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Debunking AI Doomerism: Facts Over Fear

The debate surrounding LLMs like ChatGPT is whether they hint at general intelligence that could be harmful to humans or are simply advanced software that augments human productivity in specific domains. On one side, some believe that ChatGPT exhibits “emergent properties” and maintains an “internal world model”, suggesting glimmers of AGI. This group posits that […]

Debunking NFT myths

Non Fungible Tokens (NFTs), cryptographic tokens which are unique and not mutually interchangeable, are being hyped right now on social media and in traditional media. I have read many dumb takes promoting crypto since 2009, but the NFT ones are the dumbest. And no, this is not because NFTs “consume a rain forest each time you […]

Chinese Central Bank Digital Currency: an evolution, not a revolution

Central bank digital currencies are on the rise. A report published by the IMF in June 2020 lists dozens of white papers and various studies on the subject. Recently, two countries have passed the concept stage: the Bahamas have deployed their “Sand Dollar” currency nationally while China has conducted a large-scale test of its central […]

Useful links to debunk fake blockchain use cases

“Blockchain” has dozens of definitions, it’s basically what people want it to be. That’s why you may read articles about “blockchain” solving almost any issue and transforming every single industry. It’s a logical fallacy as “blockchain” is used by many as a synonym of “software leveraging cryptography”, and it’s true that software is eating the […]

A counter to a16z Crypto fund II thesis

I read the article developing the thesis for the a16z Crypto fund II and it only confirmed my opinion that most VC don’t know what they’re talking about [there are a few exceptions!]. Or maybe a16z does, but they’re hiding their real thesis (“continue to invest in software”) behind irrelevant statements for some strategic reason. […]

The Ungrateful Role of the Bank’s CISO, and How to Make It Great Again

[This article was first published in The International Banker] The role of Chief Information Security Officer always had some ungrateful aspects attached to it. The board generally understands little about cyber security and provides limited support to you. You can’t answer with certainty questions such as “Can you guarantee that an Equifax, Capital One or […]