Exploring Podcast Formats and Deep Dives for Valuable Content Creation

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The speaker reflects on the value of creating content through a podcast, aiming to share information in a useful way. They contemplate different podcast formats, such as traditional interviews, survey-style episodes, and deep dives into specific topics. The speaker finds deep dives to be more profound learning experiences and believes they provide better content for the audience. They express a preference for focusing on deep dives to offer unique insights and establish themselves as a go-to source for valuable content.

In this episode, Zvi Mowshowitz returns to the show to discuss OpenAI’s Sora model, Google’s Gemini announcement, Anthropic’s Sleeper Agents, and other live player analysis. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api

Definitely also take a moment to subscribe to Zvi's blog Don't Worry About the Vase

(https://thezvi.wordpress.com/) - Zvi is an information hyperprocessor who synthesizes vast amounts of new and ever-evolving information into extremely clear summaries that help educated people keep up with the latest news.

LINKS:

-Zvi’s Blog: https://thezvi.substack.com/

- Waymark The Frost Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1pPiGD7cBw

-Anthropic Sleeper Agents: https://www.anthropic.com/news/sleeper-agents-training-deceptive-llms-that-persist-through-safety-training

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TIMESTAMPS:

(00:04:37) - Zvi’s feedback on the type of content the show should create

(00:05:33) - Zvi’s experience with Gemini

(00:09:42) - Speculating on Google Gemini’s launch timing

(00:12:54) - Advantages of Gemini

(00:16:11) - Sponsors: Brave

(00:25:00) - Speculating on Gemini 1.5 and market dynamics for foundational models.

(00:28:18) How long context windows change things

(00:30:57) - Sponsor: Netsuite | Omneky

(00:41:06) - LLM Leaderboards

(00:43:37) - Physics world modelling in OpenAI Sora

(00:57:25) - Object permanence in Sora

(01:04:40) - Experiments Zvi would run on Sora

(01:06:21) - Superalignment and Anthropic Sleeper Agent

(01:10:47) - When do agents actually start to work?

(01:16:00) - Raising the standard for AI app developers

(01:22:07) - Dangers of open soure development

(01:30:53) - The future of compact models

(01:33:58) - Superalignment

(01:53:00) - Meta

(01:54:20) - Mistral’s hold over the regulatory environment

(02:04:16) - The Impact of Chip Bans on AI Development

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