Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast

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* 00:00 - Introduction
* 02:13 - The Original Post Begins Here
* 10:43 - Table of Contents
* 11:54 - Good News: We Can Keep Talking
* 14:24 - Once Again No You Do Not Need To Call Dario For Permission
* 18:41 - The Pentagon Reiterates Its Demands And Threats
* 20:09 - The Pentagon’s Dual Threats Are Contradictory and Incoherent
* 21:53 - The Pentagon’s Position Has Unfortunate Implications
* 23:49 - OpenAI Stands With Anthropic
* 26:23 - xAI Stands On Unreliable Ground
* 28:57 - Replacing Anthropic Would At Least Take Months
* 29:36 - We Will Not Be Divided
* 31:25 - This Risks Driving Other Companies Away
* 34:16 - Other Reasons For Concern
* 36:02 - Wisdom From A Retired General
* 39:06 - Congress Urges Restraint
* 40:55 - Reaction Is Overwhelmingly With Anthropic On This
* 44:47 - Some Even More Highly Unhelpful Rhetoric
* 50:04 - Other Summaries and Notes
* 51:07 - Paths Forward
https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/anthropic-and-the-dow-anthropic-responds?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web


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* 00:00:00 - Introduction
* 00:02:45 - Table of Contents
* 00:06:11 - Anthropic and the Department of War
* 00:09:49 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility
* 00:10:17 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility
* 00:11:47 - Huh, Upgrades
* 00:12:04 - On Your Marks
* 00:19:25 - Choose Your Fighter
* 00:19:32 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon
* 00:20:48 - Head In The Sand
* 00:21:45 - Fun With Media Generation
* 00:22:41 - A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer
* 00:23:08 - You Drive Me Crazy
* 00:24:10 - They Took Our Jobs
* 00:29:05 - The Art of the Jailbreak
* 00:29:52 - Get Involved
* 00:31:16 - Introducing
* 00:34:51 - In Other AI News
* 00:39:32 - The India Summit
* 00:49:14 - Show Me the Money
* 00:51:49 - Quiet Speculations
* 00:53:06 - The Quest for Sane Regulations
* 00:58:56 - Chip City
* 01:00:26 - The Mask Comes Off
* 01:03:23 - The Week in Audio
* 01:12:50 - Quickly, There’s No Time
* 01:13:18 - Dean Ball On Recursive Self-Improvement
* 01:18:40 - Rhetorical Innovation
* 01:24:02 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult
* 01:26:12 - The Homework Assignment Is To Choose The Assignment
* 01:42:28 - Agent Foundations
* 01:43:47 - Autonomous Killer Robots
* 01:44:22 - People Really Hate AI
* 01:46:32 - People Are Worried About AI Killing Everyone
* 01:48:45 - Other People Are Not As Worried About AI Killing Everyone
* 01:49:39 - The Lighter Side
https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-157-burn-the-boats?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web


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* 00:00:00 - Introduction
* 00:01:34 - Table of Contents
* 00:02:48 - This Standoff Should Never Have Happened
* 00:07:37 - Anthropic Cannot Fold
* 00:08:42 - Dean Ball Gives a Primer
* 00:12:18 - What Happened To Lead To This Showdown?
* 00:19:59 - Simple Solution: Delayed Contract Termination
* 00:20:54 - Better Solution: Status Quo
* 00:21:27 - Extreme Option One: Supply Chain Risk
* 00:28:03 - Putting Some Misconceptions To Bed
* 00:30:39 - Extreme Option Two: The Defense Production Act
* 00:43:50 - These Two Threats Contradict Each Other
* 00:45:01 - The Pentagon’s Actions Here Are Deeply Unpopular
* 00:48:42 - The Pentagon’s Most Extreme Potential Asks Could End The Republic
* 00:51:06 - Anthropic Did Make Some Political Mistakes
* 00:52:16 - Claude Is The Best Model Available
* 00:54:03 - The Administration Until Now Has Been Strong On This
* 00:54:59 - You Should See The Other Guys
* 00:56:18 - Some Other Intuition Pumps That Might Be Helpful
* 00:56:50 - Trying To Get An AI That Obeys All Orders Risks Emergent Misalignment
* 01:03:18 - We Can All Still Win
https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/anthropic-and-the-department-of-war?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web


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* 00:00 - Introduction
* 01:58 - On Your Marks
* 11:19 - Reactions: It’s How Much You Save
* 19:31 - Bringing It Together
https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/claude-sonnet-46-gives-you-flexibility?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web


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* 00:00 - Introduction
* 03:26 - The Headline Destination
* 05:41 - And That’s Terrible
* 09:08 - SaaSpocalype Now
* 09:58 - Levels of Friction Go To Zero …And That’s Terrible
* 12:03 - DoorDash and Uber
* 13:53 - Breaking Into The Marketplace
* 14:43 - Who Captures The Surplus?
* 15:30 - For Everything Else
* 21:59 - Real Estate Realism
* 24:29 - Everything Is Awesome And No One Is Happy
* 24:59 - Bearish For Non-AI Stocks Is Reasonable
* 26:59 - Other Levels of Friction Problems
* 28:00 - Oh Over There? That’s The Singularity
* 29:29 - Have I Got A Job For You
* 31:11 - Systemic Failure
* 33:57 - What Me Worry (About Economics)?
* 38:50 - We The People
* 41:07 - The Efficient Market Hypothesis Is False
https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/citrinis-scenario-is-a-great-but?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web


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