E15: Taiwan's $6.6 Billion Deal in Arizona for AI Chip Fabs, Our Controversial POV on Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency, & Machine Consciousness with Kam Snow

The Arizona desert just became the hottest place to supply chips that power the future. Today, we're covering breaking news that brings an incredible billion-dollar advancement in chip development to none other than Arizona – per Reuters, "The U.S. Commerce Department said on Monday, April 8, it would award Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co's (TSMC) U.S. unit a $6.6 billion subsidy for advanced semiconductor production in Phoenix, Arizona and up to $5 billion in low-cost government loans."

 

The Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co investment in semiconductors in Phoenix AZ is expected to add 6,000 direct manufacturing jobs and 20,000 construction jobs to the area. They're building 3 fabs in AZ to hit full capacity.

 

We also cover a HOT topic in Julia's latest viral YouTube video: how do we as a society prepare for AGI? And a controversial opinion on bitcoin (spoiler alert: we're the opposite of "bitcoin bros!")

 

For our second half, we're bringing in a special guest to add to the conversation: Kam Snow, digital creator and copywriter, discussing the topic of AGI and the question of machine consciousness!

 

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About the hosts: Julia McCoy, co-host, is an accomplished entrepreneur, speaker, and writer, currently serving in AI as a thought leader and influencer. Her day job is President of Content at Scale. Jeff Joyce, co-host, is a brilliant former media agency owner, video producer, and content creator-turned-AI-nerd, and the AI Director at Content at Scale. Learn more about Content at Scale: https://contentatscale.ai