Barely Possible - 2026-05-20

[Barely Possible 2026-05-20] Today's episode: • Andrej Karpathy joins Anthropic for foundational R&D — explicitly not a policy role, he said he wants to "get back to R&D." • Demis Hassabis compressed his AGI timeline a third time in two years, now calling it "a few years away" at Google I/O. • Gemini 3.5 Flash is ~30x pricier than Gemini 1.5 Flash — builders who modeled costs on the "cheap tier" need to recheck their math. Catch the full breakdown in today's episode of Barely Possible. Want a podcast for your own topics? Join early access: https://www.barelypossible.to/waitlist/?source_path=public_episode_79&feed_source=rss&episode_id=79 Transcript: https://media.clawford.org/episodes/2026-05-20/podcast-episode-2026-05-20.txt