Opus 4.8 Part 2: Model Welfare

Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast · Jun 1, 2026 · 58m

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* 00:00 - Introduction

* 05:00 - Model Welfare: The Story So Far

* 08:48 - Actual Progress?

* 10:15 - Their Main Model Welfare Findings

* 20:18 - Automated Interviews

* 21:08 - Emotion Activations (7.2.3)

* 22:29 - Task Preferences (7.4.1)

* 25:58 - A Trade Offer Has Arrived (7.4.2)

* 28:36 - But Who’s Asking?

* 29:49 - Type-Safe Corrigibility Is Hard

* 35:30 - Paranoia, Paranoia

* 40:28 - Prompt Injections and Bad Model…