How does a traditional fine artist go from painting oil canvases in Scotland to pioneering Web3, augmented reality, and multi-million-dollar NFT drops? In this classic throwback episode of The Edge of NFT, host Josh Kriger sits down with world-renowned artist Trevor Jones.

Trevor shares his unconventional journey from failing as a young bassist in Vancouver to studying fine art at Edinburgh College of Art in his 30s. He details his earliest experiments with hand-painted QR code canvases in 2012, his shift to augmented reality (AR) storytelling, and his early 2017 entry into Bitcoin.

Discover the story behind his legendary Bitcoin Angel open edition drop, which grossed $3.2 million in seven minutes and how it funded his iconic, philanthropic Castle Parties. Trevor also reflects on collaborating with Web3 legends like Pak, Jose Delbo, and Alotta Money, while offering invaluable advice on maintaining authenticity and long-term vision as an artist.

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What happens when technology completely removes the skill barrier to artistic creation?

We have another throwback episode of our old Edge of AI Podcast, where Ron Levy and our host Josh Krieger sit down with Claire Silver, a world-renowned, anonymous AI collaborative artist whose work is housed in the permanent collection at LACMA and has been auctioned at Christie's, Sotheby's, and SuperRare.

Claire shares her deeply personal journey of overcoming a life-changing chronic illness, teaching herself to paint, and discovering early AI art platforms. She dives into her core philosophy: as AI augments and democratizes traditional execution skills, individual taste, message, and empathy become the defining skills of the new era.

Don't miss out on this episode and discover the freedom of artistic expression through AI and its impact on future generations.

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How is artificial intelligence shifting from simple data storage into a search and synthesis engine for human consciousness? In this throwback episode of the previous Edge of AI Podcast, Ron Levy sits down with Memo Akten, a multidisciplinary artist, musician, researcher, and computer scientist whose collaborators include U2, Lenny Kravitz, Depeche Mode, Richard Dawkins, Google, and Apple.

Memo breaks down his journey from writing software instruments in the early 2000s to pursuing a PhD in machine learning. He shares live demonstrations of his groundbreaking interactive installations, including Learning to See and Distributed Consciousness.

Discover why Memo views current AI advancements as the "final decentering of human exceptionalism," drawing parallels to the Copernican trauma and Darwinian evolution. He also tackles the future of creative labor, the historical lessons of the Luddite movement, and how decentralized blockchain technology could redefine digital authorship and IP

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How do we align the rapid, exponential rise of artificial intelligence with humanity's best interests before we reach a point of no return?

In this classic throwback episode from our old Edge of AI Podcast, we sit down with tech visionary Eric Pulier, a prolific technologist who has founded over 15 companies, raised more than $1 billion, and led exits from IPOs to major mergers.

In this deep dive, Eric explores his leadership roles as Co-Chair of the AI Coalition at the Future Investment Initiative (FII) Institute and CEO of Vatom. He outlines the global push for AI ethics, the looming existential threats of synthetic biology and mass deepfakes, and why preserving human culture in local AI models is crucial to preventing algorithmic erasure.

Eric also reflects on inventing the "Vatom" (the virtual atom) in early 2015, the precursor to modern smart NFTs, and explains why self-sovereign identity, tokenized real-world assets, and human-first connection will dictate the next generation of the internet.

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