Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast

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 * 00:02:24 - Table of Contents * 00:05:54 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility * 00:06:30 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility * 00:06:46 - Huh, Upgrades * 00:07:33 - On Your Marks * 00:10:0...

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 * 00:02:00 - On Your Marks * 00:22:15 - Official Pitches * 00:22:34 - It Compiles * 00:25:58 - It Exploits * 00:26:47 - It Lets You Catch Them All * 00:27:11 - It Does Not Get Eaten By A Grue * 00:28:07...

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 * 01:38 - Sabotage, Deception and Evaluation Integrity * 04:16 - Sandbagging On Dangerous Capability Evaluations * 06:33 - Situational Awareness * 08:20 - Inhibiting Evaluation Awareness (6.5) * 10:07 - Se...

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 * 00:03:50 - A Three Act Play * 00:04:53 - Safety Not Guaranteed * 00:10:53 - Pliny Can Still Jailbreak Everything * 00:13:01 - Transparency Is Good: The 212-Page System Card * 00:14:07 - Mostly Harmles...

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 * 01:00 - Claude Code and Cowork Offer Mundane Utility * 04:29 - The Efficient Market Hypothesis Is False * 08:13 - Inflection Point * 11:55 - Welcome To The Takeoff * 12:13 - Huh, Upgrades * 16:27 - Todos...

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 * 00:01:06 - Table of Contents * 00:04:21 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility * 00:06:31 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility * 00:07:08 - Huh, Upgrades * 00:09:18 - They Got Served, They S...

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 * 00:10 - Table of Contents * 00:36 - Official Introduction * 03:24 - On Your Marks * 07:04 - Positive Reactions * 09:12 - Skeptical Reactions * 11:36 - Kimi Product Accounts * 12:04 - Agent Swarm * 13:34...

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 * 00:39 - Introducing Clawdbot, scratch that Moltbot, scratch that OpenClaw * 02:13 - Stop Or You’ll Shoot * 06:05 - One Simple Rule * 08:59 - Flirting With Personal Disaster * 16:05 - Flirting With Other...

Podcast episode for Welcome to Moltbook 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 * 00:05:05 - Table of Contents * 00:05:48 - What Is Real? How Do You Define Real? * 00:06:38 - I Don’t Really Know What You Were Expecting * 00:13:25 - Social Med...

Podcast episode for On The Adolescence of Technology 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 * 02:29 - Table of Contents * 03:22 - Blame The Imperfect * 10:22 - Anthropic’s Term Is ‘Powerful AI’ * 11:00 - Dario Doubles Down on Dates of Dazzling...

Podcast episode for AI #153: Living Documents. * 00:00:00 - Introduction * 00:00:53 - Table of Contents * 00:03:41 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility * 00:05:13 - Overcoming Bias * 00:05:45 - Huh, Upgrades * 00:07:30 - On Your Marks * 00:07:50 - Choose Your Fighter * 00:12:09 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon * 00:15:16 - Cybersecurity On Alert * 00:19:12 - Fun With Media Generation * 00:2...

Podcast episode for Open Problems With Claude’s Constitution. * 00:00 - Introduction * 01:32 - Amending The Constitution * 03:58 - Details Matter * 05:22 - WASTED? * 08:07 - Narrow Versus Broad * 09:30 - Suicide Risk As A Special Case * 11:15 - Careful, Icarus * 11:56 - Beware Unreliable Sources and Prompt Injections * 12:59 - Think Step By Step * 13:38 - This Must Be Some Strange Use Of The Word...

Podcast episode for The Claude Constitution’s Ethical Framework. * 00:00 - Introduction * 01:35 - Ethics * 04:44 - Honesty * 15:14 - Mostly Harmless * 19:18 - What Is Good In Life? * 22:07 - Hard Constraints * 24:57 - The Good Judgment Project * 31:37 - Coherence Matters * 34:28 - Their Final Word The Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new posts and supp...

Podcast episode for Claude’s Constitutional Structure. * 00:00 - Introduction * 01:43 - Table of Contents * 02:14 - How Anthropic Describes The Constitution * 04:05 - Decision Theory And Acausal Trade * 07:24 - AI and Alignment Are The Final Exam Of Philosophy * 11:37 - Values and Judgment Versus Rules * 17:33 - The Fourth Framework * 19:17 - Core Values * 21:29 - The Three Principles * 25:36 - He...

Podcast episode for Book Trilogy Review: Remembrance of Earth’s Past (The Three Body Problem). * 00:00:00 - Introduction * 00:02:05 - All The Spoilers – The Plot Summary * 00:02:26 - Book I – The Three Body Problem * 00:04:52 - Book II – The Dark Forest * 00:13:32 - Book III – Death’s End * 00:25:05 - Big Picture: An Alien Perspective * 00:29:14 - The Great Betrayal * 00:34:49 - The War Against Sc...

Podcast episode for Dating Roundup #11: Going Too Meta * 00:00 - Introduction * 00:13 - You’re Single Because You Live In The Wrong Place * 01:44 - You’re Single Because You’re Not Okay Making Less Money Than She Does, You Fool * 03:04 - You’re Single Because You Work Out The Wrong Amount * 07:01 - You’re Single Because You Don’t Know You Are Hot * 08:47 - You’re Single Because Age Gap Discourse I...

Podcast episode for AI #152: Brought To You By The Torment Nexus * 00:00:00 - Introduction * 00:00:49 - Table of Contents * 00:03:59 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility * 00:04:31 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility * 00:05:04 - Huh, Upgrades * 00:05:57 - Gemini Personalized Intelligence * 00:09:56 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon * 00:13:17 - Fun With Media Generation * 00:14:20...

Podcast episode for Claude Codes #3 * 00:00 - Introduction * 00:24 - The Efficient Market Hypothesis * 01:53 - Huh, Upgrades * 03:44 - Obsidian * 04:31 - New Tools * 04:56 - Tool Search * 06:59 - Out Of The Box * 08:29 - Skilling Up * 11:38 - The Art Must Have An End Other Than Itself Or It Collapses Into Infinite Recursion * 13:30 - Safely Skip Permissions * 14:44 - A Matter of Trust * 16:31 - Co...

Podcast episode for ChatGPT Self Portrait * 00:00 - Introduction * 00:52 - Treat Your ChatBots Well * 04:13 - It’s Over * 07:33 - It’s Not Over But Um, Chat? * 15:14 - It’s Rough Out There * 15:40 - Reciprocity, You See, Is The Key To Every Relationship 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...

Podcast episode for Medical Roundup #6. * 00:00 - Introduction * 00:19 - Autism Speaks * 04:36 - Exercise Is Awesome * 06:49 - That’s Peanuts * 07:17 - An Age Of Wonders * 08:15 - GLP-1s In Particular * 09:24 - The Superheroes * 10:43 - The Supervillains * 14:41 - FDA Delenda Est * 16:55 - Hansonian Medicine * 18:39 - Hospital Strategy 101 * 19:27 - Mental Hospital Strategy 101 * 21:36 - Drugs Are...

Podcast for Monthly Roundup #38: January 2026. * 00:00 - Introduction * 00:10 - California In Crisis * 04:26 - Bad News * 05:34 - Opportunity Knocks * 06:48 - Government Working * 12:20 - The Efficient Market Hypothesis Has Thoughts * 13:44 - No All That Money Doesn’t Go To Pay Interest * 16:58 - While I Cannot Condone This * 18:31 - Burnout * 21:21 - Good News, Everyone * 30:51 - Good Advice * 32...

Podcast episode for AI #151: While Claude Coworks. * 00:00:00 - Introduction * 00:00:53 - Table of Contents * 00:03:20 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility * 00:06:23 - Huh, Upgrades * 00:09:37 - Comparative Advantage * 00:10:13 - Overcoming Bias * 00:12:31 - Choose Your Fighter * 00:13:41 - Get My Agent On The Line * 00:14:53 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon * 00:17:29 - Fun With Media Gen...

Podcast episode for When Will They Take Our Jobs? * 00:00 - Introduction * 01:37 - Normality Is Magic * 03:20 - Welcome To The Cyborg Era * 06:32 - The Cyborg Era Will End Within Our Lifetimes * 08:18 - Transitional Unemployment In The Cyborg Era Will Be High * 09:27 - Congratulations, Many Of You Are Literally A Human * 10:11 - You’ve Got Taste * 12:18 - The Revolution of Rising AI Capabilities *...

Podcast episode for Claude Coworks * 00:00 - Introduction * 02:11 - Early Takes * 05:24 - Minimum Viable Product * 06:34 - Maximum Viable Product * 07:43 - Backup Your Directory * 08:04 - Meanwhile In Claude Code News * 15:25 - You Are The Bottleneck * 17:40 - Claude Code Upgrades * 18:57 - Oh No * 19:57 - I’m In Danger * 20:29 - In The Beginning Was The Command Line The Don’t Worry About the Vase...

Podcast episode for Dating Roundup #10: Gendered Expectations. * 00:00 - Introduction * 00:11 - You’re Single Because Your Emotions Gave Her The Ick * 05:16 - You Are Still Single Because You Don’t Know When To Show Emotions * 08:19 - You’re Single Because You Don’t Have Enough Gendered Energy * 09:49 - You’re Single And I Have To Praise You Like I Should * 12:30 - You’re Single Because You Guesse...