After two weeks away, Larry and Chris return to an AI world that’s showing no signs of slowing down. Trillions vanish from tech stocks, robots are learning to replace human labor, and 50 AI agents discover that building a civilization is harder than it looks, especially when bureaucracy gets in the way. Is the AI revolution running into reality, or becoming a little too human?
LINKS MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE:
METR: AI R&D Acceleration at Anthropic
Civ50: AI Agent Swarms in Minecraft | YC Labs
Tutor Intelligence: Robot Workers
Helium Health: AI for Maternal Healthcare
OpenAI: Introducing Images 2.6
Chick Bongo / Graham Raabe | Instagram
Google: DolphinGemma and Dolphin Communication
WunderTech: UniFi Setup and Security Guides
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