Kazakh Bitcoin mining outage, Synthetic actors, Memes + Ben Awad: Gen Z Programming Mentor | E1355

Jason and Molly cover how 15% of the world’s bitcoin mining network going down when Kazakhstan’s internet was shut off (3:11) and Chainalysis' scam report (12:32). Then they do a "We Live in the Future" segment about AI created actors (16:49) and “Memes of the Week” review of Marc Andreessen's tweets (25:32). Finally, Producer Rachel wraps with an "OK Boomer" interview with YouTube creator and software engineer Ben Awad (38:43). (00:00) Jason and Molly intro the show (01:15) A special welcome video for Molly (03:11) Kazakhstan crypto (10:42) OpenPhone - Get an extra 20% off any plan for your first 6 months at https://openphone.com/twist (12:32) Chainalysis 2021 Crypto Crime Report (16:49) WLITF Synthesia replacing cameras with code (21:06) Ourcrowd - Check out the deal of the week at https://ourcrowd.com/twist (22:26) Possibilities for AI deepfakes (25:32) Memes of the Week - Marc Andreessen (34:18) OK Boomer - Producer Rachel introduces the guest (37:12) Revelo - Get 20% off the first 3 months by mentioning TWIST at https://revelo.io/twist (38:43) Ben Awad Gen Z Programming Mentor FOLLOW Ben: https://twitter.com/benawad FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis FOLLOW Molly: https://twitter.com/mollywood