A fleet of cartoon penguins funding a NASCAR team? Sounds ridiculous, right? At first glance, you may think that indeed… the crypto world has lost its fucking mind. Dig a tad deeper, and you’ll find that the Pudgy Penguins’ collaboration with NASCAR is more than just a smart PR stunt....
As recently as last month, I was teaching some of those concepts to a group of bright, eager young minds at a local community center. They're hungry to learn about digital entrepreneurship. They know what’s possible in the digital world, but more often than not, they don’t have the resources...
I’ve personally spent the last 10 plus years advocating for decentralized innovation, helping young people develop digital entrepreneurial skills and even advising market entry strategies. So trust me when I say, I know how tempting OpenSea is. Furthermore, it has opened up access to the world of digital art and...
Since the peak of NFT royalties over the past year, they’ve fallen off a cliff—down by a shocking 75%. Let that sink in. Three-quarters of the revenue supporting digital creators is vanishing at lightning speed. At the same time, OpenSea, the industry’s largest player, does nothing to help, actively contributing...
Courtyard NFTs are riding high. $4.85 million in weekly sales volume just this week, a 21% increase. That's fantastic. Don’t let the excitement blind us. To be fair, this success story deserves closer inspection, particularly in light of the ongoing debate surrounding the royalty-free marketplace. In doing so, are we...
ChatGPT would get completely demolished by an Atari 2600 beating the pants off of Deep Blue. Let that sink in. What is astounding here is that a 40 year old 128 byte RAM console embarrassed one of the most sophisticated AI models on the planet. It maybe makes you laugh,...
ChatGPT getting schooled by an Atari 2600 playing chess? Hilarious, right? Before we all share another meme, let's connect this unexpected defeat to something far more important: the future of NFT royalties and creator rights. Because, believe it or not, ChatGPT's chess blunder exposes a critical flaw in how we're...
Okay, let's be honest. Who honestly thought ChatGPT was going to beat a 1977 Atari 2600 at chess? As funny as the simple fact that it even happened is, though, it’s profoundly, instructively deeply hilarious. It does provide a compelling, if unintentional, analogy to the situation we’re encountering with NFT...
So, ceremonial AI nerdblogging aside, ChatGPT got completely owned by a 50-year-old Atari 2600 at chess. Yes, that Atari—the same one your parents (or grandparents) maybe played on. On beginner mode.It's funny, right? A multi-billion dollar AI brought to its knees by a 1977 video console with 128 bytes of...
