Endgame, Amanda Cassatt sits down with Billions Network CEO Evin McMullen to examine the rapid shift toward agent-mediated internet use. At the end of last year, roughly one in every 31 website visits was conducted by a non-human actor, up sharply from just one in 200 earlier in the year.

Increasingly, we are delegating our online activity to digital butlers.But delegation does not eliminate identity. It compounds it. Evin argues that we are moving beyond traditional KYC, Know Your Customer, into a new paradigm called KYA, Know Your Agent.

If AI agents are making payments, accessing age-gated services, or interacting with financial and government systems, they must be able to prove who they represent. Identity becomes inheritable, and agents must cryptographically demonstrate the human or organization on whose behalf they act.This reframes the identity debate.

The problem is no longer just login friction or platform data extraction. It is the structural need to bind autonomous systems to accountable humans. As armies of specialized sub-agents begin coordinating tasks across domains, payments, compliance, and trust all depend on pairing the person with the agent.

Ultimately, identity becomes the backbone of the agentic internet. As humans step back from direct interaction and software takes the wheel, sovereignty shifts from logging in yourself to equipping your agents with portable, provable credentials so they can act and sign on your behalf.

Timestamps

00:00 Introduction

01:25 Understanding Identity in the Digital Age

05:15 The Flaws of Current Identity Systems

09:59 Reimagining Identity Workflows

13:00 User Control and Data Ownership

14:30 Incentives and the Future of Identity

18:28 The Role of Crypto in Identity Management

22:27 Proving Human Identity in a Digital World

25:27 The Future of Agents and Identity

30:23 Navigating the New Digital Landscape

33:09 The Intersection of Technology and Regulation

As artificial intelligence becomes the dominant interface for work, creativity, and competition, some people are adapting to it far faster than others.

In this episode of Endgame, Amanda Cassatt sits down with Dragonfly Capital’s Haseeb Qureshi to explore a generational shift in technological advantage: the biggest winners of every major tech transition are not the most experienced, but the most “pluripotent.”

Younger people, who haven’t yet locked themselves into fixed professional identities, are better positioned to experiment and use new tools as leverage.Haseeb explains how AI intensifies this dynamic.

The key emerging skill is no longer traditional engineering or management, but the ability to talk to models. Younger builders are becoming fluent in prompting, cross-agent workflows, and systems where AI agents write, review, and coordinate each other, patterns discovered by people actively building, not by institutions.

This reframes what talent and leadership mean. The edge now belongs to those who remain cognitively flexible and let technology reshape how they think and work. In an AI-native world, the most effective founders aren’t the best coders or managers, but the ones who can reason about complex systems and continuously adapt alongside fast-moving tools.

Ultimately, AI becomes a generational filter. Those who grow up fluent in these systems will treat them as a natural extension of thought, while older cohorts experience them as something they must translate through. As with every technological shift, the people who adopt the medium as native are the ones who end up defining the future.

Chapters:

0:00 Intro

01:23 The Intersection of AI and Crypto

06:13 The Role of AI Agents in Software Development

09:00 Shifting Profiles of Founders in Tech

11:55 The Future of Knowledge Work and AI

14:57 Decentralized AI and Security Concerns

17:57 The Future of AI and Crypto Integration

20:51 The Role of Stablecoins in the Crypto Ecosystem

24:01 The Evolution of Legal Systems in Tech

26:46 The Future of Labor and Capital in AI

30:01 Global Perspectives on AI and Crypto

32:54 The Future of Venture Capital in Tech

35:59 The Intergenerational Wealth Transfer of Crypto

39:01 The Future of AI and Crypto Regulation

42:04 The Role of Innovation in Crypto

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