LensLinks: Issue 102

The Future of AI (Seeing the Forest and the Forests Beyond), brought to you by Regiment, LLC

Author

Len Pacek
February 27, 2023

Today in LensLinks:

  • The Singularity: The future of AI, Seeing the forest for the trees, and the forests beyond

  • Is Ether a Security Now?

  • Former SEC chief warns against using emojis for investment advice

  • How generative AI is changing game development (and UGC)

  • The crypto kids are onto something–and they shouldn’t listen to billionaire bankers like Jamie Dimon

  • Polygon Gaming Hosting 24 Gaming Sessions in 24 Days! Are You Up for the Challenge?

  • Neal Stephenson Reveals How He Created the Metaverse

  • Tokenization Is the Force Multiplier DeFi Needs - The Defiant

  • How the Latest Ethereum Upgrade Will Affect Crypto Investors

  • In Crypto: IMF says crypto should not have legal tender status

  • Is there a “Doomed AI Bubble”? One economist thinks so.

  • And Much, Much, More…

QUOTABLE

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“AI research suggests that as machine intelligence ascends exponentially, humans succumb to the tendency to think of machines as ‘the stranger’ to be feared and even shunned.

A more useful rubric for thinking about our future with artificial intelligence might instead be to think about machines less as a stranger to compete against and more as a partner to be teamed with—less ‘other’, more ‘brother’.”

- Deloitte Perspectives

NOTABLE

SEC Chair Gary Gensler Indirectly Declares Ether Is A Security

U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission chair Gary Gensler has seemingly given an answer on whether or not Ethereum (ETH) is a security.

zycrypto.com/sec-chair-gary-gensler-indirectly-declares-ether-is-a-security

Former SEC chief warns against using emojis for investment advice

US court ruled that using emojis relating to rocket ships, stock charts, and money bags could be classified as investment advice.

cryptoslate.com/former-sec-chief-warns-against-using-emojis-for-investment-advice

Metaverse & Gaming

How generative AI is changing game development (and UGC)

Generative AI is iterating on existing uses of AI in game development and content creation. But how much should it be used for?

venturebeat.com/games/how-generative-ai-is-changing-game-development-and-ugc

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi

BNB Chain’s Second-Largest DeFi Protocol Venus to Accept Floki Tokens as Lending Collateral

Lending protocol Venus has a total locked value of $800 billion as of Friday. The move is expected to benefit FLOKI holders, developers say, as they continue to build and seek out strategic partnerships that ultimately benefit the token’s value.

finance.yahoo.com/news/bnb-chain-second-largest-defi-133736342.html

Crypto Trading

The crypto kids are onto something–and they shouldn’t listen to billionaire bankers like Jamie Dimon

Crypto's most vocal critics also happen to be the biggest winners of the legacy financial system.

fortune.com/2023/02/24/crypto-billionaire-bankers-jamie-dimon-charlie-munger-bitcoin-finance-omid-malekan

Metaverse & Gaming - a little more…

Polygon Gaming Hosting 24 Gaming Sessions in 24 Days! Are You Up for the Challenge?

Find out about the top GameFi dApps on Polygon in the ongoing Game On marathon.

www.bsc.news/post/polygon-gaming-hosting-24-gaming-sessions-in-24-days-are-you-up-for-the-challenge

Neal Stephenson Reveals How He Created the Metaverse

Neal Stephenson sat down with nft now to talk about this upcoming sale at Sotheby’s, how the metaverse is taking shape, and much more.

nftnow.com/features/neal-stephenson-reveals-how-he-created-the-metaverse

Blockchain, Tokens & DeFi - a little more…

Tokenization Is the Force Multiplier DeFi Needs - The Defiant

We all know web3 is the tokenization of everything. If we're going to decentralize data ownership, then this makes a lot of sense. And this year, tokenization hasn’t become just a buzzword but a very real strategy employed by a number of DeFi players.

thedefiant.io/tokenization-boon-defi

YFI Sets Six-Month High as Yearn Finance Teases Ether Liquid Staking Product

The product is designed for users to gain exposure to a basket of liquid staking derivatives in a single token.

www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/02/24/yfi-sets-six-month-high-as-yearn-finance-teases-ether-liquid-staking-product

Tokens of Optimism Ecosystem Surge as Coinbase Unveils Its Layer 2 Base

Coinbase said Thursday that it is using Optimism's technology to launch an Ethereum layer 2 scaling product called Base.

www.coindesk.com/markets/2023/02/24/optimism-ecosystem-coins-surge-as-coinbase-unveils-ethereum-layer-2-platform

Crypto Trading - a little more…

How the Latest Ethereum Upgrade Will Affect Crypto Investors

Just a few months after the enormous upgrade called the Merge -- the full transition to proof of stake (PoS) from proof of work (PoW) -- Ethereum is slated to undergo another major one, the so-called...

www.aol.com/finance/latest-ethereum-upgrade-affect-crypto-130016583.html

Bitcoin price continues to fall, but derivatives data hints at a short-term rally to $25K

This week regulators joined hands to highlight the crypto sector’s inherent risk, but pro traders fought back by adding leverage to their long positions.

cointelegraph.com/news/bitcoin-price-continues-to-fall-but-derivatives-data-hints-at-a-short-term-rally-to-25k

In Crypto: IMF says crypto should not have legal tender status

Executive board says denial would "safeguard monetary sovereignty and stability" but does not advocate outright ban

businesscloud.co.uk/news/in-crypto-imf-says-crypto-should-not-have-legal-tender-status

The Singularity:
AI, Quantum Computing, Robotics, Bio-engineering & Other Stuff on the way

The Future of AI

Is AI the future? We explore its rapid evolution and discuss how AI is likely to change the way the world lives and works.

www2.deloitte.com/us/en/pages/consulting/articles/the-future-of-ai.html

Economist Says AI Is a Doomed Bubble

But according to a pair of experts, the frothy hype cycle surrounding chatbot AI systems is doomed to be what investors fear most: a bubble.

futurism.com/economist-ai-doomed-bubble

ESG (Environmental, Social & Governance)

Energy as a Service (EAAS) Market Projected to Hit USD 128.3 Billion at a 9.20% CAGR by 2030 - Report by Market Research Future (MRFR)

www.digitaljournal.com/pr/news/energy-as-a-service-eaas-market-projected-to-hit-usd-128-3-billion-at-a-9-20-cagr-by-2030-report-by-market-research-future-mrfr-

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