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Artificial Qintelligence (feat. Xianyang)
Episode 29

Artificial Qintelligence (feat. Xianyang)

Kinode Office Hours · Bichul Ritsen and Habsul Rignyr

April 20, 202355m 27s

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Show Notes

On this extra special episode, the boys welcome a new cohost, ~habsul-rignyr of the OG Urbit podcast, The Stack (Rest in Power). More importantly, our trio of idiots is joined by famed translator, scholar, technologist, and sinophile Xianyang (~forlyt-novmep) to discuss AI-enhanced gaming, Taoist philosophy, and the creation of DAObi, a token-based simulation game of an ancient Chinese state. Then, we dive into Lexicat, Xianyang's natural language processing platform, and dissect her attempts to create GPT Burmese. All this plus: economic incentives to instantiate the AI apocalypse, the startling Confucian-Taoist rivalry, a scandalous battle for DAObi Chancellor, digital wife swapping, and how to murder a cat. Don't miss it. Timestamps

  • 0:00—Welcome to ~habsul

  • 2:33—Xianyang: A short history

  • 7:16—Blockchain gaming, simulations, and Chinese philosophy

  • 16:58—The future of governance and historical lessons from DAObi

  • 23:51—DAObi: hacks, surprises, and the battle for Chancellor

  • 31:14—Medieval DAObi and real-life consequences for digital games

  • 34:53—Lexicat, Burmese GPT, and linguistic diversity

  • 40:20—Xianyang's "scary AI"

  • 48:50—The Urbit section

  • 54:47—Outro and a 5-star review!

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