Say WoT? – Ep. 2: AI, Reputation, and the Death of “Trust Me Bro” with Gzuuus

Say WoT? – Ep. 2: AI, Reputation, and the Death of “Trust Me Bro” with Gzuuus

Published: January 29, 2026

Duration: 1:38:12

In Episode 2 of Say WoT?, Avi sits down with Gzuuus to “debug the intersection of AI and the Web of Trust,” tracing his build path through DVMCP, ContextVM, and his latest project, Relatr, with the goal of engineering machine intelligence that amplifies human reputation instead of harvesting it.

Gzuuus explains why ContextVM evolved from an earlier “kitchen sink” approach into a cleaner design that lives at the transport layer, using Nostr keys for authentication/authorization, and leaning into ephemeral events plus a single kind for communications to keep things minimal and composable.

Then the conversation drops in...