Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast

Podcast for Zvi's blog, Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast
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  1. AI #159: See You In Court

    2D AGO

    AI #159: See You In Court

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

    1h 46m
  2. GPT-5.4 Is A Substantial Upgrade

    3D AGO

    GPT-5.4 Is A Substantial Upgrade

    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. * 00:00 - Introduction * 01:46 - The Big Take * 04:34 - The Official Pitch * 10:31 - Other People’s Benchmarks * 15:16 - The System Card * 21:11 - Preparedness Framework * 23:04 - Fun Experiments * 23:29 - Early Poll Results * 25:10 - Positive Reactions * 37:37 - Vibe Coders Only * 40:04 - Fill Out Your Roster * 40:27 - Intent Wins * 43:32 - Personality Clash * 48:17 - Model Relations Department * 52:11 - Stylistic Differences * 52:50 - Some Will Always Be Unimpressed * 56:22 - The Lighter Side https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/gpt-54-is-a-substantial-upgrade?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

    58 min
  3. Claude Code, Claude Cowork and Codex #5

    5D AGO

    Claude Code, Claude Cowork and Codex #5

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

    1h 17m
  4. Anthropic Officially, Arbitrarily and Capriciously Designated a Supply Chain Risk

    MAR 6

    Anthropic Officially, Arbitrarily and Capriciously Designated a Supply Chain Risk

    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. * 00:00 - Introduction * 05:09 - Post Overview * 07:38 - Anthropic’s Statement on the SCR * 11:30 - What The Actual SCR Designation Says * 14:59 - Enemies of The Republic * 29:42 - Regulation Need Not Seize The Means Of Production * 32:08 - Microsoft Stands Firm * 33:15 - Calling This What It Is * 34:24 - What To Expect Next https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/anthropic-officially-arbitrarily?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

    37 min
  5. AI #158: The Department of War

    MAR 5

    AI #158: The Department of War

    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. * 00:00:00 - Introduction * 00:04:36 - Table of Contents * 00:08:07 - A Well Deserved Break * 00:09:40 - Huh, Upgrades * 00:11:06 - On Your Marks * 00:11:23 - Choose Your Fighter * 00:12:22 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon * 00:13:28 - A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer * 00:15:03 - You Drive Me Crazy * 00:15:50 - They Took Our Jobs * 00:16:05 - The Art of the Jailbreak * 00:16:34 - Introducing * 00:17:10 - In Other AI News * 00:18:42 - Show Me the Money * 00:20:08 - Quiet Speculations * 00:20:55 - The Quest for Sane Regulations * 00:22:36 - Chip City * 00:23:38 - The Week in Audio * 00:23:51 - Government Rhetorical Innovation * 00:26:02 - Give The People What They Want * 00:27:39 - Rhetorical Innovation * 00:36:25 - We Go Our Separate Ways * 00:37:23 - Thanks For The Memos * 00:51:19 - Take A Moment * 00:51:48 - Designating Anthropic A Supply Chain Risk Won’t Legally Work * 00:53:34 - The Buck Stops Here * 01:00:47 - Sane Talk About the Department of War Situation * 01:09:48 - I Declare Defense Production Act * 01:13:36 - Greg Allen Illustrates The Situation * 01:22:09 - Do Not Lend Your Strength To That Which You Wish To Be Free From * 01:27:42 - Oh Right Democrats Exist * 01:28:29 - Beware * 01:29:52 - Endorsements of Anthropic Holding the Moral Line * 01:32:32 - The Week The World Learned About Claude * 01:34:19 - Other Reflections on the Department of War Situation * 01:35:26 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult * 01:36:14 - The Lighter Side https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-158-the-department-of-war?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

    1h 40m
  6. Gemini 3.1 Pro Aces Benchmarks, I Suppose

    MAR 4

    Gemini 3.1 Pro Aces Benchmarks, I Suppose

    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. * 00:00 - Introduction * 00:31 - The Pitch * 01:24 - On Your Marks * 04:46 - Other People’s Benchmarks * 07:42 - Gemini 3 DeepThink V2 * 13:52 - Positive Feedback * 18:17 - Negative Feedback * 19:51 - Try Gemini Lite https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/gemini-31-pro-aces-benchmarks-i-suppose?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

    21 min
  7. A Tale of Three Contracts

    MAR 3

    A Tale of Three Contracts

    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. * 00:00 - Introduction * 02:04 - The Original Anthropic Contract With DoW * 07:04 - The Proposed Revisions to Anthropic’s Contract * 14:22 - OpenAI’s Contract With DoW https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/a-tale-of-three-contracts?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

    36 min
  8. Secretary of War Tweets That Anthropic is Now a Supply Chain Risk

    MAR 2

    Secretary of War Tweets That Anthropic is Now a Supply Chain Risk

    The Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is listener-supported. To receive new posts and support ongoing production, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber. This is, as far as I can recall, the longest converted Don’t Worry About the Vase post, clocking in at three hours and seven minutes. If you found it valuable, paid subscriptions really do help cover the premium ElevenLabs voices used for maximum reliability, variety of speakers and audio quality. * 00:00:00 - Introduction * 00:00:44 - What Happened * 00:10:16 - The Timeline Of Events * 00:22:48 - I Did Not Have Time To Write You A Short One * 00:23:47 - The Unhinged Declaration of the Secretary of War * 00:26:15 - Altman Has Been Excellent On The Question of Supply Chain Risk, But May Need To Do More * 00:28:55 - Arrogance Here Means Insisting On Meaningful Red Lines On Mass Domestic Surveillance and Lethal Autonomous Weapons * 00:31:03 - Not Doing Business Is Totally Fine * 00:31:46 - The Demand For Unrestricted Access Is New And Is Selective And Fake * 00:34:15 - Claims Of Strongarming Are Ad Hominem Bad Faith Obvious Nonsense * 00:36:26 - Hegseth Equates Not Being a Dictator With Companies Having Veto Power Over Operational Military Decisions * 00:42:17 - The Part That If Enacted Would Be A Historically Epic Clusterfuck * 00:50:44 - The Other Part Of The Clusterfuck * 00:54:47 - The Department of War Had Many Excellent Options * 00:57:54 - And Then There’s Emil Michael * 01:04:52 - Anthropic Will Probably Survive * 01:07:29 - The Goal of DoW Was Largely Mass Domestic Surveillance * 01:18:16 - What Are The Key Differences Between The Two Contracts? * 01:26:16 - OpenAI’s Contract Terms * 01:30:01 - What OpenAI’s Contract Terms Actually Do * 01:32:23 - OpenAI Is Trusting DoW And Sam Altman Misrepresented This * 01:36:29 - OpenAI Accepted Terms Anthropic Explicitly Declined And That Would Not Have Protected Anthropic’s Red Lines * 01:38:47 - How Altman Initially Described His Deal * 01:45:45 - OpenAI Allowed All Lawful Use And Trusts DoW On This * 01:51:05 - The DoW Could Alter This Deal * 01:53:18 - Why OpenAI’s Shared Legal Language Offers Almost No Protections * 02:03:48 - So How Does OpenAI Hope For This To Work Out? * 02:06:44 - This Was Never About Money * 02:10:06 - OpenAI Tells Us How They Really Feel * 02:11:52 - First The Good News * 02:16:53 - The OpenAI Redlines Only Forbid Currently Illegal Activity * 02:22:01 - Altman Does Not Present As Understanding The Difference In Redlines * 02:24:25 - Meeting Of The Minds * 02:27:11 - Anthropic’s Position Was The Opposite Of How This Is Portrayed * 02:27:45 - The Room Where It Happened * 02:31:36 - You Don’t Have The Right * 02:38:12 - I Ask Questions And Get Answers * 02:43:05 - Does This Contract Apply To NSA? * 02:44:10 - Can OpenAI Models Be Used To Analyze Commercially Available Data At Scale? * 03:02:22 - Employee Activism https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/secretary-of-war-tweets-that-anthropic?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

    3h 8m
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    Podcast for Zvi's blog, Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast
  • Years Active
    2024 - 2026
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