Monthly Roundup #44: July 2026

Monthly Roundup #44: July 2026

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. This has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at https://app.askwhocasts.com/ [https://app.askwhocasts.com/], Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. * 00:00 - Introduction * 00:10 - Bad News * 04:23 - Good Advice * 07:27 - Opportunity Knocks * 07:48 - While I Cannot Condone This * 12:04 - Good News, Everyone * 12:56 - For Your Entertainment * 19:12 - Gamers Gonna Game Game Game Game Game * 24:40 - I Was Promised Flying Self-Driving Cars * 28:08 - Sports Go Sports * 29:35 - Antisocial Media * 31:18 - Government Working * 35:58 - Jones Act Watch * 37:32 - Highly Effective Altruism * 42:51 - Variously Effective Altruism * 48:31 - Ineffective Altruism * 52:57 - Prediction Markets * 53:33 - The Lighter Side https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/monthly-roundup-44-july-2026?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web [https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/monthly-roundup-44-july-2026?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]

Twitter Thoughts For You

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 * 01:01 - Defend Your Feed Via At Least One List * 02:51 - Block Early, Block Often, Know Your Triggers * 03:33 - Lists Change What Following Means * 05:54 - It (Wasn’t) For You * 07:34 - It’s For You * 11:30 - The Previous Time Twitter Transformed Its Algorithm Again * 17:50 - Twitter Still Hates Links And That’s Terrible * 28:54 - Twitter Turns Its API Back On * 32:31 - Many Of The Bots Are Human * 35:27 - The Rise of Slop * 38:21 - Block Or Do Not Block * 39:46 - How To Make Money On Twitter * 42:16 - In Brief https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/twitter-thoughts-for-you?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web [https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/twitter-thoughts-for-you?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web] This has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at app.askwhocasts.com [https://app.askwhocasts.com/], Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe [https://dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Better Call Sol The Workhorse

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 * 00:03:03 - The Official Pitch * 00:12:18 - Sol Proposes A Proof Of The Double Cover Conjecture * 00:12:58 - The Official Benchmarks * 00:20:25 - Vend That Bench * 00:22:59 - Thinking Fast and Slow * 00:25:04 - Other People’s Benchmarks * 00:31:58 - Have Robust Backups * 00:35:16 - That’s Not What You Were Thinking * 00:35:38 - Helping Hands * 00:36:15 - Writing * 00:37:43 - Don’t Stop Now * 00:39:31 - Sol Can Code And Do Math * 00:40:51 - Better Call Sol Cause You Can’t Call Fable * 00:41:44 - Only Call As Much Sol As You Need * 00:43:34 - Positive Reactions * 00:46:16 - It’s A Good Model, Sir * 00:49:06 - Negative Reactions * 00:50:02 - Sol The Workhorse * 00:52:40 - Pair Programmer * 00:59:35 - Pleased To Meet You * 01:01:30 - Sol Thinks You Better https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/better-call-sol-the-workhorse?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web [https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/better-call-sol-the-workhorse?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web] This has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at app.askwhocasts.com [https://app.askwhocasts.com/], Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe [https://dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

Introduction for and Reactions to Plan A

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AI #176 Part 2: Plan B

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 * 00:01:02 - Table of Contents * 00:02:45 - Quiet Speculations * 00:06:18 - The Goalposts Are Dyson Spheres * 00:09:55 - People Just Say Things * 00:10:22 - Three Pills * 00:16:32 - The Quest for Sane Regulations * 00:18:10 - OpenAI National Security Principles * 00:25:13 - Greetings From The Department Of War * 00:27:17 - Chip City * 00:28:23 - Open Weight Models Are Unsafe And Nothing Can Fix This * 00:36:28 - Their AI Propaganda Bots * 00:38:50 - Rhetorical Innovation * 00:40:33 - You Learn * 00:42:09 - You May Be Tan And Thin And Rich But You’re a Tool * 00:46:47 - Train Those Thoughts * 00:47:44 - Train Out Those Thoughts * 00:52:35 - My Own Private Idaho * 00:54:21 - Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult * 01:00:40 - No Space Like J-Space * 01:11:56 - Cooperative Alignments * 01:12:18 - The Lighter Side https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-176-part-2-plan-b?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web [https://open.substack.com/pub/thezvi/p/ai-176-part-2-plan-b?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web] This has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at app.askwhocasts.com [https://app.askwhocasts.com/], Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. Get full access to DWAtV Podcast at dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe [https://dwatvpodcast.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]