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0:00 Why Bob is (extra) freaked out
5:32 Inside the minds of OpenAI's rogue agents
12:09 Is true alignment a pipe dream?
14:57 The new development that’s spiked Bob’s AI anxiety
23:19 Paul’s pushback via literary parable
28:14 Is it time to REALLY freak out about AI? A debate
43:46 Heading to Overtime
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Overtime titles:
AI freakout debate (cont’d).
Paul nails the problem with Claude’s writing style.
AI passes the academic Turing test.
Nolan’s Odyssey vs classicist critic.
Bob vs Disclosure Day’s detractors.
Weeping Greeks, wokeness, and our pre-post-ironic age.
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