It doesn’t matter if AI scares you, it’s inevitable

Episode 63 of Season 6 of The Scoop was recorded with The Block's Frank Chaparro and Venice Co-Founders Erik Voorhees & Teana Baker-Taylor.

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Erik Voorhees and Teana Baker-Taylor are co-founders of Venice , an open-source and uncensored AI chatbot and content generation platform.

In this episode, the Venice co-founders discuss the vision and approach of their product in contrast to more restrictive and centralized AI models like ChatGPT.

OUTLINE
00:00 Introduction
00:43 Origin of Venice AI
02:37 'AI is like Bitcoin but scarier'
07:29 Proprietary AI Models
09:12 Regulatory Inefficiencies
11:16 Global AI Regulatory Regimes
16:46 AI Censorship
20:11 Moderation on Venice
25:01 Freedom vs Privacy
34:11 Venice Pricing Model
36:35 AI Agents
39:44 AI 'Rights'
50:37 Venice Roadmap
54:10 Closing Thoughts

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