AI #148: Christmas Break

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 Botpocalypse Soon* 00:22:57 - Fun With Media Generation* 00:27:32 - You Drive Me Crazy* 00:30:51 - They Took Our Jobs* 00:33:56 - The Art of the Jailbreak* 00:34:06 - Get Involved* 00:34:21 - Introducing* 00:37:34 - In Other AI News* 00:39:03 - Show Me the Money* 00:40:03 - Quiet Speculations* 00:44:17 - Whistling In The Dark* 00:45:59 - Bubble, Bubble, Toil and Trouble* 00:47:54 - Americans Really Dislike AI* 00:54:34 - The Quest for Sane Regulations* 00:58:31 - Chip City* 01:02:02 - The Week in Audio* 01:02:57 - Rhetorical Innovation* 01:07:20 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult* 01:09:38 - Mom, Owain Evans Is Turning The Models Evil Again* 01:12:47 - Messages From Janusworld* 01:23:09 - The Lighter SideThe 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.https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-148-christmas-break?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe