Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast

<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>* 00:16 - Table of Contents</p><p>* 00:58 - FDA Reformandum Est</p><p>* 01:45 - FDA Delenda Est</p><p>* 15:45 - IN MICE</p><p>* 16:44 - Doctor, Doctor</p><p>* 17:13 - Trust The Process</p><p>* 18:17 - Cancer Screening</p><p>* 19:42 - Autism Everywhere All At Once</p><p>* 20:45 - Other Mental Problems Everywhere All At Once</p><p>* 22:39 - Source Data Verification</p><p>* 27:31 - External Review Board</p><p>* 28:12 - Walk It Off</p><p>* 29:59 - An Unhealthy Weight Can Be Worse Than You Realize</p><p>* 30:44 - Our GLP-1 Price Cheap</p><p>* 32:41 - Right To Die Should Include Right To Try</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/medical-roundup-7?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&#38;utm_medium=web">https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/medical-roundup-7?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>

<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>* 00:00:39 - Sauce For The Goose</p><p>* 00:01:35 - Age Verification Has Severe Issues</p><p>* 00:02:31 - Bad News</p><p>* 00:03:13 - A Pattern Language</p><p>* 00:04:27 - Good Advice</p><p>* 00:09:07 - While I Cannot Condone This</p><p>* 00:13:13 - Locking In</p><p>* 00:14:40 - Subscription Price Dynamics Are Weird</p><p>* 00:17:09 - Good News, Everyone</p><p>* 00:20:25 - For Your Entertainment</p><p>* 00:21:23 - Slay The Spire II</p><p>* 00:24:46 - Gamers Gonna Game Game Game Game Game</p><p>* 00:27:48 - The Gathering Is Magical</p><p>* 00:33:26 - Sports Go Sports</p><p>* 00:35:26 - Government Working</p><p>* 00:42:00 - Not Great, Britain</p><p>* 00:43:57 - Variously Effective Altruism</p><p>* 00:45:22 - The Road To Hell</p><p>* 00:46:19 - Jones Act Watch</p><p>* 00:48:13 - Patrick McKenzie Periodically</p><p>* 00:59:34 - The Lighter Side</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/monthly-roundup-40-march-2026?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&#38;utm_medium=web">https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/monthly-roundup-40-march-2026?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>

<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>* 00:01:57 - Table of Contents</p><p>* 00:06:18 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility</p><p>* 00:09:19 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility</p><p>* 00:12:54 - Language Models Break Your Vital Internet Infrastructure</p><p>* 00:13:51 - Huh, Upgrades</p><p>* 00:14:53 - On Your Marks</p><p>* 00:21:56 - Choose Your Fighter</p><p>* 00:22:21 - Get My Agent On The Line</p><p>* 00:23:26 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon</p><p>* 00:26:14 - A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer</p><p>* 00:26:30 - You Drive Me Crazy</p><p>* 00:26:48 - They Took Our Jobs</p><p>* 00:31:10 - Get Involved</p><p>* 00:33:03 - Introducing</p><p>* 00:33:56 - The Anthropic Institute</p><p>* 00:36:08 - In Other AI News</p><p>* 00:37:12 - The Rise of Claude</p><p>* 00:41:59 - Trouble At OpenAI</p><p>* 00:43:49 - Show Me the Money</p><p>* 00:45:03 - Thanks For The Memos</p><p>* 00:45:59 - A Contract Is A Contract Is A Contract</p><p>* 00:48:40 - Level of Friction</p><p>* 00:49:17 - Quiet Speculations</p><p>* 00:49:51 - Quickly, There’s No Time</p><p>* 00:51:13 - Apology Tour</p><p>* 00:51:57 - We’ll See You In Court</p><p>* 00:59:07 - Jawboning</p><p>* 01:02:47 - Executive Order</p><p>* 01:03:40 - The Acute Crisis Passes</p><p>* 01:05:34 - Others Cover This</p><p>* 01:06:17 - Dwarkesh Patel Gives Mixed Thoughts</p><p>* 01:12:24 - This Means A Special Military Operation</p><p>* 01:12:53 - Bernie Sanders Is Worried and Curious About AI</p><p>* 01:15:40 - The Quest for Survival</p><p>* 01:19:19 - The Quest For No Regulations Whatsoever</p><p>* 01:20:30 - Chip City</p><p>* 01:20:53 - The Week in Audio</p><p>* 01:22:44 - Rhetorical Innovation</p><p>* 01:32:52 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult</p><p>* 01:38:44 - People Are Worried About AI Killing Everyone</p><p>* 01:40:54 - Other People Are Not As Worried About AI Killing Everyone</p><p>* 01:42:38 - The Lighter Side</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-159-see-you-in-court?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&#38;utm_medium=web">https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-159-see-you-in-court?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>

<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>* 01:46 - The Big Take</p><p>* 04:34 - The Official Pitch</p><p>* 10:31 - Other People’s Benchmarks</p><p>* 15:16 - The System Card</p><p>* 21:11 - Preparedness Framework</p><p>* 23:04 - Fun Experiments</p><p>* 23:29 - Early Poll Results</p><p>* 25:10 - Positive Reactions</p><p>* 37:37 - Vibe Coders Only</p><p>* 40:04 - Fill Out Your Roster</p><p>* 40:27 - Intent Wins</p><p>* 43:32 - Personality Clash</p><p>* 48:17 - Model Relations Department</p><p>* 52:11 - Stylistic Differences</p><p>* 52:50 - Some Will Always Be Unimpressed</p><p>* 56:22 - The Lighter Side</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/gpt-54-is-a-substantial-upgrade?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&#38;utm_medium=web">https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/gpt-54-is-a-substantial-upgrade?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>

<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>* 00:00:23 - The Virtue of Silence (Unrelated Update)</p><p>* 00:02:38 - Agentic Coding Offers Mundane Utility</p><p>* 00:09:17 - Agentic Coding Doesn’t Offer Mundane Utility</p><p>* 00:10:08 - Huh, Upgrades</p><p>* 00:12:28 - Our Price Cheap</p><p>* 00:14:36 - Quickly, There’s No Time</p><p>* 00:22:28 - A Particular Set Of Skills</p><p>* 00:23:08 - Next Level Coding</p><p>* 00:24:04 - Dual Wielding</p><p>* 00:24:58 - They Took Our Jobs</p><p>* 00:25:27 - You Need To Relax Sometimes</p><p>* 00:27:56 - Levels of Friction</p><p>* 00:29:13 - Danger, Will Robinson</p><p>* 00:31:08 - Snagged By The Claw</p><p>* 00:35:13 - The Meta Clause</p><p>* 00:37:44 - If They Wanted To</p><p>* 00:38:42 - The Famous Mister Claw</p><p>* 00:39:59 - Claw Your Way To The Top</p><p>* 00:41:38 - Claw Your Way Out</p><p>* 00:44:48 - A Chinese Claw</p><p>* 00:47:19 - Hackathon</p><p>* 00:47:40 - Introducing Agent Teams</p><p>* 00:52:53 - Cowork Is A Gateway Drug</p><p>* 00:53:47 - Dangerously Evade Permissions</p><p>* 00:55:01 - Skilling Up</p><p>* 00:56:17 - Modern Working</p><p>* 00:56:37 - Measuring Autonomy</p><p>* 00:59:53 - I Don’t Even See The Code</p><p>* 01:03:24 - Scratchpads Are Magic</p><p>* 01:05:21 - It’s Coming</p><p>* 01:09:19 - The Grep Tax</p><p>* 01:10:53 - Beware Claude Mania</p><p>* 01:11:30 - The Lighter Side</p><p>* 01:12:46 - In Other Agent News</p><p>* 01:12:52 - The Lighter Side</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/claude-code-claude-cowork-and-codex?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&#38;utm_medium=web">https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/claude-code-claude-cowork-and-codex?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>