Episode Details

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

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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