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Don"t Worry About the Vase Podcast

Podcast for Zvi"s blog, Don"t Worry About the Vase Podcast

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36:39

Anthropic Officially, Arbitrarily and Capriciously...

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2026/03/06

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 - Introduction* 05:09 - Post Overview* 07:38 - Anthropic’s Statement on the SCR* 11:30 - What The Actual SCR Designation Says* 14:59 - Enemies of The Republic* 29:42 - Regulation Need Not Seize The Means Of Production* 32:08 - Microsoft Stands Firm* 33:15 - Calling This What It Is* 34:24 - What To Expect

99:53

AI #158: The Department of War

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2026/03/05

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* 00:04:36 - Table of Contents* 00:08:07 - A Well Deserved Break* 00:09:40 - Huh, Upgrades* 00:11:06 - On Your Marks* 00:11:23 - Choose Your Fighter* 00:12:22 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon* 00:13:28 - A Young Lady’s Illustrated Primer* 00:15:03 - You Drive Me Crazy* 00:15:50 - They Took Our Jobs*

21:00

Gemini 3.1 Pro Aces Benchmarks, I Suppose

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2026/03/04

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 - Introduction* 00:31 - The Pitch* 01:24 - On Your Marks* 04:46 - Other People’s Benchmarks* 07:42 - Gemini 3 DeepThink V2* 13:52 - Positive Feedback* 18:17 - Negative Feedback* 19:51 - Try Gemini

35:30

A Tale of Three Contracts

Don"t Worry About the Vase Podcast ·

2026/03/03

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 - Introduction* 02:04 - The Original Anthropic Contract With DoW* 07:04 - The Proposed Revisions to Anthropic’s Contract* 14:22 - OpenAI’s Contract With DoWhttps://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/a-tale-of-three-contracts?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at

187:41

Secretary of War Tweets That Anthropic is Now a...

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2026/03/02

The Don’t Worry About the Vase Podcast is listener-supported. To receive new posts and support ongoing production, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.This is, as far as I can recall, the longest converted Don’t Worry About the Vase post, clocking in at three hours and seven minutes. If you found it valuable, paid subscriptions really do help cover the premium ElevenLabs voices used for maximum reliability, variety of speakers and audio quality.* 00:00:00 - Introduction* 00:00:44 - What

52:47

Anthropic and the DoW: Anthropic Responds

Don"t Worry About the Vase Podcast ·

2026/02/27

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 - Introduction* 02:13 - The Original Post Begins Here* 10:43 - Table of Contents* 11:54 - Good News: We Can Keep Talking* 14:24 - Once Again No You Do Not Need To Call Dario For Permission* 18:41 - The Pentagon Reiterates Its Demands And Threats* 20:09 - The Pentagon’s Dual Threats Are Contradictory and Incoherent* 21:53 -

114:33

AI #157: Burn the Boats

Don"t Worry About the Vase Podcast ·

2026/02/26

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* 00:02:45 - Table of Contents* 00:06:11 - Anthropic and the Department of War* 00:09:49 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility* 00:10:17 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility* 00:11:47 - Huh, Upgrades* 00:12:04 - On Your Marks* 00:19:25 - Choose Your Fighter* 00:19:32 - Deepfaketown and

64:16

Anthropic and the Department of War

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2026/02/26

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* 00:01:34 - Table of Contents* 00:02:48 - This Standoff Should Never Have Happened* 00:07:37 - Anthropic Cannot Fold* 00:08:42 - Dean Ball Gives a Primer* 00:12:18 - What Happened To Lead To This Showdown?* 00:19:59 - Simple Solution: Delayed Contract Termination* 00:20:54 - Better Solution: Status Quo*

21:10

Claude Sonnet 4.6 Gives You Flexibility

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2026/02/24

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 - Introduction* 01:58 - On Your Marks* 11:19 - Reactions: It’s How Much You Save* 19:31 - Bringing It Togetherhttps://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/claude-sonnet-46-gives-you-flexibility?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe

43:56

Citrini's Scenario Is A Great But Deeply Flawed...

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2026/02/24

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 - Introduction* 03:26 - The Headline Destination* 05:41 - And That’s Terrible* 09:08 - SaaSpocalype Now* 09:58 - Levels of Friction Go To Zero …And That’s Terrible* 12:03 - DoorDash and Uber* 13:53 - Breaking Into The Marketplace* 14:43 - Who Captures The Surplus?* 15:30 - For Everything Else* 21:59 - Real Estate Realism*

69:01

AI #156 Part 2: Errors in Rhetoric

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2026/02/20

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* 00:00:35 - Table of Contents* 00:02:17 - Levels of Friction* 00:06:42 - The Art Of The Jailbreak* 00:08:17 - The Quest for Sane Regulations* 00:14:20 - People Really Hate AI* 00:20:47 - A Very Bad Paper* 00:28:16 - Rhetorical Innovation* 00:35:40 - The Most Forbidden Technique* 00:37:03 - Everyone Is Or

75:17

AI #156 Part 1: They Do Mean The Effect On Jobs

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2026/02/19

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* 00:02:34 - Table of Contents* 00:05:31 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility* 00:05:54 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility* 00:08:48 - Terms of Service* 00:09:31 - On Your Marks* 00:10:37 - Choose Your Fighter* 00:12:03 - Fun With Media Generation* 00:14:58 - Lyria* 00:16:43 - Superb Owl*

78:26

Monthly Roundup #39: February 2026

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2026/02/18

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* 00:02:19 - Bad News* 00:04:10 - Government Working* 00:15:37 - The Epstein Files* 00:17:47 - RIP Scott Adams* 00:19:51 - News You Can’t Use But Click On Anyway* 00:21:04 - We’re Putting Together A Team* 00:21:28 - You Can’t Retire, I Quit* 00:24:17 - Jones Act Watch* 00:35:00 - Variously Effective

50:13

On Dwarkesh Patel's 2026 Podcast With Elon Musk and...

Don"t Worry About the Vase Podcast ·

2026/02/17

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 - Introduction* 03:16 - Table of Contents* 03:52 - Bounded Distrust* 06:19 - IN SPACE* 11:01 - The AI Will Follow You To Mars* 23:46 - xAI Business Plans* 27:11 - Optimus Prime* 28:22 - Beating China* 31:06 - SpaceX and How To Run a Company Elon Style* 34:37 - DOGE* 37:04 - TeraFab IN SPACE* 37:20 - Postscript: Safety Third

32:14

On Dwarkesh Patel's 2026 Podcast With Dario Amodei

Don"t Worry About the Vase Podcast ·

2026/02/16

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 - Introduction* 01:40 - Table of Contents* 01:52 - The Pace of Progress* 09:44 - Continual Learning* 15:17 - Does Not Compute* 17:07 - Step Two* 25:25 - The Quest For Sane Regulations* 28:54 - Beating

42:50

ChatGPT-5.3-Codex Is Also Good At Coding

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2026/02/13

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 - Introduction* 03:07 - Quickly, There’s No Time* 04:19 - System Card* 04:50 - AI Box Experiment* 05:24 - Maybe Cool It With Rm* 06:59 - Preparedness Framework* 11:59 - Glass Houses* 13:04 - OpenAI Appears To Have Violated SB 53 In a Meaningful Way* 15:23 - Safeguards They Did Implement* 17:52 - Misalignment Risks and

113:18

AI #155: Welcome to Recursive Self-Improvement

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2026/02/12

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* 00:02:24 - Table of Contents* 00:05:54 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility* 00:06:30 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility* 00:06:46 - Huh, Upgrades* 00:07:33 - On Your Marks* 00:10:08 - Overcoming Bias* 00:11:08 - Choose Your Fighter* 00:12:22 - Get My Agent On The Line* 00:15:38 - AI

77:51

Claude Opus 4.6 Escalates Things Quickly

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2026/02/11

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* 00:02:00 - On Your Marks* 00:22:15 - Official Pitches* 00:22:34 - It Compiles* 00:25:58 - It Exploits* 00:26:47 - It Lets You Catch Them All* 00:27:11 - It Does Not Get Eaten By A Grue* 00:28:07 - It Is Overeager* 00:29:25 - It Builds Things* 00:32:06 - Pro Mode* 00:32:23 - Reactions* 00:32:32 - Positive

41:12

Claude Opus 4.6: System Card Part 2: Frontier Alignment

Don"t Worry About the Vase Podcast ·

2026/02/10

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 - Introduction* 01:38 - Sabotage, Deception and Evaluation Integrity* 04:16 - Sandbagging On Dangerous Capability Evaluations* 06:33 - Situational Awareness* 08:20 - Inhibiting Evaluation Awareness (6.5)* 10:07 - Self-Preference* 11:59 - UK AISI Testing* 13:10 - Apollo Research Testing* 16:00 - Responsible Scaling Policy

62:24

Claude Opus 4.6: System Card Part 1: Mundane...

Don"t Worry About the Vase Podcast ·

2026/02/09

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* 00:03:50 - A Three Act Play* 00:04:53 - Safety Not Guaranteed* 00:10:53 - Pliny Can Still Jailbreak Everything* 00:13:01 - Transparency Is Good: The 212-Page System Card* 00:14:07 - Mostly Harmless* 00:18:47 - Mostly Honest* 00:21:10 - Agentic Safety* 00:23:29 - Prompt Injection* 00:27:38 - Key Alignment

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