AI #160: What Passes For a Pause

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

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* 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…