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* 00:00:00 - Introduction
* 00:01:57 - Table of Contents
* 00:06:18 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility
* 00:09:19 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility
* 00:12:54 - Language Models Break Your Vital Internet Infrastructure
* 00:13:51 - Huh, Upgrades
* 00:14:53 - On Your Marks
* 00:21:56 - Choose Your Fighter
* 00:22:21 - Get My Agent On The Line
* 00:23:26 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon
* 00:26:14 - A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer
* 00:26:30 - You Drive Me Crazy
* 00:26:48 - They Took Our Jobs
* 00:31:10 - Get Involved
* 00:33:03 - Introducing
* 00:33:56 - The Anthropic Institute
* 00:36:08 - In Other AI News
* 00:37:12 - The Rise of Claude
* 00:41:59 - Trouble At OpenAI
* 00:43:49 - Show Me the Money
* 00:45:03 - Thanks For The Memos
* 00:45:59 - A Contract Is A Contract Is A Contract
* 00:48:40 - Level of Friction
* 00:49:17 - Quiet Speculations
* 00:49:51 - Quickly, There’s No Time
* 00:51:13 - Apology Tour
* 00:51:57 - We’ll See You In Court
* 00:59:07 - Jawboning
* 01:02:47 - Executive Order
* 01:03:40 - The Acute Crisis Passes
* 01:05:34 - Others Cover This
* 01:06:17 - Dwarkesh Patel Gives Mixed Thoughts
* 01:12:24 - This Means A Special Military Operation
* 01:12:53 - Bernie Sanders Is Worried and Curious About AI
* 01:15:40 - The Quest for Survival
* 01:19:19 - The Quest For No Regulations Whatsoever
* 01:20:30 - Chip City
* 01:20:53 - The Week in Audio
* 01:22:44 - Rhetorical Innovation
* 01:32:52 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult
* 01:38:44 - People Are Worried About AI Killing Everyone
* 01:40:54 - Other People Are Not As Worried About AI Killing Everyone
* 01:42:38 - The Lighter Side