Podcast

Sandboxes are Optional Now, Apparently
Sandboxes are Optional Now, Apparently

Losing control of your agents is the norm, the internet is held together by safety pins, and there are no adults in the room.

Sep 14, 2026

Seven-ish Questions on Data Center Water Use
Seven-ish Questions on Data Center Water Use

How to come up with your own take on AI data centers (because everyone else's are bad).

Aug 31, 2026

Mapping Civilization's Resilience Gaps w/ Dr. Evan Miyazono
Mapping Civilization's Resilience Gaps w/ Dr. Evan Miyazono

Dr. Evan Miyazono of Atlas Computing clarifies his path, formal methods, field strategy, and how he is mapping org-shaped gaps in AI safety and societal resilience.

Aug 16, 2026

Tech Elites and UBI: Unpacking the Discourse
Tech Elites and UBI: Unpacking the Discourse

Is the UBI we're being sold a genuinely transformative, or a moral alibi for existing power imbalances? Joe gets behind the rhetoric.

Jul 17, 2026

The Finding-Out Era of AI
The Finding-Out Era of AI

Export controls on a chatbot, a $2T IPO, and a "jailbreak" that wasn't. The finding-out era begins.

Jul 14, 2026

Pretraining Safety w/ Ethan Roland
Pretraining Safety w/ Ethan Roland

Ethan Roland from AE Studio discusses his spotlight ICML paper on "Gradient Routing"

Jul 9, 2026

UBI and the Story of Work
UBI and the Story of Work

Joe Williams launches a series on UBI in the age of AI, sparked by watching his translation work dry up.

Jun 1, 2026

Reclaiming UBI in the AI Age w/ Joe Williams
Reclaiming UBI in the AI Age w/ Joe Williams

Launching Reclaiming UBI; Joe Williams on UBI, AI labor displacement, and the agendas of the AI gentry.

Jun 1, 2026

Building Asymmetric Defenses w/ Zainab Majid
Building Asymmetric Defenses w/ Zainab Majid

Asymmetric Security's Zainab Majid on real-world cyberattacks, AI's impact on offense and defense, and practical self-protection advice.

May 11, 2026

The AI Booster Tier List
The AI Booster Tier List

If you won't join 'em, might as well rank 'em.

May 4, 2026