Episode 231 of Escape the Technocracy Podcast

Episode 231 of The Watchman Privacy Podcast – Daniel Sempere Pico: Speak ‘Prompt’ and Enter

Gabriel Custodiet speaks with Daniel Sempere Pico (formerly BTCGandalf) about how he uses AI for his own productivity.

GUEST

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TIMELINE

• 00:00 – Introduction

• 1:20 – Daniel Sempere Pico origin story (BTCGandalf)

• 6:40 – Rebuilding a Twitter audience

• 8:00 – World travel

• 11:15 – User experience of AI changing

• 14:10 – Daniel’s setup

• 20:55 – What to look for in a text AI model

• 23:40 – Cost of AI (for agentic use)

• 27:30 – How invasive is your AI use?

• 30:30 – AI Big Tech ruling our lives

• 34:35 – Death of self-hosting AI?

• 37:50 – Art AI

• 40:40 – Voice consistency while using AI

• 44:50 – Final thoughts on AI

Music by Karl Casey @ White Bat Audio