Yeah. That happened yesterday. This is real life.

I know we have to ensure no one notices Gemini 2.5 Pro, but this is rediculous.

That's what I get for trying to go on vacation to Costa Rica, I suppose.

I debated waiting for the market to open to learn more. But f*** it, we ball.

Table of Contents

Also this week: More Fun With GPT-4o Image Generation, OpenAI #12: Battle of the Board Redux and Gemini 2.5 Pro is the New SoTA.

1. The New Tariffs Are How America Loses. This is somehow real life.
2. Is AI Now Impacting the Global Economy Bigly? Asking the wrong questions.
3. Language Models Offer Mundane Utility. Is it good enough for your inbox yet?
4. Language Models Don’t Offer Mundane Utility. Why learn when you can vibe?
5. Huh, Upgrades. GPT-4o, Gemini 2.5 Pro, and [...]

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Outline:

(00:35) The New Tariffs Are How America Loses

(07:35) Is AI Now Impacting the Global Economy Bigly?

(12:07) Language Models Offer Mundane Utility

(14:28) Language Models Don't Offer Mundane Utility

(15:09) Huh, Upgrades

(17:09) On Your Marks

(23:27) Choose Your Fighter

(25:51) Jevons Paradox Strikes Again

(26:25) Deepfaketown and Botpocalypse Soon

(31:47) They Took Our Jobs

(33:02) Get Involved

(33:41) Introducing

(35:25) In Other AI News

(37:17) Show Me the Money

(43:12) Quiet Speculations

(47:24) The Quest for Sane Regulations

(53:52) Don't Maim Me Bro

(57:29) The Week in Audio

(57:54) Rhetorical Innovation

(01:03:39) Expect the Unexpected

(01:05:48) Open Weights Are Unsafe and Nothing Can Fix This

(01:14:09) Anthropic Modifies Its Responsible Scaling Policy

(01:18:04) If You're Not Going to Take This Seriously

(01:20:24) Aligning a Smarter Than Human Intelligence is Difficult

(01:23:54) Trust the Process

(01:26:30) People Are Worried About AI Killing Everyone

(01:26:52) The Lighter Side

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First published:
April 3rd, 2025

Source:
https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/bc8DQGvW3wiAWYibC/ai-110-of-course-you-know

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