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EPISODE · Jul 11, 2026 · 1H 5M

Introduction for and Reactions to Plan A

from Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast · host Askwho Casts AI

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* 00:01:39 - You Only Get Five Words* 00:08:49 - Proactive Response To Objections* 00:09:35 - Initial Introductions and Endorsements* 00:15:13 - A Positive Vision* 00:19:19 - Alternative Plans* 00:21:01 - Plan S for Shutdown* 00:23:28 - Something (Unexpectedly Good) Ever Happens* 00:25:02 - Thus Selective Optimism* 00:26:13 - Quickly, There’s No Time* 00:27:18 - Race Conditions* 00:29:30 - This Is A Lot Of Diffusion And Economic Growth* 00:30:48 - Living In China* 00:32:55 - Planning For Shifting Overton Windows Is Essential* 00:34:14 - The Standard Handwave* 00:37:49 - Some Equate Any Controls Over Compute To Authoritarian Dystopia And Those Same People Mostly Think Superintelligence Won’t Happen* 00:39:39 - Vitalik Buterin Is Right, The Crux Is Future AI Capability Levels* 00:47:41 - The Authoritarian Objection* 00:53:38 - Concepts Of A Plan* 00:55:33 - The Kitchen Sink* 00:56:45 - Selective Claims Of Authoritarianism* 00:58:49 - You Either Can Steer The Future Or You Cannot* 01:01:25 - Cooperative Alignmenthttps://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/introduction-for-and-reactions-to?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=webThis has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at app.askwhocasts.com, Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

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