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AI POLITICAL FALLOUT UNDERWAY, CALLS TO SLOW AI, ANTHROPIC IPO, AI GEN PHOTOSHOP, MATH FALLOUT
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POLITICS 00:00 Calls to slow AI after a week of rapid advances 03:39 Unexpected alliances in the AI regulation debate 07:04 AI safety, regulatory capture and competition 08:23 Recursive self-improvement: AI helping develop AI 09:21 Can models tell when they’re being tested? 11:22 What would an AI “internet takeover” actually mean? 12:34 What motivates an LLM—and can the world coordinate a slowdown? 13:57 Would meaningful AI regulation require a major incident first? 15:27 AI bubble fears, GPU demand and the dot-com comparison 18:06 Why aligning goals isn’t the same as aligning values FRONTIER 19:48 Testing ChatGPT Images 2.5 on our podcast thumbnails 20:28 Replacing $10,000 stage-lighting…