<description>&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:00:00 - Introduction&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:02:10 - Table of Contents&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:05:52 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:07:12 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:07:47 - Writing You Off&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:10:54 - Get My Agent On The Line&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:11:41 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:13:57 - Fun With Media Generation&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:17:56 - Cyber Lack Of Security&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:20:24 - A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:21:29 - They Took Our Jobs&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:25:54 - AI As Normal Technology&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:29:38 - Get Involved&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:31:30 - Introducing&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:33:40 - Design By Claude&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:35:21 - In Other AI News&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:35:46 - DeepMind In It Deep&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:39:37 - Show Me the Money&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:42:32 - Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:44:12 - Quiet Speculations&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:46:22 - The Quest for Sane Regulations&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:49:30 - The Week in Audio&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:50:17 - People Really Hate AI&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:53:03 - Rhetorical Innovation&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;00:59:32 - People Just Say Things&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;01:03:25 - People Just Publish Things&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;01:04:52 - Bounded Distrust&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;01:07:24 - Loser Premise Makes No Sense&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;01:20:43 - Chip City&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;01:25:48 - Greetings From The Department of War&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;01:29:21 - There Is A War&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;01:33:42 - Messages From Janusworld&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;01:38:25 - Evaluations&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;01:40:41 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;01:44:34 - People Are Worried About AI Killing Everyone&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;01:45:15 - The Lighter Side&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-165-in-our-image?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&amp;#38;utm_medium=web"&gt;https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-165-in-our-image?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&amp;utm_medium=web&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;br/&gt;&lt;br/&gt;Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at &lt;a href="https://dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&amp;#38;utm_campaign=CTA_4"&gt;dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe&lt;/a&gt;</description>

Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast

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

AI #165: In Our Image

APR 23, 2026109 MIN
Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast

AI #165: In Our Image

APR 23, 2026109 MIN

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<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>00:02:10 - Table of Contents</p><p>00:05:52 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility</p><p>00:07:12 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility</p><p>00:07:47 - Writing You Off</p><p>00:10:54 - Get My Agent On The Line</p><p>00:11:41 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon</p><p>00:13:57 - Fun With Media Generation</p><p>00:17:56 - Cyber Lack Of Security</p><p>00:20:24 - A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer</p><p>00:21:29 - They Took Our Jobs</p><p>00:25:54 - AI As Normal Technology</p><p>00:29:38 - Get Involved</p><p>00:31:30 - Introducing</p><p>00:33:40 - Design By Claude</p><p>00:35:21 - In Other AI News</p><p>00:35:46 - DeepMind In It Deep</p><p>00:39:37 - Show Me the Money</p><p>00:42:32 - Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble</p><p>00:44:12 - Quiet Speculations</p><p>00:46:22 - The Quest for Sane Regulations</p><p>00:49:30 - The Week in Audio</p><p>00:50:17 - People Really Hate AI</p><p>00:53:03 - Rhetorical Innovation</p><p>00:59:32 - People Just Say Things</p><p>01:03:25 - People Just Publish Things</p><p>01:04:52 - Bounded Distrust</p><p>01:07:24 - Loser Premise Makes No Sense</p><p>01:20:43 - Chip City</p><p>01:25:48 - Greetings From The Department of War</p><p>01:29:21 - There Is A War</p><p>01:33:42 - Messages From Janusworld</p><p>01:38:25 - Evaluations</p><p>01:40:41 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult</p><p>01:44:34 - People Are Worried About AI Killing Everyone</p><p>01:45:15 - The Lighter Side</p><p><a target="_blank" href="https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-165-in-our-image?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&#38;utm_medium=web">https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-165-in-our-image?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>