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* 00:00:00 - Introduction

* 00:03:40 - Table of Contents

* 00:07:24 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility

* 00:11:03 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility

* 00:14:37 - Levels of Friction

* 00:16:51 - Huh, Upgrades

* 00:17:09 - On Your Marks

* 00:17:22 - Lack of Cybersecurity

* 00:19:03 - Meta Game

* 00:26:24 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon

* 00:27:18 - A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer

* 00:29:01 - Let My People Go

* 00:30:15 - You Drive Me Crazy

* 00:30:56 - They Took Our Jobs

* 00:35:28 - They Gave Us Time Off

* 00:41:42 - Get Involved

* 00:42:52 - Introducing

* 00:43:16 - In Other AI News

* 00:48:33 - Thanks For The Memos

* 00:51:27 - Show Me the Money

* 00:53:54 - Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble

* 00:54:45 - Quickly, There’s No Time

* 00:55:28 - The Quest for Sane Regulations

* 00:57:59 - Our Offer Is Nothing

* 01:03:12 - The Week in Audio

* 01:03:30 - Rhetorical Innovation

* 01:09:50 - Political Violence Is Never The Answer

* 01:13:23 - A Lot Of People Peacefully Speak Of Infinitely High Stakes

* 01:15:01 - Take a Moment

* 01:19:08 - Greetings From The Department of War

* 01:24:34 - Political Pressure At Google DeepMind

* 01:25:10 - Things That Are Basically Legal And Accepted Now, Somehow

* 01:26:12 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult

* 01:32:11 - Aligning a Current Model For Mundane Tasks Is Also Difficult

* 01:33:29 - Everyone Is Confused About AI Consciousness

* 01:36:30 - The Lighter Side

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