#159 – Richard Craib: WallStreetBets, Numerai, and the Future of Stock Trading

Richard Craib is the founder of Numerai, a crowd-sourced, AI-run
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the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (08:12)
- WallStreetBets and GameStop saga (22:25) - Evil shorting and
chill shorting (24:31) - Hedge funds (30:04) - Vlad (37:00) -
Numerai (1:04:16) - Futre of AI in stock trading (1:09:55) -
Numerai data (1:13:37) - Is stock trading gambling or investing?
(1:17:32) - What is money? (1:20:49) - Cryptocurrency (1:24:06) -
Dogecoin (1:28:36) - Advice for startups (1:44:27) - Book
recommendations (1:46:29) - Advice for young people (1:50:30) -
Meaning of life