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The episode discusses the latest AI models, their performance issues, and the implications of recent acquisitions in the AI space.

Join Simtheory: https://simtheory.ai "Is This The End" now on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/2Py1MyADUFqJFVUISI2VTP?si=oT3PWyJYRA2BspOmzT_ifg Register for the STILL RELEVANT tour: https://simulationtheory.ai/16c0dationtheory.ai/16c0d1db-a8d0-4ac9-bae3-d25074589a80 Two new models dropped this week — Gemini 3.1 Pro and Claude Sonnet 4.6 — and honestly? We're struggling to care. In this episode, we break down why Gemini went from being our daily driver to a model we barely touch, the "tunnel vision" hallucination problem that killed the Gemini 3 series for us, and whether 3.1 Pro actually fixes it. We put Gemini 3.1 Pro head-to-head against Claude Opus building a Geoffrey Hinton Doom Center, debate whether anyone can actually tell the difference between Sonnet 4.5 and 4.6, and make the case that smaller models running in agentic loops are secretly beating the frontiers. Plus: OpenAI acquires OpenClaw and we ask why a $100B company couldn't just build it themselves, DHH calls out the AI pricing bubble, Mike compares AI models to cheap wine hangovers, and Sam Altman refuses to hold Dario's hand at the India AI Summit. The model wars are getting weird. CHAPTERS: 0:00 Intro…

People in this episode

Hosts: Michael Sharkey, Chris Sharkey

Topics covered

• AI models
• Gemini 3.1 Pro
• Claude Sonnet 4.6
• OpenAI acquisition
• AI pricing bubble
• model comparison
• agentic coding

Sponsors

Simtheory

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: OpenAI, OpenClaw

Products: Gemini 3.1 Pro, Claude Sonnet 4.6, Claude Opus

Books & works: Is This The End

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