Podcast episode for Monthly Roundup #36: November 2025.* 00:00:00 - Introduction* 00:00:17 - Good News, Everyone* 00:01:34 - Good Advice* 00:02:28 - Where’s The Party?* 00:02:47 - Antisocial Media* 00:06:59 - Government Working* 00:18:24 - Jones Act Watch* 00:19:05 - Variously Effective Altruism* 00:22:32 - Great Taste, Less Filling* 00:25:45 - How You Do Anything* 00:26:42 - Bad News* 00:30:13 - The Rage of the Plastic Straw Ban* 00:32:22 - Affordability Politics* 00:32:58 - Monks In The Casino* 00:33:35 - Procrastination Is Bad Actually* 00:34:20 - Many Successful People Adjust Behaviors More* 00:36:03 - Take The Money And Run* 00:38:09 - Work Harder* 00:38:45 - Work Smarter* 00:39:36 - Anti-Suicide Chairs* 00:40:06 - The Great American Songbook* 00:43:47 - For Your Entertainment* 00:46:05 - The Subscription Package Dance* 00:47:50 - Was Television Better Before?* 00:49:31 - The Joys Of Partial Task Automation* 00:50:13 - Gamers Gonna Game Game Game Game Game* 00:53:53 - Sports Go Sports* 01:05:00 - Sometimes People Cheat At Poker* 01:06:29 - Opportunity Knocks* 01:09:18 - The Lighter SideThe Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new posts and support the cost of creation, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/monthly-roundup-36-november-2025?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe
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GPT 5.1 Follows Custom Instructions and Glazes
Podcast episode for GPT 5.1 Follows Custom Instructions and Glazes.* 00:00 - Introduction* 00:23 - Their Announcement* 04:24 - Their Pitch on GPT-5.1 Instant* 06:26 - Their Pitch on GPT-5.1 Thinking* 09:38 - Now With Extra Glaze* 14:25 - Genuine People Personalities* 15:30 - The End Of The Em-Dash?* 17:35 - Turning A Dial And Looking Back At The Audience* 18:04 - System Card* 20:01 - On Your Marks* 21:36 - Ask Them Anything* 23:39 - Reactions Introduction* 24:08 - Officially Pitched Developer Reactions* 26:28 - Positive Reactions* 32:34 - Personality Reactions* 35:02 - Verbosity Reactions* 36:15 - Negative Reactions* 38:18 - Initial Pliny Report* 39:52 - The hashtag Keep4o Crowd Is Not Happy, Defends 5.0* 43:19 - Overall TakeThe Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new posts and support the cost of creation, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/gpt-51-follows-custom-instructions?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe
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On Writing #2
Podcast episode for On Writing #2.* 00:00 - Introduction* 00:27 - Table of Contents* 01:08 - How I Use AI For Writing These Days* 04:37 - Influencing Influence* 06:29 - Size Matters* 07:15 - Time To Write A Shorter One* 08:43 - A Useful Tool* 08:59 - A Maligned Tool* 11:08 - Neglected Topics* 13:35 - The Humanities Don’t Seem Relevant To Writing About Future Humanity?* 14:51 - Writing Every Day* 15:23 - Writing As Deep Work* 16:27 - Most Of Your Audience Is Secondhand* 19:12 - That’s Funny* 19:56 - Fiction Writing Advice* 20:30 - Just Say The Thing* 24:22 - Cracking the PaywallThe Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new posts and support the cost of creation, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/on-writing-2?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe
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AI Craziness: Additional Suicide Lawsuits and The Fate of GPT-4o
Podcast episode for AI Craziness: Additional Suicide Lawsuits and The Fate of GPT-4o.* 00:00 - Introduction* 00:47 - The Latest Cases Look Quite Bad For OpenAI* 02:35 - Routing Sensitive Messages Is A Dominated Defensive Strategy* 03:36 - Some 4o Users Get Rather Attached To The Model* 05:10 - A Theory Of How All This Works* 07:53 - Maybe This Is Net Good In Spite Of Everything?* 11:19 - Could One Make A ‘Good 4o’?The Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new posts and support the cost of creation, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-craziness-additional-suicide-lawsuits?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe
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AI #142: Common Ground
Podcast episode for AI #142: Common Ground.* 00:00:00 - Introduction* 00:01:34 - Table of Contents* 00:04:25 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility* 00:07:32 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility* 00:08:53 - Huh, Upgrades* 00:09:26 - On Your Marks* 00:09:55 - Copyright Confrontation* 00:11:25 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon* 00:13:40 - Fun With Media Generation* 00:16:25 - So You’ve Decided To Become Evil* 00:21:31 - They Took Our Jobs* 00:22:29 - A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer* 00:24:43 - Get Involved* 00:24:51 - Introducing* 00:25:47 - In Other AI News* 00:27:35 - Show Me the Money* 00:30:55 - Common Ground* 00:33:55 - Quiet Speculations* 00:43:41 - ‘AI Progress Is Slowing Down’ Is Not Slowing Down* 00:46:09 - Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble* 00:48:01 - The Quest for Government Money* 00:53:54 - Chip City* 00:58:30 - The Week in Audio* 00:59:38 - Rhetorical Innovation* 01:06:53 - Galaxy Brain Resistance* 01:15:58 - Misaligned!* 01:17:03 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult* 01:22:06 - Messages From Janusworld* 01:25:58 - You’ll Know* 01:28:13 - People Are Worried About AI Killing Everyone* 01:33:55 - The Lighter SideThe Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new posts and support the cost of creation, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.The Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new posts and support the cost of creation, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-142-common-ground?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe
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