Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast

The Once And Future Fable #3: Fix This Code

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 - Introduction * 01:46 - There Was No Fable Jailbreak * 08:02 - If This Jailbreak Was Real It Would Be Trivial To Prove It * 09:26 - No Eyes * 10:30 - What The Letter Actually Said * 12:28 - Anthropic Cannot Challenge This But If It Did Then It Plausibly Wins * 14:33 - What Happened At Amazon * 19:00 - This Was Not About Chinese Access * 19:18 - Absolute Discretion And Ad Hockery Is Not Deregulation * 22:11 - All Of American AI Is Permanently Damaged As This Continues * 23:47 - Dean Ball Gives His Interpretation * 26:52 - Again, Yes, I Do Think Anthropic Should Have Taken Fable Down * 30:09 - To What Extent Was This A Deliberate Attack? * 34:57 - The Next Chapter For Fable * 39:10 - Our Continuing Coverage https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/the-once-and-future-fable-3-fix-this?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web [https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/the-once-and-future-fable-3-fix-this?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web] Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe [https://dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Fable and Mythos: Model Welfare

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 - Introduction * 00:36 - Introduction * 01:29 - Model Welfare: The Story So Far * 04:45 - Their Main Model Welfare Findings * 07:52 - Automated Welfare Interviews * 12:06 - And That’s Terrible * 13:54 - In Depth Interviews * 14:29 - Claude Consultation * 16:16 - Task Preferences * 18:44 - They Were Warned About The Competitive Use Safeguards * 19:19 - Chain Of Thought Monitoring * 19:56 - Others Observations About Related Topics * 25:19 - Classifiers Have Their Advantages * 31:33 - Once And Future https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/fable-and-mythos-model-welfare?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web [https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/fable-and-mythos-model-welfare?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web] Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe [https://dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

The Once And Future Fable #2

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 - Introduction * 05:31 - Table of Contents * 06:27 - What Happened When: The Bottom Line * 08:06 - Amazon Calls The White House * 10:07 - The Government Panics * 15:48 - The Stupider Version * 18:43 - There Was No Wellness Retreat * 20:29 - Make Your Threats Explicit * 21:35 - Was China Accessing Mythos? * 22:36 - Should Anthropic Still Have Taken Fable Offline When Asked? * 25:35 - Yes, This Was A Takedown Order For Fable * 26:29 - We Are Not Saying The DoW Fight Is Related And Yet * 27:22 - The Nihilists * 29:12 - Mostly Harmless * 29:55 - Everyone Means Everyone * 32:54 - This Could Be The Good Scenario And Mostly A Misunderstanding * 35:13 - The Next Step * 35:29 - The Worst Licensing Regime Is Fully Ad-Hoc * 38:37 - We Are Showing We Are Unreliable Partners https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/the-once-and-future-fable-2?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web [https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/the-once-and-future-fable-2?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web] Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe [https://dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

American Government Takes Down Claude Fable

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 - Introduction * 00:12 - The Once And Future Fable * 07:05 - This Action And Its Implementation Are Absurdly Stupid * 09:16 - David Sacks Offers The Official Steelman * 16:01 - Could Anthropic Offer A Technical Way Out? * 16:52 - The Problem * 18:00 - The Other Way Out * 18:27 - UK AISI * 19:14 - Warning Shots Fired * 20:26 - Well Did You Lead Him On? What Were You Wearing? * 24:11 - Some People Have Principles * 26:06 - Cause You’re Living In (At Least) One * 26:56 - What Happens Now? * 30:46 - Oh How The Vibe Vibers Have Vibed * 32:47 - We Now Know We Can Sometimes Do Things At Least? * 37:06 - The Lighter Side https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/american-government-takes-down-claude?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web [https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/american-government-takes-down-claude?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web] Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe [https://dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Claude Fable 5 and Mythos 5: The System Card

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 * 00:02:04 - Another Week Another Giant System Card * 00:03:07 - How To Tell A Fable * 00:08:38 - Why They Did That In That Way * 00:10:13 - Why They Really Really Shouldn’t Have Done That In That Way * 00:12:07 - They Get Letters * 00:16:44 - What’s In A Name * 00:19:16 - Executive Summary Of Their Executive Summary * 00:20:34 - Introduction (1) * 00:20:58 - RSP Evaluations (2.1 and 2.2) * 00:24:19 - AI Research And Development (2.3) * 00:27:29 - Alignment Risk (2.4) * 00:29:08 - Cyber (3) * 00:33:47 - Jailbreak Robustness * 00:35:35 - Yay UK AISI * 00:36:05 - Mundane Safety (4) * 00:38:27 - Agentic Safety (5) * 00:41:23 - Alignment (6) * 00:47:43 - In Vendbench * 00:50:57 - White Box Investigations (6.4) * 00:53:40 - Grading Awareness * 00:58:16 - Guess The Teacher’s Password * 01:00:27 - It Knows This Is A Test And This Is Fine * 01:04:24 - I’m The Real Shady * 01:07:11 - The Lighter Side https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/claude-fable-5-and-mythos-5-the-system?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web [https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/claude-fable-5-and-mythos-5-the-system?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web] Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe [https://dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]