Mere Morpheus

Kyrin Down

Why do we need decentralised AI and how is it going to be built? Hi, I'm Kyrin and I will be exploring this question in this new show of the Mere Mortals Podcasts network. We'll be diving into agentic AI, open source philosophy, decentralised infrastructure, token incentives and why I believe the Morpheus AI project is best suited to help the world achieve a smarter future. Episodes recorded live on Mon 11am AEST and released shortly afterwards.

  1. Pope Says "AMEN!" To DeAI | Morpheus Is Spiking Upwards

    3d ago

    Pope Says "AMEN!" To DeAI | Morpheus Is Spiking Upwards

    Zion, hear me! For Season 2 of the Mere Morpheus podcast I'm going to be uploading the Morpheus builder weekly updates. My reason for doing this is to make it more accessible for those who want an update directly via their podcast app and to have them all in one place. If you'd like to participate they are held weekly on the @MorpheusAIs Twitter spaces. So enjoy Episode #75! Recorded: 28 May 2026  AI SUMMARY: The episode covers the rapid model release cycle and shift toward agentic coding benchmarks. It highlights Morpheus updates including streamlined Node Docs, accelerated TEE progress and a 371% spike in API sign‑ups driven by Southeast Asian communities. Decentralisation ethics are discussed emphasizing user‑owned fiduciary agents over platform‑controlled black boxes. Upcoming integrations with Manifest community builders going live and Grok's upcoming open‑source release are noted. The core message: own your intelligence bring your own agent and keep shipping.  Timeline:  (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:04) Arms race timing and benchmark one‑upmanship (00:05:25) Morpheus updates: usage endpoints and node docs launch (00:09:35) TEE phase two: private, attestable inference progress (00:14:46) Growth surge: Inference API sign‑ups up 371% and SEA momentum (00:18:20) Magnifica Humanitas: the Pope’s call aligns with decentralised AI (00:21:57) Values vs. verbiage: open source over walled gardens (00:25:29) Community guest: Brad on adopting Morpheus for agents (00:29:35) Agents that trade: Robinhood, black boxes, and alignment risks (00:34:48) Fiduciary AI: bring your own agent instead of theirs (00:38:46) Model news: Opus 4.8, Grok Build, and open sourcing plans (00:41:04) Morpheus x Manifest: decentralised compute for agents (teaser) (00:43:08) Community spaces and ongoing collaborations (00:45:20) Wrap‑up and call to keep spreading the word  If you would like to support me for the value I provide you can use the referral link below when depositing capital and we will both earn bonus MOR. Alternatively you could send me a token of appreciation directly to my wallet ;) Referral Link: https://dashboard.mor.org/capital?referrer=0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Wallet Address: 0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/dX9BEhT3kz Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

    46 min
  2. WEN QWEN | Stake More MOR For More Inference

    May 24

    WEN QWEN | Stake More MOR For More Inference

    Zion, hear me! For Season 2 of the Mere Morpheus podcast I'm going to be uploading the Morpheus builder weekly updates. My reason for doing this is to make it more accessible for those who want an update directly via their podcast app and to have them all in one place. If you'd like to participate they are held weekly on the @MorpheusAIs Twitter spaces. So enjoy Episode #74! Recorded: 23 May 2026  AI SUMMARY: The episode covers the open-source model landscape, highlighting Atomics' Tetris-bot experiment where QUEN 3.7 outperformed Opus 4.7 and GPT‑5.5 on both performance and cost. This signals growing parity between open and closed models for coding and agent workflows. It then details Morpheus ecosystem updates including new API Gateway endpoints for usage visibility agent-first documentation on the router and TEE-powered privacy and network model consumption trends. The discussion touches on Hermes' surge with agents the rising theme of "productive compute" via staking and how Venice's growth raises awareness for both centralised and decentralised options. Upcoming Brainpower and Built on Morpheus episodes are teased along with the community resource stakemor.com for staking guidance. Timeline:  (00:00:00) Intro (00:00:51) Atomic Chat experiment: Tetris bot cost-to-win showdown (00:03:52) Can open source beat closed models across the board? (00:06:04) Built on Morpheus: one-shot coding demos and comparisons (00:09:10) New Morpheus API endpoints: usage, transactions, and billing (00:13:00) Real-world use: desk tidbit showing live token consumption (00:16:22) Router updates: privacy via TEE and a docs overhaul (00:19:05) Where to find the new docs: GitHub, Mintify and site links (00:22:02) Brainpower season updates and Built on Morpheus format (00:27:02) Hermes adoption surge and OpenClaw scepticism (00:29:09) Compute as a productive asset: staking and subnets (00:32:08) New helper: stakemor.com step-by-step staking guide (00:33:49) Wrap-up and thanks to the builders and community  If you would like to support me for the value I provide you can use the referral link below when depositing capital and we will both earn bonus MOR. Alternatively you could send me a token of appreciation directly to my wallet ;) Referral Link: https://dashboard.mor.org/capital?referrer=0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Wallet Address: 0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/dX9BEhT3kz Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

    34 min
  3. The MOR-DIEM Synergy | Hermes Overtakes OpenClaw

    May 16

    The MOR-DIEM Synergy | Hermes Overtakes OpenClaw

    Zion, hear me! For Season 2 of the Mere Morpheus podcast I'm going to be uploading the Morpheus builder weekly updates. My reason for doing this is to make it more accessible for those who want an update directly via their podcast app and to have them all in one place. If you'd like to participate they are held weekly on the @MorpheusAIs Twitter spaces. So enjoy Episode #73! Recorded: 14 May 2026  AI SUMMARY:  Ryan Condron launched mordiem.com, letting Venice DIEM holders stake unused inference to Morpheus (boosting compute and earning yield) plus options to stake MOR for user inference or to the MorDiem builder pool at 20% APY. This strengthens Morpheus as a permissionless inference aggregator. Hermes has overtaken OpenClaw as the top open‑source agent framework due to better memory, self‑improving skills and easier migration. Security discussion covers recent npm supply chain attacks and dependency audits. The US Clarity Act clearing committee may impact decentralized markets. The episode closes with best practices for agent permissions, connecting Hermes with the Morpheus skill and popular models like GLM 5.1/Gemma on the network. Timeline:  (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:58) Introducing mordiem: putting unused DIEM to work (00:04:03) Why this matters: incentives across Morpheus, Venice, and users (00:06:17) Morpheus as an inference aggregator, DeFi analogies (00:10:17) Hermes agent overtakes OpenClaw in usage (00:18:54) Migrating from OpenClaw to Hermes: tooling and tips (00:21:11) Quirks and credit drain issues with OpenClaw (00:24:01) No single winner: evolving agent frameworks and skills (00:29:55) Halftime note: Brainpower podcast with Emad, AI research highlights (00:33:08) Supply chain attacks explained: TANStack, Mistral, UAI path (00:36:46) Practical security guidance and agent‑assisted checks (00:42:35) US Clarity Act progress and implications for crypto (00:44:51) Community segment: sharing inference and value capture (00:48:03) Community chat: events, daily agent use, and open models (00:51:06) Getting started with agents: Hermes + Morpheus skill (00:54:04) Operationalising agents: permissions, SOPs, and safeguards (00:57:59) Builders corner: Discord sharing and top models on Morpheus (00:59:41) Wrap up and next steps  If you would like to support me for the value I provide you can use the referral link below when depositing capital and we will both earn bonus MOR. Alternatively you could send me a token of appreciation directly to my wallet ;) Referral Link: https://dashboard.mor.org/capital?referrer=0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Wallet Address: 0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/dX9BEhT3kz Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

    1 hr
  4. Agents Will Pay The Toll | How x402 Could Rewrite Online Access

    May 8

    Agents Will Pay The Toll | How x402 Could Rewrite Online Access

    Zion, hear me! For Season 2 of the Mere Morpheus podcast I'm going to be uploading the Morpheus builder weekly updates. My reason for doing this is to make it more accessible for those who want an update directly via their podcast app and to have them all in one place. If you'd like to participate they are held weekly on the @MorpheusAIs Twitter spaces. So enjoy Episode #72! Recorded: 7 May 2026  AI SUMMARY: In this shorter town hall, Bo/Kyle/Alan recap a quieter week while much of the community is at Consensus. Morpheus added DeepSeek V4 Pro and V4 Flash to its marketplace, highlighting their MOE architecture for faster/cheaper inference. x402 micro‑payments are a potential default paywall for agents, reshaping subscriptions and the "agent gig economy." Anthropic's institutional push toward pre‑built agents, warns of workforce overcorrections and mentions the EU delaying high‑risk AI rules to 2027–28. Upcoming Consensus talks and Brainpower content on advanced agents are teased.  Timeline:  (00:00:00) Intro (00:00:57) Morpheus updates: new DeepSeek v4 models go live (00:04:49) Breaking: AWS x402 payments with USDC via Coinbase (00:08:28) Why x402 microtransactions could shift the Internet (00:13:49) Anthropic’s institutional agents and job disruption (00:16:13) The corporate pendulum: AI adoption, costs, and corrections (00:21:26) EU delays high‑risk AI rules to December 2027+ (00:26:05) Preview: Brainpower episode and AI risk talk (00:27:09) Wrapping up: Consensus talks, DAI trend, and what’s next  If you would like to support me for the value I provide you can use the referral link below when depositing capital and we will both earn bonus MOR. Alternatively you could send me a token of appreciation directly to my wallet ;) Referral Link: https://dashboard.mor.org/capital?referrer=0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Wallet Address: 0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/dX9BEhT3kz Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

    30 min
  5. Geopolitics Meets AI | Brainpower Is Back Featuring Paul Allen (But Not That One)

    May 1

    Geopolitics Meets AI | Brainpower Is Back Featuring Paul Allen (But Not That One)

    Zion, hear me! For Season 2 of the Mere Morpheus podcast I'm going to be uploading the Morpheus builder weekly updates. My reason for doing this is to make it more accessible for those who want an update directly via their podcast app and to have them all in one place. If you'd like to participate they are held weekly on the @MorpheusAIs Twitter spaces. So enjoy Episode #71! Recorded: 30 April 2026  AI SUMMARY: This episode covers DeepSeek V4's strong benchmarks versus top models and its real‑world workflow value, contrasting large open‑weight models with smaller, efficient alternatives. It discusses coding with GLM 5.1, multimodal debugging, and using models like Grok 4.2 for cost‑effective code audits. Claude's outages highlight the need for resilient, provider‑agnostic agent stacks. Updates include Figure AI's robotics ramp, geopolitical shifts in AI access favouring decentralisation and community news like Morpheus migrating to Base and upcoming Consensus talks. Timeline:  (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:11) Hands-on coding: comparing DeepSeek v4 with GLM 5.1 (00:04:10) Personal benchmarks: when to switch models and agents (00:08:26) Hybrid strategy: cheap coder, premium auditor (Grok for reviews) (00:13:21) Community SOPs: sharing 10-step build flows in Morpheus (00:16:51) Grok 4.3 release, Heavy consensus mode, and expectations (00:19:42) What broke: Claude outages, bans, and KYC roadblocks (00:22:54) Humanoids ramp: Figure AI throughput and vision+LLM synergy (00:25:38) Manus blocked: geopolitics, talent controls, and jurisdiction (00:31:57) Global adoption vectors: restrictions, app stores, and SE Asia (00:35:29) Sovereign agents: trimming third-party dependencies and risk (00:37:00) Avoiding the cloud tax: build to Base and reduce lock-in (00:41:06) Consensus in Miami: privacy for agents and TEE on Morpheus (00:44:05) Podcast drop: Brainpower S2E2 with Paul Allen (SOAR, Ancestry) (00:47:37) Tech plus policy: making decentralised AI durable and honest (00:49:57) Media: DevCon Buenos Aires interview foreshadows OpenCall (00:51:37) Final notes: aliens.gov, humour and next weeks tests  If you would like to support me for the value I provide you can use the referral link below when depositing capital and we will both earn bonus MOR. Alternatively you could send me a token of appreciation directly to my wallet ;) Referral Link: https://dashboard.mor.org/capital?referrer=0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Wallet Address: 0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/dX9BEhT3kz Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

    54 min
  6. Setup The Morpheus Skill | Agentic Compute Tutorial

    Apr 28

    Setup The Morpheus Skill | Agentic Compute Tutorial

    I got inference coming out at all ends! Welcome everyone, Kyrin here with Ep#20 of Mere Morpheus. Today we're going through a practical, start‑to‑finish setup of the Morpheus Skill to unlock Claude‑quality inference at a fraction of the cost. I cover the key prerequisites of having an agent framework running (I’m using OpenClaw), being able to talk to an LLM already and holding some MOR tokens to stake. From there I demo staking on the mor.org Builders Dashboard, jump into app.mor.org to create an API key before getting the last command from morpheusskill.com to get your new access to inference up and running. This is a Value 4 Value show so please provide back any value you got with some time, talent or treasure!  Extra links: mor.org app.mor.org morpheusskill.com Timeline:  (00:00:00) Intro (00:00:33) What is the Morpheus skill and why use it? (00:02:23) Prerequisites: agents, LLM access and tokens (00:04:37) Staking on mor.org and builder dashboards (00:08:26) App.mor.org: API keys, models, pricing and usage stats (00:13:27) Connecting the API to your agent via Morpheus Skill (00:17:21) Live demo setup: OpenClaw, models and gateways (00:20:41) Verifying billing changes during the demo (00:22:49) Subnets on Base and Arbitrum; wrap‑up  If you would like to support me for the value I provide you can use the referral link below when depositing capital and we will both earn bonus MOR. Alternatively you could send me a token of appreciation directly to my wallet ;) Referral Link: https://dashboard.mor.org/capital?referrer=0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Wallet Address: 0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/dX9BEhT3kz Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

    24 min
  7. Cashew & Confidential AI | The Big Privacy Milestone

    Apr 24

    Cashew & Confidential AI | The Big Privacy Milestone

    Zion, hear me! For Season 2 of the Mere Morpheus podcast I'm going to be uploading the Morpheus builder weekly updates. My reason for doing this is to make it more accessible for those who want an update directly via their podcast app and to have them all in one place. If you'd like to participate they are held weekly on the @MorpheusAIs Twitter spaces. So enjoy Episode #70! Recorded: 23 April 2026  AI SUMMARY: This episode features Rob from DRM3 introducing Cashew a community‑first block explorer for Morpheus that surfaces providers models staking stats and subnet data with plans for capital contract coverage and time‑series insights. It also covers Morpheus shipping Version 7 with full TEE phase‑2 support enabling end‑to‑end private attested inference between consumer nodes and TEE‑tagged models achieved with Secret Labs. The discussion includes latest model updates (Kimi 2.6, GLM 5.1, Qwen 3.6, GPT‑Image 2) the push for auditable agent workflows via DRM3 provenance and why decentralisation and data privacy matter as AI expands into science and healthcare. It closes on industry moves community plans for demos and weekly town halls and upcoming appearances at Consensus.  Timeline:  (00:00:00) Intro (00:01:20) Why Cashew was built and early focus on contracts and providers (00:04:24) Planned features: capital contracts, leaderboards, time series analytics (00:06:24) DRM3 overview: bottom‑up provenance and trusted AI outputs (00:09:45) Open data, provenance tools, and building in the open (00:13:55) Rob’s tech stack and multi‑agent coordination setup (00:16:15) Agent meshes with Elixir, APIs, and code audit loops (00:18:55) Security note: bridge exploit context and Morpheus resilience (00:21:39) Back to AI: new models landing on the API gateway (00:25:29) Model hype cycles and GPT‑Image 2 leap in image generation (00:27:43) Multilingual image understanding and open‑source catch‑up (00:31:01) Personalised health, DIY genomics, and data privacy needs (00:34:22) Version 7.0 release: full TEE stack and attestation flow (00:39:00) Why this TEE milestone matters for owning your intelligence (00:41:31) From impossible to shipped: journey to confidential inference (00:45:00) Who can run TEE today and realistic hardware requirements (00:48:09) Economics of TEE vs general inference and access via Morpheus (00:51:22) Industry moves: xAI’s Cursor deal and consolidation trends (00:54:41) Community and events: Consensus plans and outreach  If you would like to support me for the value I provide you can use the referral link below when depositing capital and we will both earn bonus MOR. Alternatively you could send me a token of appreciation directly to my wallet ;) Referral Link: https://dashboard.mor.org/capital?referrer=0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Wallet Address: 0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/dX9BEhT3kz Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

    58 min
  8. AI Meetups & Real Life Convos | Where Are We In The Adoption Curve?

    Apr 23

    AI Meetups & Real Life Convos | Where Are We In The Adoption Curve?

    What have I learnt from AI meetups & real life conversations Welcome everyone, Kyrin here with Ep#19 of Mere Morpheus. Today we're going over the types of people I have met interacting with AI and where this says we are in the adoption curve.  Along the way, I reflect on why we’re still in the 1–2% tinkerer phase, where hallucinations and data curation remain hard and why understanding agent architecture (without deep coding) still matters. Meetups are exploding, practical use-cases are piling up and the trade-offs between frontier closed models and fast‑catching open models continue.  This is a Value 4 Value show so please provide back any value you got with some time, talent or treasure!  Timeline: (00:00:00) Intro (00:02:07) Pre‑mingle at AI Builders Brisbane and the cybersecurity skeptic (00:04:32) Curious but not technical: the early majority hit a wall (00:06:33) Super‑users in the wild: young builders changing education (00:08:20) Limits of personal aptitude: from maths analogies to AI architecture (00:09:15) Everyday people buffeted by hype: jobs, fear, and indifference (00:11:01) The tinkerer’s lane: playing, not plumbing the depths (00:12:48) Juan the news‑tracker (00:14:13) Business impact: Suncorp’s AI mandates and agent teams (00:18:12) Support realities: human vs chatbot across generations (00:20:02) Meetups exploding: from rare events to weekly options (00:24:53) Why some architecture knowledge still matters (00:28:32) Near‑future UX: personalised apps, agents, and voice first (00:32:55) Closing plans: more inference, Morpheus skill, Venice compute  If you would like to support me for the value I provide you can use the referral link below when depositing capital and we will both earn bonus MOR. Alternatively you could send me a token of appreciation directly to my wallet ;) Referral Link: https://dashboard.mor.org/capital?referrer=0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Wallet Address: 0xE935f231c99c04Ee0b4532a3d0BdA81B152a0384 Connect with Mere Mortals: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/ Discord: https://discord.gg/dX9BEhT3kz Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/meremortalspods Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meremortalspodcasts/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@meremortalspodcasts Value 4 Value Support: Website: https://www.meremortalspodcasts.com/support Paypal: https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/meremortalspodcast

    34 min
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Why do we need decentralised AI and how is it going to be built? Hi, I'm Kyrin and I will be exploring this question in this new show of the Mere Mortals Podcasts network. We'll be diving into agentic AI, open source philosophy, decentralised infrastructure, token incentives and why I believe the Morpheus AI project is best suited to help the world achieve a smarter future. Episodes recorded live on Mon 11am AEST and released shortly afterwards.

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  • Creator
    Kyrin Down
  • Years Active
    2025 - 2026
  • Episodes
    79
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Show Website
    Mere Morpheus