alt Hacker News> and had a crypto project (worldcoin)
That was a biometric surveillance project disguised as a crypto project.
> Is there even any evidence that "crypto bros" and "AI bros" are even the same set of people
No, the "AI" people are far worse. I always had a choice to /not/ use crypto. The "AI" people want to hamfistedly shove their flawed investment into every product under the sun.
I think the worst of the crypto people are probably the worst of the AI people too. Power/money-hungry grifters naturally move on to the most profitable grift when the old one peters out.