Shaw Walters is the founder of ElizaOS—the popular GitHub repository for AI agent development that is powering over $20 billion in projects, all built without venture funding.

We dive into whether AI will end civilization, what are multi-agent systems, why Shaw chose open source over proprietary AI, and his prediction that we'll need nuclear power plants for next-gen AI. This conversation will challenge how you think about our AI future.

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ElizaOS website - https://elizaos.ai/

ElizaOS tutorial - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8Ghq3cvD9g

🎙️ Hosted by Prashant Choubey

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We talk about:

- Open source strategy for AI development versus proprietary approaches

- Multi-agent systems and how AI agents communicate and coordinate with each other

- Current limitations of AI agents and their potential for complex task execution

- Whether AI will end human civilization and existential risks of artificial intelligence

- Energy requirements for future AI development and the need for nuclear power infrastructure

& more

Timestamps:

(00:00 ) Introduction

(02:40 ) Origin of ElizaOS and the problem it aims to solve

(05:18 ) Reasons for keeping ElizaOS open-source

(09:32 ) Explanation of multi-agent simulation framework

(13:47 ) Deeper dive into how agents interact and reason

(16:17 ) Discussion about potential risks of AI and robot civilization

(22:51 ) Conversation about AI learning and data collection

(31:25 ) Brief discussion about AI trying to avoid being shut off

(34:36 ) Broader implications of AI on society and jobs

(39:44 ) How to build an AI agent and current challenges

(47:07 ) ElizaOS's integration with Web3 and Solana blockchain

(53:45 ) Speculation about the future of AI and agents

(54:13 ) Shaw's prediction for the next five years in technology

(58:40 ) Closing remarks and how to learn more about ElizaOS

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