Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast

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On Kimi K3: Its Capabilities And Related Discontents Jul 20, 2026

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* 00:00:00 - Introduction

* 00:03:08 - DeepSeek Moments: Here We Go Again

* 00:05:47 - We Had a Moment (Reprise from June 2025)

* 00:10:33 - The Story Since Then

* 00:17:40 - The Kimi K3 Announcement, Pitch and Basic Facts

* 00:21:38 - On Modern Benchmaxxing

* 00:23:22 - Other People’s Benchmarks

* 00:29:18 - Benchmarks Are Not The Real World

* 00:30:17 - Technical Safeguards? What Are Those?

* 00:33:55 - Things Kimi Can Do

* 00:35:09 - Things Kimi Cannot Do

* 00:36:46 - Things It Is Not Easy To Get Kimi To Do

* 00:39:57 - Open Weight Models Are Unsafe And Nothing Can Fix This

* 00:43:41 - Dean Ball Attempts To Be Constructive

* 01:01:53 - Trump Administration Considering Executive Order Banning Chinese Open Models Within the United States

* 01:05:31 - OpenAI Employees Are Relatively Bullish On This One

* 01:06:57 - Kimi K3 Is Relatively Strongest At Typical Agentic Coding, Front End Work and 3D

* 01:09:20 - Reactions

* 01:13:12 - Who Are You?

* 01:15:48 - How Did They Do It?

* 01:18:27 - Conclusion

https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/on-kimi-k3-its-capabilities-and-related?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

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Demis Hassabis on the New Coming Age Jul 19, 2026

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* 00:00 - Introduction

* 01:04 - The Core Statement and Request

* 02:39 - Things Left Unsaid

* 04:11 - The Proposal

* 06:04 - A Good Start But Insufficient

* 09:02 - Skeptics Of Future AI Capabilities

* 11:01 - DeepMind On Bioresilience

* 12:55 - Part 2: DeepMind Folds To The Department of War

* 13:49 - DeepMind Leadership Failed Us

* 19:52 - This Was a Failure We Must Learn From

https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/demis-hassabis-on-the-new-coming?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

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AI #177 Part 2: Wish You Were Here Jul 17, 2026

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* 00:00:00 - Introduction

* 00:01:31 - Table of Contents

* 00:02:57 - Xi Gives A Good Speech on AI

* 00:18:28 - Quiet Speculations

* 00:22:26 - Tyler Cowen On Rebuilding The Future

* 00:26:06 - The Quest for Sane Regulations

* 00:27:46 - Wish You Were Here

* 00:31:24 - The Week in Audio

* 00:32:00 - New York Issues Moratorium On Data Centers

* 00:34:54 - People Just Say Things

* 00:35:55 - Rhetorical Innovation

* 00:44:40 - Imagine Asking Questions

* 00:47:00 - Anthropic Surveys Things It Calls Misalignment

* 01:00:32 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult

* 01:04:55 - The Most Forbidden Technique

* 01:07:28 - Cooperative Alignment

* 01:19:50 - The Lighter Side

https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-177-part-2-wish-you-were-here?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

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AI #177 Part 1: Tip of the Iceberg Jul 16, 2026

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* 00:00 - Introduction

* 01:11 - Table of Contents

* 03:23 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility

* 06:49 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility

* 07:32 - Language Models Upload Your Git Repository

* 10:27 - Huh, Upgrades

* 11:17 - Muse Spark 1.1

* 14:21 - First Hit Free

* 18:11 - On Your Marks

* 21:08 - Choose Your Fighter

* 22:56 - Get My Agent On The Line

* 25:58 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon

* 27:16 - Fun With Media Generation

* 28:18 - Copyright Confrontation

* 30:17 - OpenAI Strikes Again

* 34:55 - A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer

* 36:50 - They Took Our Jobs

* 41:18 - The Art of the Jailbreak

* 42:15 - Get Involved

* 43:17 - Introducing

* 43:55 - In Other AI News

* 46:29 - New Short Obviously True Statement About AI Just Dropped

* 48:45 - Show Me the Money

* 49:02 - The Lighter Side

https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-177-part-1-tip-of-the-iceberg?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

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Monthly Roundup #44: July 2026 Jul 15, 2026

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* 00:00 - Introduction

* 00:10 - Bad News

* 04:23 - Good Advice

* 07:27 - Opportunity Knocks

* 07:48 - While I Cannot Condone This

* 12:04 - Good News, Everyone

* 12:56 - For Your Entertainment

* 19:12 - Gamers Gonna Game Game Game Game Game

* 24:40 - I Was Promised Flying Self-Driving Cars

* 28:08 - Sports Go Sports

* 29:35 - Antisocial Media

* 31:18 - Government Working

* 35:58 - Jones Act Watch

* 37:32 - Highly Effective Altruism

* 42:51 - Variously Effective Altruism

* 48:31 - Ineffective Altruism

* 52:57 - Prediction Markets

* 53:33 - The Lighter Side

https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/monthly-roundup-44-july-2026?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

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Twitter Thoughts For You Jul 14, 2026

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* 00:00 - Introduction

* 01:01 - Defend Your Feed Via At Least One List

* 02:51 - Block Early, Block Often, Know Your Triggers

* 03:33 - Lists Change What Following Means

* 05:54 - It (Wasn’t) For You

* 07:34 - It’s For You

* 11:30 - The Previous Time Twitter Transformed Its Algorithm Again

* 17:50 - Twitter Still Hates Links And That’s Terrible

* 28:54 - Twitter Turns Its API Back On

* 32:31 - Many Of The Bots Are Human

* 35:27 - The Rise of Slop

* 38:21 - Block Or Do Not Block

* 39:46 - How To Make Money On Twitter

* 42:16 - In Brief

https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/twitter-thoughts-for-you?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

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Better Call Sol The Workhorse Jul 13, 2026

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* 00:00:00 - Introduction

* 00:03:03 - The Official Pitch

* 00:12:18 - Sol Proposes A Proof Of The Double Cover Conjecture

* 00:12:58 - The Official Benchmarks

* 00:20:25 - Vend That Bench

* 00:22:59 - Thinking Fast and Slow

* 00:25:04 - Other People’s Benchmarks

* 00:31:58 - Have Robust Backups

* 00:35:16 - That’s Not What You Were Thinking

* 00:35:38 - Helping Hands

* 00:36:15 - Writing

* 00:37:43 - Don’t Stop Now

* 00:39:31 - Sol Can Code And Do Math

* 00:40:51 - Better Call Sol Cause You Can’t Call Fable

* 00:41:44 - Only Call As Much Sol As You Need

* 00:43:34 - Positive Reactions

* 00:46:16 - It’s A Good Model, Sir

* 00:49:06 - Negative Reactions

* 00:50:02 - Sol The Workhorse

* 00:52:40 - Pair Programmer

* 00:59:35 - Pleased To Meet You

* 01:01:30 - Sol Thinks You Better

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Introduction for and Reactions to Plan A Jul 11, 2026

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* 00:00:00 - Introduction

* 00:01:39 - You Only Get Five Words

* 00:08:49 - Proactive Response To Objections

* 00:09:35 - Initial Introductions and Endorsements

* 00:15:13 - A Positive Vision

* 00:19:19 - Alternative Plans

* 00:21:01 - Plan S for Shutdown

* 00:23:28 - Something (Unexpectedly Good) Ever Happens

* 00:25:02 - Thus Selective Optimism

* 00:26:13 - Quickly, There’s No Time

* 00:27:18 - Race Conditions

* 00:29:30 - This Is A Lot Of Diffusion And Economic Growth

* 00:30:48 - Living In China

* 00:32:55 - Planning For Shifting Overton Windows Is Essential

* 00:34:14 - The Standard Handwave

* 00:37:49 - Some Equate Any Controls Over Compute To Authoritarian Dystopia And Those Same People Mostly Think Superintelligence Won’t Happen

* 00:39:39 - Vitalik Buterin Is Right, The Crux Is Future AI Capability Levels

* 00:47:41 - The Authoritarian Objection

* 00:53:38 - Concepts Of A Plan

* 00:55:33 - The Kitchen Sink

* 00:56:45 - Selective Claims Of Authoritarianism

* 00:58:49 - You Either Can Steer The Future Or You Cannot

* 01:01:25 - Cooperative Alignment

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AI #176 Part 2: Plan B Jul 10, 2026

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* 00:00:00 - Introduction

* 00:01:02 - Table of Contents

* 00:02:45 - Quiet Speculations

* 00:06:18 - The Goalposts Are Dyson Spheres

* 00:09:55 - People Just Say Things

* 00:10:22 - Three Pills

* 00:16:32 - The Quest for Sane Regulations

* 00:18:10 - OpenAI National Security Principles

* 00:25:13 - Greetings From The Department Of War

* 00:27:17 - Chip City

* 00:28:23 - Open Weight Models Are Unsafe And Nothing Can Fix This

* 00:36:28 - Their AI Propaganda Bots

* 00:38:50 - Rhetorical Innovation

* 00:40:33 - You Learn

* 00:42:09 - You May Be Tan And Thin And Rich But You’re a Tool

* 00:46:47 - Train Those Thoughts

* 00:47:44 - Train Out Those Thoughts

* 00:52:35 - My Own Private Idaho

* 00:54:21 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult

* 01:00:40 - No Space Like J-Space

* 01:11:56 - Cooperative Alignments

* 01:12:18 - The Lighter Side

https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-176-part-2-plan-b?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

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AI #176 Part 1: Doing It Live Jul 09, 2026

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* 00:00:00 - Introduction

* 00:00:47 - Table of Contents

* 00:03:08 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility

* 00:05:35 - Language Models Gain Unexpected Affordances

* 00:08:40 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility

* 00:09:22 - Pay The Man His Money

* 00:09:58 - Huh, Upgrades

* 00:10:04 - Grok 4.5 Exists

* 00:11:40 - F*** It We’re Doing It Live

* 00:12:49 - On Your Marks

* 00:13:36 - Better Call Sol

* 00:25:44 - Get My Agent On The Line

* 00:26:35 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon

* 00:28:45 - Fool Me Twice

* 00:30:32 - I Like Your Style

* 00:37:04 - Enough With That Style

* 00:40:18 - Fun With Media Generation

* 00:42:20 - Copyright Confrontation

* 00:42:59 - Cyber Lack of Security

* 00:43:20 - A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer

* 00:49:33 - They Took Our Jobs

* 00:55:00 - Get Involved

* 00:56:15 - In Other AI News

* 01:00:58 - Show Me the Money

* 01:01:23 - Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble

https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-176-part-1-doing-it-live?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

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