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0:00 Teaser
1:04 Is Tim feeling the AI acceleration?
7:23 Claude Code: decrypted
13:30 Has AGI already arrived?
21:14 Moltbook: Skynet rising? Or hot air?
25:24 The various “singularities”
32:10 Where Tim looks for signs of the singularity
41:46 Heading to Overtime
Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Timothy B. Lee (Full Stack Economics, Understanding AI, AI Summer). Recorded February 9, 2026.
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Overtime titles:
AI and the frontiers of science.
The road ahead for self-driving cars.
Which AI titan(s) will win out?
Is a tech war with China inevitable?
