<description>&lt;p&gt;Read the essay &lt;a target="_blank" href="https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/thoughts-on-ai-progress-dec-2025-video"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;Timestamps&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:00:00 What are we scaling?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:03:11 The value of human labor&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:05:04 Economic diffusion lag is cope00:06:34 Goal-post shifting is justified&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:08:23 RL scaling&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:09:18 Broadly deployed intelligence explosion&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Get full access to Dwarkesh Podcast at &lt;a href="https://www.dwarkesh.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4"&gt;www.dwarkesh.com/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;</description>

Dwarkesh Podcast

Dwarkesh Patel

An audio version of my blog post, Thoughts on AI progress (Dec 2025)

DEC 23, 202512 MIN
Dwarkesh Podcast

An audio version of my blog post, Thoughts on AI progress (Dec 2025)

DEC 23, 202512 MIN

Description

<p>Read the essay <a target="_blank" href="https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/thoughts-on-ai-progress-dec-2025-video">here</a>.</p><p>Timestamps</p><p>00:00:00 What are we scaling?</p><p>00:03:11 The value of human labor</p><p>00:05:04 Economic diffusion lag is cope00:06:34 Goal-post shifting is justified</p><p>00:08:23 RL scaling</p><p>00:09:18 Broadly deployed intelligence explosion</p> <br/><br/>Get full access to Dwarkesh Podcast at <a href="https://www.dwarkesh.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">www.dwarkesh.com/subscribe</a>