Derek Ross and Heather Larson are back with a packed episode covering everything happening at the intersection of decentralized social, Bitcoin, and AI right now. This week, Derek and Heather dig into the latest Nostr updates including the launch of diVine, new features rolling out on Ditto, and what Agora is doing to support activists globally. They get into AI territory with a look at OpenClaw, why treating AI like an intern is actually good advice, and what happens when an email goes catastrophically wrong in the age of AI automation. From there the conversation goes deep on COBOL, the 60-year-old programming language still running the world's financial infrastructure and why AI might be the only thing that saves us when the last COBOL developers retire. Derek also shares the results of his experiment running an AI-powered Twitter bot and what it revealed about the difference between engagement on Nostr versus engagement on legacy platforms. Heather's full of ideas for what his bot should do next and giving him homework for the next episode... CHAPTERS 00:00 Introduction to Decentralized Social and AI 01:19 Nostr News and the Launch of Divine 04:26 Updates on Ditto and Its New Features 10:35 Agora Updates and Global Activism 20:16 AI News and the Rise of OpenClaw 23:06 The Email Catastrophe: A Cautionary Tale 26:30 Treating AI Like an Intern: Lessons Learned 27:38 The Legacy of COBOL: A Dying Breed 36:20 AI to the Rescue: Filling the COBOL Gap 37:22 The Twitter Experiment: AI and Social Media Dynamics 42:59 The Risks of Centralized Social Media Control 45:48 Experimenting with AI and Social Media 48:59 The Evolution of Derek's Social Media Strategy 53:03 Nostr vs. Twitter: A Comparative Analysis 56:05 Upcoming Events and Community Engagement 🎭 Join our Shakespeare vibe coding community: https://soapbox.pub/shakespeare-community/ Submit a news tip or ask a question: https://soapbox.pub/soapbox-sessions/ Find tools on the website: https://soapbox.pub/ Follow on X: https://x.com/SoapboxTech Follow on Nostr: https://primal.net/p/nprofile1qqs8sxs4yuz47axp7uprpugrs3sfkdz5379tdg9xe2n5qfvz070a4egc9mrhy ⭐ Support the podcast on Podcast 2.0 open networks: The one we built, Podstr: https://sessions.soapbox.pub/ Listen on Fountain: https://fountain.fm/show/aq7IaS6bdQ6kF6NWDzzc Become a fan on True Fans: https://truefans.fm/soapbox-sessions Podverse: https://podverse.fm/podcast/hPdQ-otsG Podcast Guru: https://app.podcastguru.io/podcast/1837576097 Podcast Index: https://podcastindex.org/podcast/7473968 🔵 Listen on closed networks/walled gardens: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1uBFCX46GH0npKB46stxAO Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/soapbox-sessions/id1837576097