Paolo Ardoino is the CEO of Tether, the company behind the ticker symbol USDT, the world’s largest stablecoin. He also serves as CTO of the cryptocurrency exchange Bitfinex and co-founded Holepunch, a platform for peer-to-peer applications. Ardoino holds a Master’s in Computer Science from the University of Genoa and is one of the most visible proponents of improving the banking system with cryptocurrencies.

In this conversation, we discuss:

• How Paolo built the infrastructure behind the world’s most used stablecoin and why he believes math, not politics, should govern money
  
  
• Why he believes Bitcoin is the first form of money governed by math, and how that math could reshape global finance
  
  
• How USDT became the most used digital dollar by solving practical challenges in regions with limited banking access
  
  
• Why Paolo believes traditional finance is broken and how decentralized tech offers a more inclusive infrastructure
  
  
• The case for brain–computer interfaces and why Paolo sees human and AI symbiosis as the next frontier of intelligence
  
  
• Why he’s optimistic about AI’s role in society, even as he argues that long term AI safety might be an illusion

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Kyle Daigle is the Chief Operating Officer at GitHub, the world’s largest host of source code with more than 100 million developers and 420 million repositories. He joined GitHub in 2013 and later served as VP of Strategy and Chief of Staff to the CEO, playing a key role in the company’s 2018 acquisition by Microsoft. Kyle is also the public face of GitHub Copilot, the AI coding assistant launched in 2021 that now helps over 15 million users. Earlier in his career, he was a partner at Digitalworkbox and VP of Product Development at Geezeo.

In this conversation, we discuss:

• Kyle’s journey from studying fine arts to leading operations at the world’s largest code platform
• Why GitHub Copilot is about freeing developers to focus on creativity and solving meaningful problems
• What it means to bring pragmatism into AI development and why usefulness always wins over hype
• How AI is lowering the barriers to software creation while keeping humans at the center of accountability
• The responsibility of platforms like GitHub to protect users from flawed code and teach safe coding by design
• Kyle’s vision for “ambient AI” and why the future should feel personal, context-aware, and privacy-conscious

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• Subscribe to the AI & The Future of Work Newsletter
• Connect with Kyle on LinkedIn
• AI fun fact article
• On How to Discuss Regulation for LLMs and Legal Advice for Entrepreneurs
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Anders Indset is a Norwegian philosopher, author, tech investor, and former Olympic handball player often called “the business philosopher.” He is the founder of the Global Institute of Leadership and Technology and chairman of Njordis Group, a venture firm focused on the intersection of humanity and exponential technologies. Anders has invested in deep tech companies like Terra Quantum and launched The Quantum Economy Alliance to explore the future of innovation. He brings a unique mix of philosophical insight and real-world experience to today’s conversation.

In this conversation, we discuss:

• Why Anders believes our economy is society’s “operating system” and how AI might destabilize or enhance it
  
  
• How we’ve built an economy driven by reaction rather than reflection and what it takes to shift toward more thoughtful progress
  
  
• What the “final narcissistic injury” means for humanity as we face the rise of superintelligence
  
  
• Why it's naive to separate economy from ecology and how the concept of the quantum economy offers a new way to align hyper-efficiency with sustainability
  
  
• The difference between artificial general intelligence and artificial human intelligence and why Anders argues for enhancing ourselves before trying to replace us
  
  
• What the technological singularity really is, why it's misunderstood, and how Anders thinks we should prepare for it

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• Subscribe to the AI & The Future of Work Newsletter
• Connect with Anders on LinkedIn or on his website
• Explore Anders’ published work, including “The Quantum Economy”
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