AI Article Readings

AI reading of The Cyborg Era: What AI means for jobs - By Séb Krier.* 00:00 - Introduction* 00:51 - Why it’s still complicated and comparative advantage can apply for a long time* 06:22 - Why demand for human touchy-feely things is not just an inconvenient detail* 13:58 - Why this is not an eternal checkmate* 20:46 - What’s the takeaway?https://open.substack.com/pub/aleximas/p/the-cyborg-era-what-ai-means-for?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe

“Full Cast” AI recording of SOTA On Bay Area House Party - By Scott Alexander. https://open.substack.com/pub/astralcodexten/p/sota-on-bay-area-house-party?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe

AI reading of Burnout is breaking a sacred pact - By Cate Hall. * 00:00 - Introduction* 03:49 - If burnout isn’t stress, what the hell is it?* 06:51 - The elephant-rider relationship has several important features:* 09:02 - If you happen to catch yourself on the way to burnout, what should you do?In this essay Cate Hall draws on her experience as a "connoisseur of burnout" to argue that the condition is far more damaging than simple stress. Using the metaphor of the "Elephant and the Rider," she illustrates how burnout occurs when our rational minds break a fundamental promise to our emotional selves. Hall explores why standard rest often fails to cure this internal breach and outlines the radical, honest steps required to restore the balance. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe

Full cast AI recording of The AI revolution is here. Will the economy survive the transition? - By Michael Burry, Dwarkesh Patel, Patrick McKenzie, and Jack Clark. * 00:00 - Introduction* 01:01 - The story of AI* 08:17 - Do AI tools actually improve productivity?* 10:24 - Which company is winning?* 12:20 - Why hasn’t AI stolen all our jobs?* 15:49 - Why many workers aren’t using AI (yet)* 20:24 - Are engineers going to be out of work?* 24:18 - Where is the money going?* 27:22 - What the market gets wrong* 30:21 - What would change their minds* 34:48 - How they actually use LLMs* 36:54 - Risk, power, and how to shape the future* 41:32 - More on the participants:https://open.substack.com/pub/post/p/the-ai-revolution-is-here-will-the?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe

AI reading of The Renaissance Myth - By James Franklin. In this essay, James Franklin challenges the familiar story of the Renaissance as a sudden rebirth of reason and progress, arguing instead that many of its celebrated claims rest on persistent historical myths. He contends that intellectual life in science, philosophy, and literature was often stronger in the High Middle Ages than in the Renaissance, and that the later period’s reputation owes more to self-promotion, art, and hindsight than to genuine advances in thought.https://web.maths.unsw.edu.au/~jim/renaissance.html This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe

AI reading of Seven Vicious Vices of Rationalists, By Ben Pace. * 00:00 - Introduction* 00:42 - One. Contrarianism* 02:17 - Two. Pedantry* 04:07 - Three. Elaboration* 04:25 - Four. Social Obliviousness* 06:12 - Five. Assuming Good Faith* 07:36 - Six. Undercutting Social Momentum* 09:22 - Seven. Digging Your Heels In* 10:56 - These, then, are seven vices of rationalists:https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/r6xSmbJRK9KKLcXTM/7-vicious-vices-of-rationalists-1 This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe

AI reading of Why the AI Water Issue Has Nothing to Do With Water, By Alberto Romero, January 6th, 2026. 00:00 - One. An issue of unfading importance06:24 - Two. The safest bet possible11:42 - Three. The new moral economy17:33 - Four. A concrete, visceral trap22:22 - Five. The immunity to facts and data29:30 - Six. Gaining points before Godhttps://open.substack.com/pub/thealgorithmicbridge/p/why-the-ai-water-issue-has-nothing?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe

AI reading of JOINT REVIEW: Starting Strength, by Mark Rippetoe, By John Psmith and Jane Psmith. https://open.substack.com/pub/thepsmiths/p/joint-review-starting-strength-by?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe

Podcast episode for REVIEW: The Everlasting Empire, by Yuri Pines, By John Psmith. https://open.substack.com/pub/thepsmiths/p/review-the-everlasting-empire-by?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe

AI reading of Capital in the 22nd Century, By Philip Trammell and Dwarkesh Patel. Thomas Piketty argued that inequality spirals upward unless we stop it; most economists thought he was wrong about the past. In this guest essay for Philip Trammell, Dwarkesh Patel asks a more uncomfortable question: what if Piketty turns out to be right about the future? Revisiting the old debates about capital, labor, and inheritance "with our AGI hats on," Patel explores what happens to the rules of wealth accumulation when robots show up to do the work, touching on everything from the privatization of returns to the peculiar economics of tax havens in a world of runaway automation.* 00:00:00 - Introduction* 00:00:07 - 1. Introduction* 00:04:02 - 2. Background* 00:04:53 - The classic “Baumol vs. Jevons”* 00:11:49 - Against Piketty on the past* 00:18:38 - For Piketty on the future* 00:19:13 - 3. Inequality absent policy* 00:25:19 - The inequality spiral* 00:31:55 - International catch-up will slow or end* 00:34:06 - Inheritance, and charitable trusts, will grow more important* 00:38:32 - Inheriting the earth* 00:42:58 - 4. Equality via policy* 00:47:43 - How to redistribute* 00:51:19 - Tax inheritances especially* 00:52:26 - Try for international coordination* 01:00:06 - Tax natural resources?* 01:02:55 - Beyond direct redistribution* 01:05:41 - Inheriting the earth reduxhttps://open.substack.com/pub/philiptrammell/p/capital-in-the-22nd-century?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe