E19: Hedging against Life, Outage Economics, and Open Source vs Proprietary AI
On today’s episode, Byrne Hobart delves into the intricacies of technology-induced market shifts, hedge fund dynamics, Byrne’s post on outage economics, and the evolving landscape of open source and proprietary AI models.
On today’s episode, Byrne Hobart delves into the intricacies of technology-induced market shifts, hedge fund dynamics, Byrne’s post on outage economics, and the evolving landscape of open source and proprietary AI models.
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LINKS:
Byrne’s writing: thediff.co
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TIMESTAMPS:
(00:00) Intro
(00:20) Exploring Hedge Fund Dynamics: Is Alpha for Sale?
(01:52) Hedge Funds and Investment Strategies
(10:24) VC Insights on Scaling and Performance Metrics
(16:59) Sponsor - Turpentine | Brave
(19:37) Advantages Multi-Manager Hedge Funds
(23:17) Personal Finance and Hedging Strategies
(31:56) Outage Economics
(45:09) Search Engines and Data Feedback Loops
(47:40) Future Implications pf the Intersection of AI and Search Engines
(54:20) Open Source AI: Balancing Innovation, Security, and Business Models
(01:03:02) Wrap
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