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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

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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

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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

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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

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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

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* 00:00:00 - Introduction

* 00:00:35 - Table of Contents

* 00:02:17 - Levels of Friction

* 00:06:42 - The Art Of The Jailbreak

* 00:08:17 - The Quest for Sane Regulations

* 00:14:20 - People Really Hate AI

* 00:20:47 - A Very Bad Paper

* 00:28:16 - Rhetorical Innovation

* 00:35:40 - The Most Forbidden Technique

* 00:37:03 - Everyone Is Or Should Be Confused About Morality

* 00:39:01 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult

* 00:48:35 - We’ll Just Call It Something Else

* 00:51:10 - Vulnerable World Hypothesis

* 00:56:10 - Autonomous Killer Robots

* 00:58:05 - People Will Hand Over Power To The AIs

* 01:02:09 - People Are Worried About AI Killing Everyone

* 01:04:20 - Other People Are Not Worried About AI Killing Everyone

* 01:05:35 - The Lighter Side

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* 00:00:00 - Introduction

* 00:02:34 - Table of Contents

* 00:05:31 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility

* 00:05:54 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility

* 00:08:48 - Terms of Service

* 00:09:31 - On Your Marks

* 00:10:37 - Choose Your Fighter

* 00:12:03 - Fun With Media Generation

* 00:14:58 - Lyria

* 00:16:43 - Superb Owl

* 00:17:25 - A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer

* 00:17:33 - Deepfaketown And Botpocalypse Soon

* 00:20:05 - You Drive Me Crazy

* 00:20:19 - Open Weight Models Are Unsafe And Nothing Can Fix This

* 00:23:32 - They Took Our Jobs

* 00:29:13 - They Kept Our Agents

* 00:30:06 - The First Thing We Let AI Do

* 00:41:34 - Legally Claude

* 00:44:12 - Predictions Are Hard, Especially About The Future, But Not Impossible

* 00:50:11 - Many Worlds

* 00:52:55 - Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble

* 00:53:48 - A Bold Prediction

* 00:54:13 - Brave New World

* 00:57:40 - Augmented Reality

* 00:59:19 - Quickly, There’s No Time

* 01:02:59 - If Anyone Builds It, We Can Avoid Building The Other It And Not Die

* 01:04:48 - In Other AI News

* 01:08:46 - Introducing

* 01:09:26 - Get Involved

* 01:12:42 - Show Me the Money

* 01:14:07 - The Week In Audio

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* 00:00:00 - Introduction

* 00:02:19 - Bad News

* 00:04:10 - Government Working

* 00:15:37 - The Epstein Files

* 00:17:47 - RIP Scott Adams

* 00:19:51 - News You Can’t Use But Click On Anyway

* 00:21:04 - We’re Putting Together A Team

* 00:21:28 - You Can’t Retire, I Quit

* 00:24:17 - Jones Act Watch

* 00:35:00 - Variously Effective Altruism

* 00:36:23 - They Took Our Jobs And Now I Can Relax

* 00:37:28 - While I Cannot Condone This

* 00:39:29 - Good News, Everyone

* 00:41:26 - Use Your One Time

* 00:44:38 - Hands Off My Phone

* 00:47:26 - Fun Theory

* 00:48:57 - Good Advice

* 00:50:46 - For Your Entertainment

* 00:53:52 - Plur1bus

* 00:55:00 - Gamers Gonna Game Game Game Game Game

* 01:00:38 - Sports Go Sports

* 01:05:23 - The Revolution of Retroactive Rising Expectations

* 01:06:54 - I Was Promised Spying Cars

* 01:07:44 - Prediction Market Madness

* 01:11:40 - The Lighter Side

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* 00:00 - Introduction

* 03:16 - Table of Contents

* 03:52 - Bounded Distrust

* 06:19 - IN SPACE

* 11:01 - The AI Will Follow You To Mars

* 23:46 - xAI Business Plans

* 27:11 - Optimus Prime

* 28:22 - Beating China

* 31:06 - SpaceX and How To Run a Company Elon Style

* 34:37 - DOGE

* 37:04 - TeraFab IN SPACE

* 37:20 - Postscript: Safety Third at xAI

* 41:56 - Elon Serves Back Saying That Which Is Not

* 44:31 - Elon’s Army

* 45:38 - Children Are Our Future

* 49:29 - Where Do We Go From Here

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* 00:00 - Introduction

* 01:40 - Table of Contents

* 01:52 - The Pace of Progress

* 09:44 - Continual Learning

* 15:17 - Does Not Compute

* 17:07 - Step Two

* 25:25 - The Quest For Sane Regulations

* 28:54 - Beating China

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