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This week, we’ll dive into the outcomes of a survey I carried out on the way forward for AI and what lies past the ChatGPT hype. And as a result of you’ll be able to’t all the time escape the hype, I additionally learn a guide about SBF — however not the one by Michael Lewis. Instead, I picked “Number Go Up: Inside Crypto’s Wild Rise and Staggering Fall” by investigative reporter Zeke Faux, and I’m glad I did. — Anna
Ponzi in all places
Although I simply did, it’s not fully honest to name Faux’s guide “Number Go Up” an “SBF book.” Sure, it has a number of chapters on FTX’s founder, Sam Bankman-Fried, and the epilogue is largely about his destiny, which has been unfolding in court docket this week. But it’s additionally about crypto more broadly, and that’s a good factor.
It’s not that I don’t care about getting a higher understanding of SBF’s character. I listened to a complete podcast collection about him, and my colleague Jacquelyn Melinek is additionally getting back from court docket every day with fascinating tidbits on his conduct. But identical to the trial’s first witness was an alleged sufferer of FTX, I additionally need to hear from individuals whose lives have been affected by the rise and fall of crypto.