AI #173: AI Pauses

Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast · Jun 18, 2026 · 1h 41m

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

* 00:03:06 - Table of Contents

* 00:06:50 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility

* 00:06:59 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility

* 00:07:22 - Huh, Upgrades

* 00:07:51 - On Your Marks

* 00:13:41 - VirtueBench

* 00:16:04 - Choose Your Fighter

* 00:16:38 - Papers, Please

* 00:17:05 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon

* 00:18:46 - Goodhart’s Law Strikes Again

* 00:19:32 - They Took Our Jobs…