AI #169: New Knowledge

AI #169: New Knowledge

From Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast by Podcast for Zvi's blog, Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast

May 21, 2026 · 1h 35m

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The episode discusses various aspects of AI, including language models, cybersecurity, and the challenges of regulation.

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 * 00:01:17 - Table of Contents * 00:04:46 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility * 00:06:42 - Do The Math * 00:07:59 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility * 00:08:35 - Huh, Upgrades * 00:08:48 - The Prior Restraint Era Begins * 00:10:43 - On Your Marks * 00:11:13 - METR Frontier Risk Report * 00:14:57 - Choose Your Fighter * 00:15:40 - Overcoming Bias * 00:16:18 - Get My Agent On The Line * 00:17:34 - Your Prize Is Slop * 00:24:45 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon * 00:28:38 - Cyber Lack of Security * 00:30:17 - Copyright Confrontation * 00:30:26 - A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer * 00:32:37 - Unprompted Attention * 00:32:51 - They Took Our Jobs * 00:38:20 - Get Involved * 00:39:20 - Introducing * 00:40:09 - In Other AI News * 00:41:44 - Show Me the Money * 00:44:12 - Show Me The Compute * 00:45:32 - Quiet Speculations * 00:49:21 - Time’s Up * 00:50:37 - People Just Say Things * 00:53:46 - OpenAI PACs Just Say Things * 00:57:20 - The Quest for Sane Regulations * 01:00:16…

People in this episode

Host: Zvi

Topics covered

  • AI
  • language models
  • technology
  • regulations
  • cybersecurity
  • bias
  • business

Keywords

  • AI
  • language models
  • cybersecurity
  • regulations
  • bias
  • technology
  • business

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI, METR, Department of War

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