It looks like Ethereum is somehow a part of this universe along with AI? I am not sure what the identity is here fully, but I get that writers are wanted. Are they supposed to also be crypto broish?

Venkat's an advisor to Ethereum in some capacity. The Protocolized Reader has a couple essays that are blockchain-adjacent, but from the more utopian angle of using them to build a better world rather than just a vehicle for currency speculation and graft.