Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast
Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast

Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast

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

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Podcast for https://thezvi.substack.com/ dwatvpodcast.substack.com

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OpenAI #16: A History and a Proposal
APR 7, 2026
OpenAI #16: A History and a Proposal
<p>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.</p><p>* 00:00 - Introduction</p><p>* 00:50 - Table of Contents</p><p>* 01:43 - Part 1: OpenAI: The Histories</p><p>* 03:06 - The Battle of the Board</p><p>* 04:08 - Thanks For The Memos</p><p>* 04:30 - I Am What I Am</p><p>* 05:04 - That’s Not What I Said</p><p>* 05:19 - There Will Be No Investigation</p><p>* 06:22 - Musk Versus Altman</p><p>* 07:38 - Amodei Versus Altman</p><p>* 09:33 - Sydney Versus Altman</p><p>* 10:31 - Highest Bidder Versus Altman</p><p>* 12:58 - Risky Business</p><p>* 15:46 - Superalignment Was Always Fake</p><p>* 18:28 - This Is Fine</p><p>* 19:22 - Liar Liar Master Persuader</p><p>* 23:15 - This In Particular Is Securities Fraud</p><p>* 25:00 - Regulation Two Step</p><p>* 26:26 - Easy Mode</p><p>* 29:06 - The Right Amount of Alignment Research Is Not Zero</p><p>* 31:10 - OpenAI Proposes Policy</p><p>* 43:15 - RIP TBPN</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/openai-16-a-history-and-a-proposal?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&#38;utm_medium=web">https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/openai-16-a-history-and-a-proposal?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web</a></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at <a href="https://dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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47 MIN
AI #162: Visions of Mythos
APR 2, 2026
AI #162: Visions of Mythos
<p>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.</p><p>* 00:00:00 - Introduction</p><p>* 00:01:36 - Table of Contents</p><p>* 00:05:24 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility</p><p>* 00:06:46 - Heads In The Sand</p><p>* 00:10:32 - Huh, Upgrades</p><p>* 00:11:27 - Mythos</p><p>* 00:15:13 - What’s In A Name</p><p>* 00:17:59 - On Your Marks</p><p>* 00:19:17 - Choose Your Fighter</p><p>* 00:20:00 - Get My Agent On The Line</p><p>* 00:20:39 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon</p><p>* 00:28:02 - Cyber Lack Of Security</p><p>* 00:32:45 - Fun With Media Generation</p><p>* 00:33:27 - A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer</p><p>* 00:34:33 - They Took Our Jobs</p><p>* 00:41:48 - After They Take Our Jobs</p><p>* 00:43:18 - Gell-Mann Amnesia</p><p>* 00:45:31 - Get Involved</p><p>* 00:47:30 - In Other AI News</p><p>* 00:50:49 - Show Me the Money</p><p>* 00:55:28 - Quiet Speculations</p><p>* 00:56:42 - Explaining Persistent Model Parity</p><p>* 01:00:38 - Take a Moment</p><p>* 01:06:12 - OpenAI: The Histories</p><p>* 01:11:33 - The Department of AI War</p><p>* 01:18:35 - Department of AI Solidarity</p><p>* 01:19:41 - Writing For The AIs</p><p>* 01:22:43 - Quickly, There’s No Time</p><p>* 01:22:46 - The Quest for Sane Regulations</p><p>* 01:24:04 - Chip City</p><p>* 01:25:53 - You Received The Federal Framework</p><p>* 01:26:39 - The Week in Audio</p><p>* 01:30:01 - Rhetorical Innovation</p><p>* 01:33:54 - I Am The Very Human Of A Frontier Language Model</p><p>* 01:44:22 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult</p><p>* 01:47:45 - Aligning Fake Graphs Can Also Be Difficult</p><p>* 01:57:12 - The Lighter Side</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-162-visions-of-mythos?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&#38;utm_medium=web">https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-162-visions-of-mythos?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web</a></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at <a href="https://dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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118 MIN
Anthropic Responsible Scaling Policy v3: A Matter of Trust
APR 1, 2026
Anthropic Responsible Scaling Policy v3: A Matter of Trust
<p>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.</p><p>* 00:00 - Introduction</p><p>* 01:52 - Promises, Promises</p><p>* 03:19 - Anthropic Responsible Scaling Policy v3</p><p>* 03:41 - That Could Have Gone Better</p><p>* 04:49 - I’m Just Not Ready To Make a Commitment</p><p>* 08:50 - So Cold, So Alone</p><p>* 13:07 - I’m Sorry I Gave You That Impression</p><p>* 20:59 - Fool Me Twice</p><p>* 24:41 - In My Defense I Was Left Unsupervised</p><p>* 27:27 - Drake Thomas Finds The Missing Mood</p><p>* 30:12 - Things That Could Have Been Brought To My Attention Yesterday (1)</p><p>* 31:48 - Things That Could Have Been Brought To My Attention Yesterday (2)</p><p>* 37:54 - What We Have Here Is A Failure To Communicate</p><p>* 41:10 - You Should See The Other Guy</p><p>* 44:04 - I Was Only Kidding</p><p>* 45:01 - They Can’t Keep Getting Away With This</p><p>* 45:39 - Damn Your Sudden But Inevitable Betrayal</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/anthropic-responsible-scaling-policy?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&#38;utm_medium=web">https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/anthropic-responsible-scaling-policy?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web</a></p> <br/><br/>Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at <a href="https://dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4">dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe</a>
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48 MIN