Ethan Sun and Santiago Santos: Bringing Crypto x AI Experiences to Millions with MyShell.AI The Delphi Podcast

In this episode, Tommy and Santiago interview Ethan Sun, the co-founder of MyShell, a decentralized platform for creating and staking AI native applications. They discuss the evolution of AI over the past decade, the importance of consumer-facing applications, and the potential for AI to enhance daily life. Ethan explains how MyShell empowers creators to easily build AI experiences and the role of incentives in the platform's ecosystem. They also explore the future of MyShell, its competition, and the scalability challenges in the AI crypto space. In this conversation, Ethan Sun, the co-founder of MyShell, discusses the future of AI agents and the potential for personalized AI companions. He explores the idea of AI agents that understand individual needs and can perform tasks without explicit instructions. The conversation also touches on the improvement of underlying models and the role of human feedback in reinforcement learning. Ethan shares his thoughts on the differences between OpenAI and Crypto AI and the potential for crypto to empower the open source community. He discusses MyShell's end game and the importance of creators in the platform. The conversation concludes with a discussion on the challenges of incentivizing different parties within the system.

Takeaways


MyShell is a decentralized platform for creating and staking AI native applications.
The focus of MyShell is on consumer-facing applications that enhance daily life.
The platform makes it easy for non-technical creators to build AI experiences without coding.
Incentives play a crucial role in the MyShell ecosystem, rewarding creators and users for their contributions. The future of AI agents lies in personalized companions that understand individual needs and can perform tasks without explicit instructions.
Improving underlying models and gathering human feedback are crucial for enhancing AI agents and reinforcement learning.
Crypto AI has the potential to empower the open source community and provide incentives for creators to monetize their work.
MyShell aims to create a platform that enables creators to build personalized AI applications and attract a wide range of users.
The hardest party to incentivize within the system is the creators, who play a crucial role in unifying models, users, and stakeholders.

Chapters

00:00 Introduction and Background

03:01 The AI Stack and MyShell's Focus

07:01 Creating AI Experiences on MyShell

09:47 Easy Creation of AI Experiences

12:45 Applying Incentive Models to AI

16:34 Incentivizing Creators and Users

27:41 Competition and Differentiation

32:41 Web2 vs Web3 and Scalability

39:42 The Future of AI Agents

42:23 Improving Underlying Models and Data

45:04 Creators' Ideas and Applications

48:42 OpenAI vs. Crypto AI

51:09 Crypto's Impact on Open Source

56:02 MyShell's End Game

01:00:08

AGI and Human Feedback

01:04:19 Ratio of Creators to Users

01:06:40 Excitement and Concerns about Crypto AI

01:09:47 Incentivizing Supply and Demand

01:10:16 The Importance of Rules and Restrictions

01:12:04 Blockchain Infrastructure and Deployment

01:14:17 Hardest Party to Incentivize



Disclosures

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As an additional disclosure, Delphi Ventures is invested in MyShell.AI




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