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The Watcher-Class Conundrum
In OpenAI’s “An Alien Mind,” Jakub Pachocki describes advanced AI as something closer to a grown intellect than a designed machine. Large models emer…
22 hours ago
Building An AI First Business -Brian's Demo
Episode 810
The episode moved from AI security and platform changes into a live example of what an AI-first business can already look like. Anthropic’s new threa…
1 day, 16 hours ago
The Economics of Work In An Age of AI
Episode 809
The episode centered on what happens to the economics of work as AI becomes capable of doing more of it. Anthropic’s new Economic Scenarios Explorer …
2 days, 16 hours ago
10,000 AI Agents Attack One Problem
Episode 808
The episode opened with the dispute surrounding OpenAI’s newly announced mathematical result and what may be the more important story behind it. Tris…
3 days, 16 hours ago
Our Real Atlas Builds and Use Cases
Episode 807
The episode moved quickly from theory to practical experience with GPT-6 Astra. After revisiting OpenAI’s “Alien Mind” paper and the conundrum of usi…
4 days, 16 hours ago
Can We Truly Control The Alien Mind?
Episode 806
The episode focused heavily on GPT-6 Astra and a new essay from OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki describing advanced AI systems as increasingly …
5 days, 15 hours ago
The Democratic Bandwidth Conundrum
Public participation has always contained a hidden constraint: time.
Writing a serious response to a tax rule, zoning plan, environmental permit, scho…
1 week ago
Is GPT-6 Astra the Biggest AI Leap Yet?
Episode 805
OpenAI’s GPT-6 Astra dominated the episode after its unusual rollout. The hosts discussed access, OpenAI’s plan to bring Astra to paid users, and why…
1 week, 1 day ago
Will Stores Use AI to Charge You More?
Episode 804
The episode opened with the downside of increasingly capable AI harnesses. OpenClaw 2.0 made setup easier, but some self-hosted users reported broken…
1 week, 2 days ago
Is Fable 5.1 Good Enough to Make You Leave Codex?
Episode 803
Anthropic’s Fable 5.1 dominated the first half of the episode. Beth and Andy compared its higher output costs with improved caching, stronger benchma…
1 week, 3 days ago