Today I sit down with the TheHeroShep and Honk Diddly, the team behind the Roko project. We get into their past experiences with crypto, they explain how to get started with AI and machine learning, and we even dive deeper into what Roko means for the future success of Nouns. We get into all the specifics about what the Roko project is setting out to accomplish and what challenges lie ahead.
Noun O' Talk is the podcast all about NounsDAO. The host, Christian, interviews members of the DAO and project builders in the ecosystem. We hear about how they came to Nouns, what they're working on, and what they see for the future of Nouns. You can listen to past episodes at nouns.center/podcast. The cover art is by Messhup of Nounsense and the Lost Nouns team is cdt_eth, 12bnoun, and Messhup.
Chapters:
00:01:06 Honk Diddly’s background
00:02:03 TheHeroShep’s background
00:04:13 The story behind the username “TheHeroShep”
00:05:46 Where the name “Honk Diddly” comes from and how Honk got involved with crypto
00:10:15 Honk’s reflections on Ethereum, consulting, VCs, and early applications being built
00:16:00 Shep’s relationship to education and building an AI camp for kids to learn how to code, use AI and crypto
00:22:26 Shep’s advice for people who want to learn AI
00:25:05 Honk’s advice for people joining crypto
00:29:01 What the merge means for Honk
00:34:07 Honk getting involved with Nouns and experience as a DAO member
00:37:33 How Shep got involved in Nouns and the Roko project
00:42:47 What is Roko and how it’s using GPT-3 to help summarize proposals
00:47:24 Training the Roko AI model
00:48:39 Honk’s thoughts on the pitfalls of current DAO governance
00:50:10 How Roko summarizes information, use cases, and addressing AI concerns
00:59:40 Shep’s residency at NounsDAO
01:00:03 Honk’s reflection on the Roko project and long term vision for what Roko can enable
01:06:39 Shep’s thoughts on the real power of Roko
01:12:00 The challenges of building Roko
01:16:00 What is prompt engineering
01:20:00 The value of funding Roko & Honk’s reflection on Nouns growth over the last 2 years
01:23:35 Shep’s favourite aspect of Nouns
01:24:39 Compose network, NFT Fight Club and other projects Honk is working on
01:31:22 Shep’s personal projects and Keyo.AI
Topics discussed:
Using GPT-3 to augment human intelligence
Reentrancy attacks and The DAO hack
Compose Network
Relevant links:
Follow Christian on Twitter @cdt_eth
Listen to past episodes: nounotalk.com
To learn more about Nouns: nouns.wtf
Credits:
Hosted by Christian (cdt_eth)
Produced by brileigh.eth and matthewbrooks.eth
Cover art by Messhup
Music by Oh Jeremiah
