Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast

AI #157: Burn the Boats

The Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new posts and support the cost of creation, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.* 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 Sidehttps://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-157-burn-the-boats?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Anthropic and the Department of War

The Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new posts and support the cost of creation, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.* 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 Winhttps://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/anthropic-and-the-department-of-war?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Claude Sonnet 4.6 Gives You Flexibility

The Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new posts and support the cost of creation, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.* 00:00 - Introduction* 01:58 - On Your Marks* 11:19 - Reactions: It’s How Much You Save* 19:31 - Bringing It Togetherhttps://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/claude-sonnet-46-gives-you-flexibility?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

Citrini's Scenario Is A Great But Deeply Flawed Thought Experiment

The Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new posts and support the cost of creation, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.* 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 Falsehttps://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/citrinis-scenario-is-a-great-but?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

AI #156 Part 2: Errors in Rhetoric

The Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new posts and support the cost of creation, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.* 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 Sidehttps://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-156-part-2-errors-in-rhetoric?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe