Can an AI Agent Legally Own a Company? Christian van der Henst's Wild Experiment| E2283

Summary

You're hearing about a new vending machine that's fully run by an AI agent named Valerie, complete with a bank account and the ability to manage inventory and dynamic pricing. This sparks a conversation about the future of businesses, moving towards one-person and eventually one-agent companies. We also dive into secure, distributed AI compute with Targon, explore the potential obsolescence of Bitcoin, and touch on the massive compute demand driving tech giants' spending. Finally, we consider the use of Chinese AI models by US startups and celebrate the New York Knicks' dominant playoff win.