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* 00:00 - Introduction

* 00:35 - Table of Contents

* 01:00 - Whoops, Sorry

* 02:09 - Huh, Upgrades

* 04:42 - Codex of Ultimate Computer Use

* 08:36 - Rookie Numbers

* 09:33 - I See What You Did There

* 11:40 - Just a Ride

* 11:47 - They Didn’t Want Our Jobs

* 17:45 - Skilling Up

* 21:16 - The Lighter Side

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* 00:00:00 - Introduction

* 00:01:46 - Table of Contents

* 00:05:53 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility

* 00:06:55 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility

* 00:09:33 - Huh, Upgrades

* 00:09:57 - Grok 4.3 Exists But X AI Kind Of Doesn’t

* 00:11:16 - Show Me The Compute

* 00:17:54 - On Your Marks

* 00:18:34 - Copyright Confrontation

* 00:18:47 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon

* 00:20:39 - Fun With Media Generation

* 00:21:17 - A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer

* 00:21:28 - Cyber Lack of Security

* 00:21:41 - They Took Our Jobs

* 00:22:20 - The Art of the Jailbreak

* 00:22:28 - Introducing

* 00:22:47 - Musk v OpenAI

* 00:25:39 - Show Me the Money

* 00:28:10 - Peace In Our Time

* 00:31:30 - Quiet Speculations

* 00:34:19 - Quickly, There’s No Time

* 00:36:35 - The Quest for Sane Regulations

* 00:40:18 - People Really Hate AI

* 00:41:04 - Chip City

* 00:41:16 - The Week in Audio

* 00:42:47 - People Just Say Things

* 00:46:39 - People Just Publish Things

* 00:47:23 - Google Sells Out

* 00:48:27 - Greetings From Project Glasswing

* 00:51:13 - The Prior Restraint Era Begins

* 01:03:39 - Is This Even Legal?

* 01:06:52 - Pick Up The Phone

* 01:10:40 - Rhetorical Innovation

* 01:11:23 - People On The Internet Sometimes Lie

* 01:14:30 - Goblin Mode

* 01:15:44 - The Mask Comes Off

* 01:23:56 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult

* 01:27:17 - Some Penalties May Apply

* 01:29:51 - Messages From Janusworld

* 01:30:02 - Good Advice

* 01:31:18 - The Lighter Side

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* 00:00 - Introduction

* 00:30 - What Is Anthropic?

* 11:50 - What Is This Supposed Tool AI?

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00:00 - Introduction

00:54 - Project Glasswing Cannot Expand

02:34 - The Ad-Hoc Prior Restraint Era Begins

09:47 - Implementation Through CAISI

12:50 - What Should We Do About AI?

14:23 - The Chain of Command Nonsense Continues

16:35 - The Government Should Maintain Multiple AI Providers

17:02 - How’s It Going To End?

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* 00:00 - Introduction

* 01:05 - Owning Versus Renting

* 03:19 - Build To Rent Is Good Actually

* 08:22 - Elizabeth Warren, Full Supervillain

* 09:46 - The Better Case Against Corporate Housing Ownership

* 11:47 - The ROAD Act Bans Building And Then Renting Houses

* 14:12 - Rental Covenants

* 15:09 - Extended Eviction Delay After Nonpayment Is Mostly Bad

* 17:04 - Los Angeles Renting

* 19:43 - Sufficiently Advanced Rent Control Is Indistinguishable From Ownership

* 23:32 - England Tries To Ban Renting

* 25:00 - Claude Rental Discounts

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* 00:00 - Introduction

* 00:34 - Yelling Fire Risk In A Crowded City

* 02:22 - Beauty

* 07:16 - Historical Preservation Is Out Of Hand

* 08:54 - You Only Need One Staircase

* 10:17 - Zoning Run Amok

* 11:57 - Elevator Action

* 12:26 - The Hookup

* 16:00 - Affordable Housing

* 17:03 - Actually Affordable Housing

* 19:17 - Affordable Housing Only Worse

* 21:53 - Remember Who The Enemy Is

* 23:13 - San Francisco Hates Your Stove

* 23:57 - Los Angeles Not Building

* 29:26 - New York City

* 40:20 - Baltimore

* 40:30 - Charlottesville

* 41:02 - New Hampshire

* 41:25 - California

* 49:56 - Bipartisanship

* 50:16 - California Forever

* 51:30 - History

* 52:21 - The Lighter Side

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* 00:00:00 - Introduction

* 00:02:02 - Table of Contents

* 00:05:35 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility

* 00:06:04 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility

* 00:12:01 - Seeking Deeply

* 00:24:00 - Huh, Upgrades

* 00:24:32 - On Your Marks

* 00:24:49 - Choose Your Fighter

* 00:25:50 - More On Claude Opus four point seven

* 00:27:30 - Goblin Mode (More on GPT-5.5)

* 00:35:28 - Fun With Media Generation

* 00:36:12 - They Took Our Jobs

* 00:38:49 - Get Involved

* 00:39:47 - Introducing

* 00:40:37 - In Other AI News

* 00:41:26 - Show Me the Money

* 00:41:55 - Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble

* 00:42:52 - The Art of the Deal

* 00:43:56 - Quiet Speculations

* 00:45:22 - And He’s Gone

* 00:46:37 - The Quest for Sane Regulations

* 00:47:07 - Distillation

* 00:49:38 - If You Want A Good Future You Must Steer It

* 00:56:42 - Chip City

* 00:57:41 - The Mask Comes Off

* 01:13:47 - People Just Say Principles

* 01:17:57 - Greetings From The Department of War

* 01:24:48 - Greetings From Project Glasswing

* 01:30:30 - The Week in Audio

* 01:32:12 - People Just Say Things

* 01:36:08 - People Just Publish Things

* 01:36:30 - Rhetorical Innovation

* 01:41:12 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult

* 01:45:48 - People Are Worried About AI Killing Everyone

* 01:52:37 - Other People Are Not As Worried About AI Killing Everyone

* 01:53:46 - The Lighter Side

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* 00:00 - Introduction

* 00:33 - The Original Most Important Chart

* 01:59 - Show Me The Money

* 02:23 - Bad Things Happen Less

* 05:39 - The Exponential

* 10:40 - Find Out

* 11:30 - Fertility Crisis

* 12:06 - However You Look At It

* 12:33 - Important Things To Know

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* 00:00 - Introduction

* 02:42 - The Official Pitch

* 08:28 - Our Price Cheap

* 09:08 - Official Benchmarks

* 17:24 - SemiAnalysis Doublecheck

* 18:40 - Other People’s Benchmarks

* 21:51 - Vend That Bench

* 25:34 - Planning Is Essential

* 27:13 - Choose Your Fighter

* 28:53 - Cyber Lack Of Security

* 29:21 - You Get What You Give

* 30:27 - True Story

* 31:31 - Ethan Mollick Thinks GPT-five point five Is A Big Deal

* 32:00 - SemiAnalysis Loves GPT-five point five Especially In Codex

* 34:30 - Choose Your Fighter

* 35:04 - Positive Reactions

* 42:35 - Lazy and Literal

* 43:39 - Goblins, Gremlins and Trolls, Oh My

* 45:13 - Other Reactions

* 45:42 - Claude Ambition

* 46:04 - Other Notes

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* 00:00 - Introduction

* 02:48 - Pro Versus Proxy

* 03:10 - Disallowed Content (3.1)

* 05:29 - Don’t Delete Data (3.3)

* 06:30 - Confirmation Confirmation (3.4)

* 06:56 - Jailbreaks (4.1)

* 07:07 - Prompt Injections (4.2)

* 08:38 - Health (5)

* 09:01 - Hallucinations (6)

* 10:16 - Alignment (7)

* 14:48 - Bias Evaluation (8)

* 15:16 - Preparedness (9)

* 16:17 - Bio (9.1.1)

* 18:30 - Cybersecurity (9.1.2)

* 20:53 - Self-Improvement (9.1.3)

* 21:50 - Sandbagging (9.2)

* 22:53 - Safeguards (9.3)

* 24:52 - What About Model Welfare?

* 25:42 - Would This Have Identified A Problem?

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