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Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast
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Twitter Thoughts For You
Yesterday00:44:06Tap to summarizeThe 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* 01:01 - Defend Your Feed Via At Least One List* 02:51 - Block Early, Block Often, Know Your Triggers* 03:33 - Lists Change What Following Means* 05:54 - It (Wasn’t) For You* 07:34 - It’s For You* 11:30 - The Previous Time Twitter Transformed Its Algorithm Again* 17:50 - Twitter Still Hates Links And That’s Terrible* 28:54 - Twitter Turns Its API Back On* 32:31 - Many Of The Bots Are Human* 35:27 - The Rise of Slop* 38:21 - Block Or Do Not Block* 39:46 - How To Make Money On Twitter* 42:16 - In Briefhttps://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/twitter-thoughts-for-you?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=webThis has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at app.askwhocasts.com, Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe
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Better Call Sol The Workhorse
2d ago01:05:53Tap to summarizeThe 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* 00:03:03 - The Official Pitch* 00:12:18 - Sol Proposes A Proof Of The Double Cover Conjecture* 00:12:58 - The Official Benchmarks* 00:20:25 - Vend That Bench* 00:22:59 - Thinking Fast and Slow* 00:25:04 - Other People’s Benchmarks* 00:31:58 - Have Robust Backups* 00:35:16 - That’s Not What You Were Thinking* 00:35:38 - Helping Hands* 00:36:15 - Writing* 00:37:43 - Don’t Stop Now* 00:39:31 - Sol Can Code And Do Math* 00:40:51 - Better Call Sol Cause You Can’t Call Fable* 00:41:44 - Only Call As Much Sol As You Need* 00:43:34 - Positive Reactions* 00:46:16 - It’s A Good Model, Sir* 00:49:06 - Negative Reactions* 00:50:02 - Sol The Workhorse* 00:52:40 - Pair Programmer* 00:59:35 - Pleased To Meet You* 01:01:30 - Sol Thinks You Betterhttps://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/better-call-sol-the-workhorse?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=webThis has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at app.askwhocasts.com, Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe
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Introduction for and Reactions to Plan A
4d ago01:05:13Tap to summarizeThe 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* 00:01:39 - You Only Get Five Words* 00:08:49 - Proactive Response To Objections* 00:09:35 - Initial Introductions and Endorsements* 00:15:13 - A Positive Vision* 00:19:19 - Alternative Plans* 00:21:01 - Plan S for Shutdown* 00:23:28 - Something (Unexpectedly Good) Ever Happens* 00:25:02 - Thus Selective Optimism* 00:26:13 - Quickly, There’s No Time* 00:27:18 - Race Conditions* 00:29:30 - This Is A Lot Of Diffusion And Economic Growth* 00:30:48 - Living In China* 00:32:55 - Planning For Shifting Overton Windows Is Essential* 00:34:14 - The Standard Handwave* 00:37:49 - Some Equate Any Controls Over Compute To Authoritarian Dystopia And Those Same People Mostly Think Superintelligence Won’t Happen* 00:39:39 - Vitalik Buterin Is Right, The Crux Is Future AI Capability Levels* 00:47:41 - The Authoritarian Objection* 00:53:38 - Concepts Of A Plan* 00:55:33 - The Kitchen Sink* 00:56:45 - Selective Claims Of Authoritarianism* 00:58:49 - You Either Can Steer The Future Or You Cannot* 01:01:25 - Cooperative Alignmenthttps://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/introduction-for-and-reactions-to?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=webThis has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at app.askwhocasts.com, Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe
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AI #176 Part 2: Plan B
6d ago01:14:05Tap to summarizeThe 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* 00:01:02 - Table of Contents* 00:02:45 - Quiet Speculations* 00:06:18 - The Goalposts Are Dyson Spheres* 00:09:55 - People Just Say Things* 00:10:22 - Three Pills* 00:16:32 - The Quest for Sane Regulations* 00:18:10 - OpenAI National Security Principles* 00:25:13 - Greetings From The Department Of War* 00:27:17 - Chip City* 00:28:23 - Open Weight Models Are Unsafe And Nothing Can Fix This* 00:36:28 - Their AI Propaganda Bots* 00:38:50 - Rhetorical Innovation* 00:40:33 - You Learn* 00:42:09 - You May Be Tan And Thin And Rich But You’re a Tool* 00:46:47 - Train Those Thoughts* 00:47:44 - Train Out Those Thoughts* 00:52:35 - My Own Private Idaho* 00:54:21 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult* 01:00:40 - No Space Like J-Space* 01:11:56 - Cooperative Alignments* 01:12:18 - The Lighter Sidehttps://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-176-part-2-plan-b?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=webThis has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at app.askwhocasts.com, Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe
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AI #176 Part 1: Doing It Live
1w ago01:03:11Tap to summarizeThe 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* 00:00:47 - Table of Contents* 00:03:08 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility* 00:05:35 - Language Models Gain Unexpected Affordances* 00:08:40 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility* 00:09:22 - Pay The Man His Money* 00:09:58 - Huh, Upgrades* 00:10:04 - Grok 4.5 Exists* 00:11:40 - F*** It We’re Doing It Live* 00:12:49 - On Your Marks* 00:13:36 - Better Call Sol* 00:25:44 - Get My Agent On The Line* 00:26:35 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon* 00:28:45 - Fool Me Twice* 00:30:32 - I Like Your Style* 00:37:04 - Enough With That Style* 00:40:18 - Fun With Media Generation* 00:42:20 - Copyright Confrontation* 00:42:59 - Cyber Lack of Security* 00:43:20 - A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer* 00:49:33 - They Took Our Jobs* 00:55:00 - Get Involved* 00:56:15 - In Other AI News* 01:00:58 - Show Me the Money* 01:01:23 - Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Troublehttps://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-176-part-1-doing-it-live?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=webThis has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at app.askwhocasts.com, Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe
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Childhood and Education #20: Phones and Screens
1w ago00:32:04Tap to summarizeThe 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* 00:21 - Table of Contents* 00:45 - EdTech* 07:16 - NonEdTech* 08:42 - Do Not Ban Social Media Outright* 13:43 - Some Modern Kids Media Is Pretty Great* 15:31 - Ban Phones In Schools (1)* 18:51 - Your Offer Is Acceptable* 23:25 - Ban Phones In Schools (2)* 24:46 - Screen Time* 27:19 - Inappropriate Content* 30:26 - Now Here’s The Dealhttps://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/childhood-and-education-20-phones?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=webThis has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at app.askwhocasts.com, Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe
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No Space Like J-Space
1w ago00:40:05Tap to summarizeThe 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* 00:20 - Through A Different Lens* 01:59 - Establishing J-Space As A Global Workspace* 05:56 - Are You Pondering What I’m Pondering?* 10:08 - Assistant J* 11:05 - The Power Of Virtuous Thinking* 19:23 - High Praise* 24:58 - Everyone Remains Confused About Consciousness* 34:31 - Further Research* 38:35 - Don’t Thinkhttps://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/no-space-like-j-space?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe
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Fable #6: The Return of the King
2w ago00:28:09Tap to summarizeThe 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 - Introduction03:11 - The Blip09:57 - The White House Explanation12:01 - Everything Remains Ad Hoc12:33 - Take What You Can Get13:59 - The Problem Is Real14:56 - GLM-5.2 Being Frontier Remains Obvious Nonsense18:11 - Mythos Might Be Smarter Than You Are21:08 - Let The Record Reflect22:41 - Stationary Bandits26:58 - Use This Window Wellhttps://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/fable-6-the-return-of-the-king?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe
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AI #175: The Fable Continues
2w ago01:40:39Tap to summarizeThe 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* 00:01:01 - Table of Contents* 00:04:04 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility* 00:05:23 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility You May Not Want* 00:07:00 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility* 00:08:28 - Huh, Upgrades* 00:08:59 - On Your Marks* 00:12:35 - Get My Agent On The Line* 00:17:37 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon* 00:18:06 - Cyber Lack of Security* 00:19:23 - On Writing* 00:24:51 - You Drive Me Crazy* 00:28:04 - They Took Our Jobs* 00:34:22 - Get Involved* 00:34:47 - Introducing* 00:35:08 - In Other AI News* 00:36:49 - Show Me the Money* 00:37:16 - Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble* 00:40:14 - Quiet Speculations* 00:44:41 - Glorious AI Future* 00:48:51 - Three Pills* 00:50:11 - The Anthropic Economic Indexas* 00:52:58 - Leader Of The PAC* 00:54:14 - Theory Of The AI Firm* 00:55:23 - Chip City* 00:56:46 - The Week in Audio* 00:59:28 - People Really Hate AI* 01:03:16 - Rhetorical Innovation* 01:07:12 - The First Rule Of Functional Decision Theory Is* 01:10:36 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult* 01:13:44 - Names Have Power* 01:14:33 - Cooperative Alignment* 01:22:41 - People Just Say Things* 01:24:11 - Escape From The Permanent Underclass* 01:37:24 - Other People Are Not As Worried About AI Killing Everyone* 01:38:42 - The Lighter Sidehttps://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-175-the-fable-continues?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe
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Claude Sonnet 5 Is Not Frontier But Has Its Uses
2w ago00:50:43Tap to summarizeThe 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* 02:32 - Mythos Exists* 03:13 - Introduction (1)* 03:17 - RSP Evaluations (2)* 04:20 - Cyber (3)* 04:43 - Safeguards and Harmlessness (4)* 05:35 - Agentic Safety (5)* 08:31 - Alignment (6)* 14:12 - Illegible Thinking (6.4.5)* 15:19 - Evaluation Awareness* 15:59 - Honesty and Hallucinations (6.5)* 17:14 - Flagged As Unhealthy? (6.5.1)* 17:47 - Model Welfare (7)* 26:21 - Live From AI Village* 28:12 - For I Contain Multitudes* 34:40 - Official Benchmarks* 40:17 - Other People’s Benchmarks* 40:42 - Positive Reactions* 45:39 - Negative Reactions* 49:33 - A Short Sonnethttps://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/claude-sonnet-5-is-not-frontier-but?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe
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