Don't Worry About the Vase Podcast AI #141: Give Us The Money
Nov 6, 2025
Discover the mundane and extraordinary potential of language models! Delve into the divide over their utility and ongoing debates about AI’s impact on jobs. Explore the current landscape of deepfakes and media generation, raising questions about misinformation. Uncover the financial underpinnings of major AI players and the possible investment bubble lurking in the tech world. Plus, hear about government regulation challenges and the urgency of aligning AI with human values amid escalating fears of AGI.
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Recapitalization Created Major Public-Private Tension
- OpenAI's recapitalization into a PBC shifted vast public-value resources into private hands, creating major governance concerns.
- Zvi calls it "the potentially largest theft in human history" because it privatized gains while shrinking the nonprofit's assets.
Protect Your Skills From Overuse Of AI
- Know what you need to learn and how much AI should do for you to avoid losing skills.
- Schedule periodic no-AI work sessions to retain deep understanding and mastery.
Maps And LLMs Become More Tightly Integrated
- Google integrates Gemini into Maps to let users query and plan in natural language, linking to Calendar and landmarks.
- Zvi thinks the bigger win is better Maps integration into Gemini rather than Gemini bolted into Maps.
