AI #166: Google Sells Out

Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast · Apr 30, 2026 · 1h 57m

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* 00:00:00 - Introduction

* 00:02:02 - Table of Contents

* 00:05:35 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility

* 00:06:04 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility

* 00:12:01 - Seeking Deeply

* 00:24:00 - Huh, Upgrades

* 00:24:32 - On Your Marks

* 00:24:49 - Choose Your Fighter

* 00:25:50 - More On Claude Opus four point seven

* 00:27:30 - Goblin Mode (More on GPT-5.5)

* 00:35:28 - Fun With Media Generation

* 00:36:12 -…