Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast

Podcast episode for Claude Codes. * 00:00 - Introduction * 01:37 - Hype! * 06:18 - My Own Experiences * 11:53 - Now With More Recursive Self Improvement * 13:14 - A Market Of One * 13:51 - Some Examples Of People Using Claude Code Recently * 20:33 - Dealing With Context Limits * 21:18 - The Basic Claude Code Setup * 23:31 - Random Claude Code Extension Examples I’ve Seen Recently * 25:27 - Skillin...

Podcast episode for AI #150: While Claude Codes. * 00:00 - Introduction * 00:41 - Table of Contents * 03:02 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility * 03:35 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility * 04:09 - Language Models Have All The Fun * 05:08 - Huh, Upgrades * 05:47 - On Your Marks * 06:18 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon * 09:50 - Fun With Media Generation * 10:04 - You Drive Me Cra...

Podcast episode for Advancements In Self-Driving Cars. * 00:00 - Introduction * 01:02 - Going Down The Highway * 01:29 - Looking For Adventure * 02:35 - And Whatever Comes Our Way * 05:33 - It’s Coming * 06:09 - Who Stands In The Way * 08:42 - My One Weakness * 15:49 - Cruise Control * 18:12 - Growth Rates * 19:26 - The Competition * 20:39 - They Took Our Jobs * 22:03 - Bikers As Winners * 22:33 -...

Podcast episode for Fertility Roundup #6: The Art of More Dakka. * 00:00 - Introduction * 01:03 - Selection * 02:21 - Surrogacy * 02:45 - IVF * 07:50 - Technological Versus Social Solutions * 09:17 - Dakka * 10:46 - All The Dakka * 12:26 - Insufficient Dakka Works Insufficiently * 14:41 - The Effectiveness of Dakka * 18:00 - The Wrong Dakka * 19:04 - Dakka Does Not Disproportionally Motivate The P...

Podcast episode for Dos Capital. * 00:00 - Introduction * 01:04 - What Trammell and Patel Are Centrally Claiming As A Default Outcome * 03:28 - Does The Above Conclusion Follow From The Above Premises? * 03:40 - Sounds Like This Is Not Our Main Problem In This Scenario? * 08:01 - To Be Clear This Scenario Doesn’t Make Sense * 14:37 - Ad Argumento * 15:31 - The Baseline Scenario * 17:31 - Would We...

Podcast episode for Fertility Roundup #5: Causation. * 00:00 - Introduction * 00:44 - Household Composition * 01:21 - Timing * 02:08 - Developmental Idealism * 05:33 - Pessimism * 06:30 - Baby Boom * 07:35 - Paperwork * 08:55 - Car Seats As Contraception * 11:50 - You Can’t Afford It * 12:52 - Yes The Problem Is Often Money * 13:28 - Housework * 15:59 - Greedy Careers * 19:35 - The Appeal of Child...

Podcast episode for AI #149: 3. * 00:00 - Introduction * 00:25 - Table of Contents * 02:55 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility * 04:07 - Claude Code * 11:46 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility * 12:53 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon * 15:53 - Fun With Media Generation * 16:21 - You Drive Me Crazy * 19:44 - They Took Our Jobs * 23:51 - Doctor Doctor * 24:49 - Jevons Paradox Strik...

Podcast episode for 2025 Year in Review. * 00:00 - Introduction * 01:25 - January * 03:58 - February * 07:20 - March * 08:44 - April * 09:57 - May * 11:46 - June * 12:42 - July * 13:43 - August * 16:13 - September * 16:37 - October * 19:38 - November * 21:20 - December * 22:55 - Questions For Next Season The Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is a listener-supported podcast. To receive new posts a...

Podcast episode for Dating Roundup #9: Signals and Selection. * 00:00 - Introduction * 00:12 - You’re Single Because They Got The Ick * 02:48 - You Are Still Single Because You Are Inventing Red Flags * 04:56 - You’re Still Single Because You Demand The Same Generic Things * 06:40 - You’re Single Because Everyone Is Too Picky * 08:40 - You’re Single And They Will Never Tell You Why * 10:10 - You’r...

Podcast episode for Dating Roundup #8: Tactics. * 00:00 - Introduction * 00:25 - You’re Single Because You Lack Reps * 02:43 - You’re Single And Didn’t Even Shoot Your Shot * 04:17 - You’re Single Because You Didn’t Ask To Hold Her Hand * 07:48 - You’re Single Because You’re Afraid People Will Mock You Online * 12:51 - You’re Single Because You Didn’t Confirm Your Date * 19:20 - You’re Single Beca...

Podcast episode for Childhood and Education #16: Letting Kids Be Kids. * 00:00 - Introduction * 01:49 - We Don’t Let Kids Be Kids * 03:34 - Let Your Children Play * 05:37 - The Algorithm of Fear * 07:36 - The Only Thing We Have To Fear Is Fear Itself * 11:31 - No Means No * 14:08 - Child Abduction Is Either Custody Disputes Or Government Intervention * 17:28 - Stranger Danger Danger * 20:39 - The...

Podcast episode for AI #148: Christmas Break. * 00:00:00 - Introduction * 00:00:46 - Table of Contents * 00:03:36 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility * 00:05:01 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility * 00:05:36 - Huh, Upgrades * 00:06:05 - On Your Marks * 00:08:20 - Claude Opus 4.5 Joins The METR Graph * 00:17:21 - Sufficiently Advanced Intelligence * 00:19:49 - Deepfaketown and Botpoca...

Podcast episode for Zvi’s 2025 In Movies. * 00:00 - Introduction * 00:21 - The Ratings Scale * 02:17 - The Five Component Model of Movie Ratings * 03:52 - The Numbers * 04:28 - Movies Have Decreasing Marginal Returns in Practice * 05:22 - Very Briefly on the Top Picks and Whether You Should See Them * 06:46 - Other Notes to Self to Remember (Reprise from 2024) * 08:16 - The Year of Living Disagree...

Podcast episode for Keeping Up Against the Joneses: Balsa’s 2025 Fundraiser. * 00:00 - Introduction * 01:43 - What Balsa Got Up to in 2025 * 06:19 - A quick glance at our budget * 07:02 - Balsa in 2026, and Our Ask * 08:21 - Complete the Jones Act policy binder * 08:56 - Receive and publicize findings from the two funded economic studies * 09:17 - Fund at least one high-quality study from the labo...

Podcast episode for The Revolution of Rising Expectations. * 00:00 - Introduction * 01:33 - The Revolutions of Rising Expectations * 04:39 - The Revolution of Rising Requirements * 07:01 - Whose Line Is It Anyway? * 09:30 - Thus In This House We Believe The Following * 10:41 - Real De Facto Required Expenses Are Rising Higher Than Inflation * 12:12 - Great Expectations * 16:36 - We Could Fix It *...

Podcast episode for When Were Things The Best? * 00:00 - Introduction * 01:50 - The Most Close-Knit Communities * 03:17 - The Most Moral Society * 05:18 - The Least Political Division * 05:50 - The Happiest Families * 06:47 - The Most Reliable News Reporting * 08:21 - The Best Music * 10:32 - The Best Radio * 11:36 - The Best Fashion * 11:52 - The Best Economy * 12:23 - The Best Movies * 13:47 - T...

Podcast episode for AI #147: Flash Forward. * 00:00:00 - Introduction * 00:01:38 - Table of Contents * 00:05:13 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility * 00:07:09 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility * 00:07:59 - Huh, Upgrades * 00:11:33 - On Your Marks * 00:14:33 - Choose Your Fighter * 00:17:57 - Get My Agent On The Line * 00:22:56 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon * 00:25:55 - Fun W...

Podcast episode for The $140K Question: Cost Changes Over Time. * 00:00 - Introduction * 01:29 - The Debate Continues * 03:06 - The Cost of Thriving Index Redux * 05:18 - The Housing Theory Of Everything Remains Undefeated * 12:02 - Did We Halt the Rise in Healthcare and Education Costs? * 17:30 - Healthcare Costs * 22:47 - Higher Education Costs * 27:36 - Services Productivity is Rising But What...

Podcast episode for The $140,000 Question. * 00:00 - Introduction * 01:59 - Table of Contents * 02:27 - None Of This Makes Any Sense * 04:20 - Let’s Debunk The Whole Calculation Up Front * 08:42 - The Debunking Chorus * 13:14 - Okay It’s Not $140,000 But The Vibes Mean Something * 14:36 - Needing Two Incomes Has A High Cost * 19:27 - I Lied * 23:58 - But That’s Not Important Right Now * 24:12 - Po...

Podcast epiosde for GPT-5.2 Is Frontier Only For The Frontier. * 00:00 - Introduction * 00:25 - The Bottom Line * 01:55 - Introducing GPT-five point two * 03:50 - Official Benchmarks * 06:49 - GDPVal * 09:52 - Unofficial Benchmarks * 13:00 - Official Hype * 14:18 - Public Reactions * 14:39 - Positive Reactions * 20:33 - Personality Clash * 25:22 - Vibing the Code * 28:02 - Negative Reactions * 30:...

Podcast episode for Monthly Roundup #37: December 2026 * 00:00 - Introduction * 00:17 - Ban Gain of Function Research * 05:23 - In The Zone * 05:57 - A Price Is A Signal Wrapped In An Incentive * 07:09 - While I Cannot Condone This * 08:48 - The Gift Of Having A Gift To Give Away * 09:27 - Good News, Everyone * 12:18 - Paranoia, Paranoia * 19:35 - A Good Book * 21:21 - For Your Entertainment * 22:...

Podcast episode for AI #146: Chipping In. * 00:00:00 - Introduction * 00:01:29 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility * 00:03:01 - ChatGPT Needs More Mundane Utility * 00:05:44 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility * 00:06:06 - On Your Marks * 00:08:48 - Choose Your Fighter * 00:10:26 - Get My Agent On The Line * 00:12:17 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon * 00:12:54 - Fun With Media Ge...

Podcast episode for Childhood and Education #15: Got To Get Out. * 00:00 - Introduction * 00:23 - Bullying * 03:09 - Discipline Death Spiral * 04:29 - Ban Phones In Schools * 05:53 - At Least Ban Phones During Class Seriously What The Hell * 07:47 - RCT On Banning Phones * 16:09 - Look What You Made Me Do * 17:44 - DEI * 18:55 - Equity Consultants * 20:01 - Rules Are Rules * 20:19 - School Shootin...

Podcast episode for Selling H200s to China Is Unwise and Unpopular. * 00:00 - Introduction * 01:29 - The Announcement * 04:43 - How Bad Would This Be? * 12:55 - Is There A Steelman Case For This Other Than ‘Trade Always Good’? * 17:38 - Compute Is A Key Limiting Factor For China and Chinese Labs * 19:13 - What About That All Important ‘Tech Stack’? * 22:05 - Selling H200s Hurts America In The AI R...

Podcast episode for Little Echo. https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/little-echo?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web I too believe that we will win. Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe