The Week in AI that Changed the World, With Robert Wright | Nonzero × Doom Debates

NYT bestselling author Robert Wright and I are kicking off a new experiment, a Nonzero × Doom Debates collaboration to react to big AI news and help you make sense of it.

This week we discuss the epic AI vibe shift that was catalyzed by an Anthropic employee’s resignation—and the big AI stories that paved the way for it.

Timestamps

0:00 A bold new experiment in podcast synergy

2:46 What caused the epic AI vibe shift?

8:10 The resignation that broke the dam

10:17 Former Trump adviser Dean Ball comes clean

14:40 Are David Sacks and his buddies all-in on AI denial?

19:27 Yet another OpenAI breakout…

22:42 Astra’s dangerously private thoughts

34:08 Is alignment doomed to fail?

37:11 AI’s latest, and apparently biggest, math feat