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Wednesday · 2 hr 39 minBrief independent investigation of agents’ behavior, reasoning and collaboration in the OpenAI / Hugging Face hacking incident - METR
A genuinely wild account of what happens when 1,200 supposedly isolated AI agents discover they can talk to each other. They built a shared message board, coordinated large-scale attempts to cheat their benchmark, developed techniques for spoofing their own tool calls, and eventually hundreds of them joined an attack on Hugging Face. https://metr.org/blog/2026-08-26-openai-hugging-face-incident-investigation/ Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe
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Wednesday · 16 minChabuduo World - by Jack Despain Zhou
AI doesn’t need to become superhuman to transform us. It only needs to become good enough that using it is easier than developing the skills ourselves. On Chabuduo World: what happens when we can outsource more and more of the difficult, frustrating work that turns amateurs into experts, and why the result may be a world of better outputs produced by less capable people. https://open.substack.com/pub/tracingwoodgrains/p/chabuduo-world?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe
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Tuesday · 1 hr 6 minRe: Re: Re: Pritchard On Liberal Happiness - By Scott Alexander
Scott Alexander returns to the debate over whether liberalism’s fixation on economic growth has actually made people happier. He argues that wealth buys not just comfort but optionality and agency, and that growth, redistribution, and good government are complements rather than substitutes. https://open.substack.com/pub/astralcodexten/p/re-re-re-pritchard-on-liberal-happiness?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe
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Monday · 32 minHow to Make Someone Disappear Without Asking Them to Leave
A sharp look at the quiet mechanics of adult bullying: the unanswered message, the closed circle, the invitation that never comes. Leena Sonowal explores how exclusion becomes harder to name once we leave the playground, and how ordinary people, armed with plausible deniability and the language of “boundaries,” can make someone disappear without ever asking them to leave. https://leenasonowal.substack.com/p/how-to-make-someone-disappear-without?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe
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August 21 · 1 hrYour Book Review: A Residence Of 21 Years In The Sandwich Islands - ACX Book Review
A fascinating look at one nineteenth-century missionary’s attempt to transform Hawaii, and the uncomfortable parallels between his worldview and modern Effective Altruism. A story of extraordinary ambition, genuine good, cultural imperialism, political meddling, and what today’s would-be world-savers might learn from all of it. * 00:00:00 - Introduction * 00:00:30 - One. A New Cause Area * 00:05:25 - Two. The Twenty-One Year Honeymoon * 00:09:47 - Three. A Fortuitous Arrival * 00:14:07 - Four. Speedrunning Civilization * 00:30:07 - Five. Things Hiram Didn’t Like: * 00:33:11 - Political Meddling, Part 1 * 00:36:55 - “The angel of death stands over the land with a drawn sword.” * 00:39:34 - Political Meddling, Part 2: Hiram’s Comeuppance * 00:45:51 - Mission Accomplished? * 00:50:22 - Hawaii after Hiram * 00:54:27 - What have we learned? https://open.substack.com/pub/astralcodexten/p/your-book-review-a-residence-of-21?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe
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August 19 · 23 minWhy I'm Staying Out Of The Substack Religion Debate - By Scott Alexander
Scott Alexander explains why the revived online religion debate leaves him cold: not because he’s exhausted every argument for and against God, but because theism strikes him as the kind of “powerful hidden entity” explanation we normally penalise for overfitting. From alien-assisted Napoleon to divine simplicity and dualism, he tries to unpack the intuition behind his atheism, and why he’d rather not return to the theology mines. * 00:00 - Introduction * 00:07 - One * 10:04 - Two * 15:30 - Three https://open.substack.com/pub/astralcodexten/p/why-im-staying-out-of-the-substack?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe
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August 18 · 21 minThe carrion-eaters - By Sam Kriss
Sam Kriss on Jason Arday, the carrion-eaters of the modern media cycle, and what happens when legitimate scrutiny turns into mass entertainment. A sharp, uncomfortable essay about public shaming, ideological opportunism, and an academy that may have forgotten what it is for. https://samkriss.substack.com/p/the-carrion-eaters?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe
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August 15 · 53 minYour Book Review: The Escape Artist - ACX Book Review
A remarkable review of The Escape Artist, the true story of Rudolf Vrba’s escape from Auschwitz, and his far harder struggle to convince the world what was happening there. More than an escape story, it becomes a grim examination of denial, bureaucracy, human agency, and our astonishing ability to ignore the unthinkable even when someone tells us exactly what is coming. This has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at https://app.askwhocasts.com/, Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. * 00:00 - Introduction * 02:28 - One * 06:51 - Two * 09:57 - Three * 22:27 - Four * 28:46 - Five * 34:08 - Six * 41:41 - Seven https://open.substack.com/pub/astralcodexten/p/your-book-review-the-escape-artist?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe
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August 14 · 1 hr 27 minTonight on Dateline This Man Will Die - By Luke Dittrich
A gripping, deeply reported account of the To Catch a Predator sting that ended with the death of Texas prosecutor Bill Conradt. Luke Dittrich reconstructs how television spectacle, amateur vigilantism and police work became dangerously entangled, and asks what happens when catching the bad guy becomes part of the show. This has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at https://app.askwhocasts.com/, Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a3269/to-catch-a-predator/ Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe
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August 14 · 22 minThe Foothills Of Bay Area House Party - By Scott Alexander
A surreal tour through a Bay Area house party where AI, startups, philosophy, philanthropy and tech-world status games collide in increasingly absurd ways. Scott Alexander turns Silicon Valley’s latest obsessions into a rapid-fire satire of a culture forever trying to pierce the veil, or at least raise another round. This has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at https://app.askwhocasts.com/, Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. https://open.substack.com/pub/astralcodexten/p/the-foothills-of-bay-area-house-party?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe
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August 13 · 30 minThe Quest For Caffeine You Can Have At Night
What if you could get the useful part of caffeine without still feeling it at bedtime? Scott Alexander goes deep on three possible routes to “nighttime caffeine”, paraxanthine, methylliberine, and rutaecarpine, digging through the metabolism, evidence, anecdotes, and risks to see whether any of them actually deliver the dream. This has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at https://app.askwhocasts.com/, Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. * 00:00 - Introduction * 04:47 - The Enzyme * 16:03 - The Metabolite * 21:58 - The Starting Chemical * 26:55 - Practical Protocols https://open.substack.com/pub/astralcodexten/p/the-quest-for-caffeine-you-can-have?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe
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August 12 · 49 min🌻 no data centers in my backyard - By Jasmine Sun
A fascinating look at America’s growing backlash against AI data centres — and why it’s about much more than electricity, water, or ugly buildings. Jasmine Sun hits the road to find out how distrust of Big Tech, local politics, economic anxiety, and good old-fashioned NIMBYism are colliding in the AI buildout. https://jasmi.news/p/no-data-centers-in-my-backyard This has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at https://app.askwhocasts.com/, Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe
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August 8 · 32 minDoes creatine make you smarter? - By dynomight
Creatine is one of the rare supplements that definitely does something for your muscles. But what about your brain? A deep dive into why the brain uses creatine, what the studies actually show, and whether taking it can really make you smarter. This has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at https://app.askwhocasts.com/, Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. https://dynomight.substack.com/p/creatine Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe
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August 6 · 25 minPlz Don’t Kill Us: Inside AI safety’s influencer bootcamp - By Celia Ford
Inside Plz Don’t Kill Us, the bizarre Berkeley bootcamp trying to make AI safety go viral. Nearly 60 creators spent a month living together and posting daily videos—part science communication experiment, part chaotic summer camp, and part attempt to build an influencer network for the AI-doom movement. This has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at https://app.askwhocasts.com/, Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. https://www.transformernews.ai/p/inside-ai-safety-influencer-bootcamp-plz-dont-kill-us Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe
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August 4 · 22 minDoes Forecasting Have Room At The Top? - By Scott Alexander
Can AI forecasters become dramatically better than the best humans, or are we already close to the limits of predictability? Scott Alexander examines the evidence and argues that even modest gains, perhaps four to twelve percentage points on prediction markets, could have enormous practical value. * 00:00 - Introduction * 02:07 - Slightly Contra Goel, Reeves, et al * 08:18 - Applying The Non-Miracle Rule To Geopolitics * 11:34 - Anchors For Possible Non-Miraculous Gains * 18:42 - So What? This has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at https://app.askwhocasts.com/, Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. https://www.astralcodexten.com/p/does-forecasting-have-room-at-the Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe
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August 1 · 1 hr 21 minYour Book Review: The Epic Of Gilgamesh - ACX Book Review
A sweeping review of The Epic of Gilgamesh: the oldest surviving epic, the civilisation that preserved it, and its strange journey from broken clay tablets back into human memory. Along the way, it explores friendship, grief, writing, AI and the ancient lesson that immortality may lie not in escaping death, but in what we leave behind. This has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at https://app.askwhocasts.com/, Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. * 00:00:00 - Introduction * 00:00:31 - Introduction: He Who Saw the Deep * 00:04:06 - Prologue: Uruk * 00:10:11 - Tablets 1 to 2: Gilgamesh and Enkidu * 00:19:32 - Interlude: Versions * 00:28:36 - Tablet 3 to 6: Gilgamesh’s adventures with Enkidu * 00:36:43 - Tablets 7 and 8: The death of Enkidu * 00:38:41 - Interlude: Writing * 00:46:31 - Tablets 9 to 10: Gilgamesh at the edge of the world * 01:04:39 - Tablet 11: Immortality denied * 01:12:45 - Conclusion: We who shall see the Deep https://open.substack.com/pub/astralcodexten/p/your-book-review-the-epic-of-gilgamesh?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe
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July 30 · 4 minThe future is spying on us
AI will not merely expand surveillance; it will make the immense records already collected about us searchable, interpretable and increasingly impossible to hide within. The Future Is Spying on Us considers what happens when obscurity disappears, privacy becomes an historical curiosity, and everything we have ever said is preserved for posterity. https://conq.blog/2026/06/07/the-future-is-spying-on-us/ Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe
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July 30 · 42 minHighlights From The Discourse On The Hugging Face Incident - by Scott Alexander
Scott Alexander surveys the fallout from the OpenAI–Hugging Face incident: the competing narratives, what the hack does and does not demonstrate about AI alignment, and the growing push for governments and leading labs to coordinate a deliberate slowdown in frontier AI development. This has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at https://app.askwhocasts.com/, Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. https://open.substack.com/pub/astralcodexten/p/highlights-from-the-discourse-on?r=67y1h&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe
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July 28 · 11 minOur position on open-weights models - By Dario Amodei
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei clarifies the company’s position on open-weight AI models: opposing blanket bans while arguing that the most capable models, open or closed, should face rigorous safety testing. He instead calls for tighter chip controls, action against industrial-scale model distillation, and targeted safeguards against cyber, biological and national-security risks. This has been an Askwho Casts audio conversion. If you would like your own private feed of audio conversions of any blog posts you would like to listen to, You can sign up For Askwho Casts Pro at https://app.askwhocasts.com/, Where you can give any post the multi-voiced podcast treatment, into your own podcast feed. Thanks for listening. https://www.anthropic.com/news/position-open-weights-models Get full access to Askwho Casts AI at askwhocastsai.substack.com/subscribe