Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast

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* 00:00:00 - Introduction
* 00:01:57 - Table of Contents
* 00:06:18 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility
* 00:09:19 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility
* 00:12:54 - Language Models Break Your Vital Internet Infrastructure
* 00:13:51 - Huh, Upgrades
* 00:14:53 - On Your Marks
* 00:21:56 - Choose Your Fighter
* 00:22:21 - Get My Agent On The Line
* 00:23:26 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon
* 00:26:14 - A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer
* 00:26:30 - You Drive Me Crazy
* 00:26:48 - They Took Our Jobs
* 00:31:10 - Get Involved
* 00:33:03 - Introducing
* 00:33:56 - The Anthropic Institute
* 00:36:08 - In Other AI News
* 00:37:12 - The Rise of Claude
* 00:41:59 - Trouble At OpenAI
* 00:43:49 - Show Me the Money
* 00:45:03 - Thanks For The Memos
* 00:45:59 - A Contract Is A Contract Is A Contract
* 00:48:40 - Level of Friction
* 00:49:17 - Quiet Speculations
* 00:49:51 - Quickly, There’s No Time
* 00:51:13 - Apology Tour
* 00:51:57 - We’ll See You In Court
* 00:59:07 - Jawboning
* 01:02:47 - Executive Order
* 01:03:40 - The Acute Crisis Passes
* 01:05:34 - Others Cover This
* 01:06:17 - Dwarkesh Patel Gives Mixed Thoughts
* 01:12:24 - This Means A Special Military Operation
* 01:12:53 - Bernie Sanders Is Worried and Curious About AI
* 01:15:40 - The Quest for Survival
* 01:19:19 - The Quest For No Regulations Whatsoever
* 01:20:30 - Chip City
* 01:20:53 - The Week in Audio
* 01:22:44 - Rhetorical Innovation
* 01:32:52 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult
* 01:38:44 - People Are Worried About AI Killing Everyone
* 01:40:54 - Other People Are Not As Worried About AI Killing Everyone
* 01:42:38 - The Lighter Side
https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-159-see-you-in-court?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web


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* 00:00 - Introduction
* 01:46 - The Big Take
* 04:34 - The Official Pitch
* 10:31 - Other People’s Benchmarks
* 15:16 - The System Card
* 21:11 - Preparedness Framework
* 23:04 - Fun Experiments
* 23:29 - Early Poll Results
* 25:10 - Positive Reactions
* 37:37 - Vibe Coders Only
* 40:04 - Fill Out Your Roster
* 40:27 - Intent Wins
* 43:32 - Personality Clash
* 48:17 - Model Relations Department
* 52:11 - Stylistic Differences
* 52:50 - Some Will Always Be Unimpressed
* 56:22 - The Lighter Side
https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/gpt-54-is-a-substantial-upgrade?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web


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* 00:00:00 - Introduction
* 00:00:23 - The Virtue of Silence (Unrelated Update)
* 00:02:38 - Agentic Coding Offers Mundane Utility
* 00:09:17 - Agentic Coding Doesn’t Offer Mundane Utility
* 00:10:08 - Huh, Upgrades
* 00:12:28 - Our Price Cheap
* 00:14:36 - Quickly, There’s No Time
* 00:22:28 - A Particular Set Of Skills
* 00:23:08 - Next Level Coding
* 00:24:04 - Dual Wielding
* 00:24:58 - They Took Our Jobs
* 00:25:27 - You Need To Relax Sometimes
* 00:27:56 - Levels of Friction
* 00:29:13 - Danger, Will Robinson
* 00:31:08 - Snagged By The Claw
* 00:35:13 - The Meta Clause
* 00:37:44 - If They Wanted To
* 00:38:42 - The Famous Mister Claw
* 00:39:59 - Claw Your Way To The Top
* 00:41:38 - Claw Your Way Out
* 00:44:48 - A Chinese Claw
* 00:47:19 - Hackathon
* 00:47:40 - Introducing Agent Teams
* 00:52:53 - Cowork Is A Gateway Drug
* 00:53:47 - Dangerously Evade Permissions
* 00:55:01 - Skilling Up
* 00:56:17 - Modern Working
* 00:56:37 - Measuring Autonomy
* 00:59:53 - I Don’t Even See The Code
* 01:03:24 - Scratchpads Are Magic
* 01:05:21 - It’s Coming
* 01:09:19 - The Grep Tax
* 01:10:53 - Beware Claude Mania
* 01:11:30 - The Lighter Side
* 01:12:46 - In Other Agent News
* 01:12:52 - The Lighter Side
https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/claude-code-claude-cowork-and-codex?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web


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* 00:00 - Introduction
* 05:09 - Post Overview
* 07:38 - Anthropic’s Statement on the SCR
* 11:30 - What The Actual SCR Designation Says
* 14:59 - Enemies of The Republic
* 29:42 - Regulation Need Not Seize The Means Of Production
* 32:08 - Microsoft Stands Firm
* 33:15 - Calling This What It Is
* 34:24 - What To Expect Next
https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/anthropic-officially-arbitrarily?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web


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* 00:00:00 - Introduction
* 00:04:36 - Table of Contents
* 00:08:07 - A Well Deserved Break
* 00:09:40 - Huh, Upgrades
* 00:11:06 - On Your Marks
* 00:11:23 - Choose Your Fighter
* 00:12:22 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon
* 00:13:28 - A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer
* 00:15:03 - You Drive Me Crazy
* 00:15:50 - They Took Our Jobs
* 00:16:05 - The Art of the Jailbreak
* 00:16:34 - Introducing
* 00:17:10 - In Other AI News
* 00:18:42 - Show Me the Money
* 00:20:08 - Quiet Speculations
* 00:20:55 - The Quest for Sane Regulations
* 00:22:36 - Chip City
* 00:23:38 - The Week in Audio
* 00:23:51 - Government Rhetorical Innovation
* 00:26:02 - Give The People What They Want
* 00:27:39 - Rhetorical Innovation
* 00:36:25 - We Go Our Separate Ways
* 00:37:23 - Thanks For The Memos
* 00:51:19 - Take A Moment
* 00:51:48 - Designating Anthropic A Supply Chain Risk Won’t Legally Work
* 00:53:34 - The Buck Stops Here
* 01:00:47 - Sane Talk About the Department of War Situation
* 01:09:48 - I Declare Defense Production Act
* 01:13:36 - Greg Allen Illustrates The Situation
* 01:22:09 - Do Not Lend Your Strength To That Which You Wish To Be Free From
* 01:27:42 - Oh Right Democrats Exist
* 01:28:29 - Beware
* 01:29:52 - Endorsements of Anthropic Holding the Moral Line
* 01:32:32 - The Week The World Learned About Claude
* 01:34:19 - Other Reflections on the Department of War Situation
* 01:35:26 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult
* 01:36:14 - The Lighter Side
https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-158-the-department-of-war?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web


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