In this episode of Polyweb, host Sara Landi Tortoli interviews Hugo Amsellem, founder and general partner at IntuitionVC, an early-stage fund dedicated to consumer and culture startups across Europe and the U.S. The conversation covers Hugo's experience advising hundreds of startups and his perspective on why the consumer space is primed for innovation after years of focus on B2B.

00:00 Introduction

01:26 Hugo's background and rationale for focusing on consumer startups

06:57 How AI enables creation at scale

13:24 Opportunities for emerging consumer startups in the AI age

18:41 Qualities Hugo looks for in founders and startups

25:34 The three things you need to succeed as a founder

31:07 Advice for founders on getting early user adoption

37:11 Hugo's view on the "real Web3" being AI-enabled creation

44:25 Managing investment FOMO in an abundant creation environment

50:23 Technology's role in combating loneliness and cultural shifts

58:38 Details on IntuitionVC's consumer startup tour

👉 CHECK OUT INTUITION VC: https://www.intuition.vc/

📚 OTHER RESOURCES MENTIONED:

The Loneliness Economy: How can technology help us belong?: https://hugo.pm/p/the-loneliness-economy

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👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/hugoamsellem/

🐦 Twitter - https://x.com/HugoAmsellem

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In this episode of Polyweb, host Sara Landi Tortoli and guest David Shapiro, popular YouTuber, AI researcher, content creator, and writer, explore the profound implications of Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and its potential impact on various aspects of our lives, including employment, economics, and the very nature of human existence.

00:00 Intro

01:43 David's background

02:32 The concept of post-nihilism

07:32 Religion's decline and the search for a new grand narrative

12:08 Technology's societal impact

14:46 Redefining family structures

18:28 The importance of relationships, experiences, and mission for a meaningful life

21:44 AGI's employment impact

27:06 Post-labor economics

32:34 Stakeholder capitalism

36:14 AGI-resistant jobs

41:50 The potential for social entrepreneurship and experience-based businesses

44:58 Machine sentience

55:22 The relationship between sentience, consciousness, and our understanding of reality

1:00:08 Coexisting with AGI

1:04:30 The potential for human speciation and divergent evolutionary paths

👉 CHECK OUT DAVID YOUTUBE CHANNEL: @DaveShap

📚 OTHER RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Claude Sentience Experiments: https://youtu.be/ERWPIOdQGcw?si=X6v0jbIPVKlrvDzX

🔗 CONNECT WITH DAVID:

🎧 GitHub - https://github.com/daveshap

💌 Newsletter - https://daveshap.substack.com/

💻 Website - https://www.daveshap.io/

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In this episode of Polyweb, host Sara Landi Tortoli interviews Oliver Klingefjord, the co-founder and technical lead at the Meaning Alignment Institute.

The Institute won an OpenAI grant to explore "democratic fine-tuning" as an approach that differs from Constitutional AI.

During the conversation, Oliver and Sara discuss the process of creating a "moral graph" based on people's discussions of values, the potential risks of personalized AI models, and the broader implications of their work in aligning technology with human meaning and purpose.

00:00 Intro

04:42 How the Meaning Alignment Institute won the OpenAI grant to explore democratic AI alignment

08:13 Comparing democratic fine-tuning to RLHF and Constitutional AI

12:33 Institute's process of surfacing underlying values through moral dilemmas

16:00 Creating a "moral graph" to capture wisdom and agreements

22:04 Risks of personalized AI models and the need for shared human values

26:25 Using the moral graph to guide and evaluate AI model outputs

32:12 Potential applications of the moral graph

36:07 Challenges of scaling to superintelligent AI

39:55 Broader implications and the need for people to articulate their values

43:55 Where to find more information about the Meaning Alignment Institute

👉 CHECK OUT THE MEANING ALIGNMENT INSTITUTE: https://www.meaningalignment.org/

📚 OTHER RESOURCES MENTIONED:

Meaning Alignment Institute Substack: https://meaningalignment.substack.com/

Introducing Democratic Fine-Tuning: https://meaningalignment.substack.com/p/introducing-democratic-fine-tuning

Value Discovery GPT: https://chat.openai.com/g/g-TItg5klMA-values-discovery

🔗 CONNECT WITH OLIVER:

👥 Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-klingefjord-45b662105/

🐦 Twitter - https://twitter.com/klingefjord

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