The avalanche of DeepSeek news continues. We are not yet spending more than a few hours at a time in the singularity, where news happens faster than it can be processed. But it's close, and I’ve had to not follow a bunch of other non-AI things that are also happening, at least not well enough to offer any insights.

So this week we’re going to consider China, DeepSeek and r1 fully split off from everything else, and we’ll cover everything related to DeepSeek, including the policy responses to the situation, tomorrow instead.

This is everything else in AI from the past week. Some of it almost feels like it is from another time, so long ago.

I’m afraid you’re going to need to get used to that feeling.

Also, I went on Odd Lots to discuss DeepSeek, where I was and truly hope to again [...]

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(00:55) Language Models Offer Mundane Utility

(02:47) Language Models Don't Offer Mundane Utility

(05:43) Language Models Don't Offer You In Particular Mundane Utility

(10:49) (Don't) Feel the AGI

(12:36) Huh, Upgrades

(16:08) They Took Our Jobs

(21:30) Get Involved

(22:04) Introducing

(23:38) In Other AI News

(27:10) Hype

(29:56) We Had a Deal

(31:43) Quiet Speculations

(37:14) The Quest for Sane Regulations

(39:40) The Week in Audio

(39:51) Don't Tread on Me

(45:42) Rhetorical Innovation

(55:22) Scott Sumner on Objectivity in Taste, Ethics and AGI

(01:04:41) The Mask Comes Off (1)

(01:06:58) The Mask Comes Off (2)

(01:09:12) International AI Safety Report

(01:10:37) One Step at a Time

(01:14:12) Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult

(01:18:54) Two Attractor States

(01:26:51) You Play to Win the Game

(01:28:10) Six Thoughts on AI Safety

(01:35:53) AI Situational Awareness

(01:40:15) People Are Worried About AI Killing Everyone

(01:43:40) Other People Are Not As Worried About AI Killing Everyone

(01:44:24) The Lighter Side

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