AI #160: What Passes For a Pause

Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast · Mar 19, 2026 · 1h 51m

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* 00:00:57 - Table of Contents* 00:04:37 - Still Only Partial Cure For Cancer* 00:07:59 - Language Models Offer Mundane Utility* 00:09:46 - Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility* 00:11:43 - Huh, Upgrades* 00:17:29 - Levels of Friction* 00:18:27 - Choose Your Fighter* 00:19:15 - Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon* 00:21:09 - Greetings From The Torment Nexus* 00:24:51 - Levels of Friction*…