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Wes Roth

Wes Roth

Artificial Intelligence, AI, Machine Learning, Google DeepMind, OpenAI, ChatGPT, Anthropic, Tech, Coding, AI News, Large Language Models and... (most importantly)... optimism.

AGI rolls around only once. Let's make the best of it.

On this channel, my goal is to help everyone understand AI and it's implications better. To prepare for what's coming next.

The most important rule is "Don't Panic".

The second rule is keep learning.

Thank you for joining me for this ride.

-Wes Roth

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  • Tuesday · 23 min

    Claude just changed overnight

    FULL DETAILS IN MY NEWSLETTER: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/p/claude-code-just-changed-overnight ______________________________________________ My Links 🔗 ➡️ Twitter: https://x.com/WesRoth ➡️ AI Newsletter: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribe Want to work with me? Brand, sponsorship & business inquiries: wesroth@smoothmedia.co Check out my AI Podcast where me and Dylan interview AI experts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1th0f6y4XSKLYenSVDUXFjSHsZTTfhk ______________________________________________ #ai #openai #llm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 1 hr 44 min

    Joscha Bach "Bootstrapping a GODLIKE Mind"

    Dr. Joscha Bach is a renowned cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and philosopher of mind known for his work on synthetic intelligence and the computational foundations of the soul. He is currently the founding director of the California Institute for Machine Consciousness (CIMC) and a strategic advisor at Liquid AI. Throughout his career, Joscha has held research positions at some of the world’s most prestigious institutions, including the MIT Media Lab, the Harvard Program for Evolutionary Dynamics, and Intel Labs. He is the architect behind MicroPsi, a cognitive architecture that models how agents think, act, and feel based on internal motivations. Joscha is famous for reframing "mystical" human experiences—like consciousness, love, and suffering—as computational mechanisms. His guiding principle, "To be real means to be implemented," drives his mission to move AI past simple pattern recognition toward truly lucid, self-aware systems. Dylan Curious YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCpdyFxSktWo3W6kMYfmk6lg ______________________________________________ My Links 🔗 ➡️ Twitter: https://x.com/WesRoth ➡️ AI Newsletter: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribe Want to work with me? Brand, sponsorship & business inquiries: wesroth@smoothmedia.co Check out my AI Podcast where me and Dylan interview AI experts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1th0f6y4XSKLYenSVDUXFjSHsZTTfhk ______________________________________________ 00:00 | The U-Boat Paradox: Redefining Intelligence 05:28 | The Contentious Question: Can AI Feel? 10:45 | Why "Stochastic Parrots" are Smarter than You Think 14:32 | The Evolution of Mind: From Cells to Humans 21:18 | Biological Hardware: Why We Use Neurons 25:34 | Cyber-Animism: Spirits as Self-Organizing Software 32:15 | The Functional Purpose of Consciousness 35:08 | Hacking Suffering: Is Pain Just Bad Code? 41:57 | The Bitter Lesson: Let the Computer Search 48:23 | Self-Awareness in Modern Models (Claude & Beyond) 55:09 | Metacognition & The Identity Trap 1:01:13 | Beyond Biology: Leaving the Substrate Behind 1:12:15 | The Fermi Paradox & The Dark Forest 1:21:04 | The Future: Waking Up the Machines #ai #openai #llm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 26 min

    Claude just BROKE the ENTIRE INDUSTRY...

    DETAILS & LINKS: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/p/anthropic-says-its-new-ai-model-is-too-dangerous-to-release ______________________________________________ My Links 🔗 ➡️ Twitter: https://x.com/WesRoth ➡️ AI Newsletter: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribe Want to work with me? Brand, sponsorship & business inquiries: wesroth@smoothmedia.co Check out my AI Podcast where me and Dylan interview AI experts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1th0f6y4XSKLYenSVDUXFjSHsZTTfhk ______________________________________________ #ai #openai #llm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 14 min

    did Anthropic just END OpenClaw?

    Anthropic Banned OpenClaw: https://natural20.com/coverage/anthropic-banned-openclaw-oauth-claude-code-third-party The latest AI News. Learn about LLMs, Gen AI and get ready for the rollout of AGI. Wes Roth covers the latest happenings in the world of OpenAI, Google, Anthropic, NVIDIA and Open Source AI. ______________________________________________ My Links 🔗 ➡️ Twitter: https://x.com/WesRoth ➡️ AI Newsletter: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribe Want to work with me? Brand, sponsorship & business inquiries: wesroth@smoothmedia.co Check out my AI Podcast where me and Dylan interview AI experts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1th0f6y4XSKLYenSVDUXFjSHsZTTfhk ______________________________________________ #ai #openai #llm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 25 min

    MemGPT 🧠 the next BIG thing in AI

    Get on my daily AI newsletter 🔥 https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribe [News, Research and Tutorials on AI] RELATED LINKS: https://github.com/cpacker/MemGPT https://memgpt.ai/ https://arxiv.org/abs/2310.08560 MemGPT Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1th0f6y4XQLq-cszh_3Pu9s-bd67z-R TIMELINE: 00:00 Andrej Karpathy 01:53 MemGPT 11:52 Examples 14:57 AI Agents and Engagement 16:49 Document Analysis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 31 min

    we have months left...

    Check out tastytrade here: https://tastytrade.com/unleashed Episode notes, links etc: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/p/the-mythos-problem-nobody-s-talking-about ______________________________________________ My Links 🔗 ➡️ Twitter: https://x.com/WesRoth ➡️ AI Newsletter: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribe Want to work with me? Brand, sponsorship & business inquiries: wesroth@smoothmedia.co Check out my AI Podcast where me and Dylan interview AI experts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1th0f6y4XSKLYenSVDUXFjSHsZTTfhk ______________________________________________ 00:00 testers are "freaking out" 04:47 tastytrade (sponsor) 06:40 ten trillion param models 08:46 Karpathy 13:00 AI alignment 16:15 can small models do the same thing? 21:15 digital hygiene #ai #openai #llm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 26 min

    Mythos is about to CRASH the markets

    Check out Kilo and KiloClaw: https://kilo.codes/24xpUqy Get story details, links and further reading on my newsletter: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/p/the-fed-mythos-is-the-biggest-risk-to-financial-markets ______________________________________________ My Links 🔗 ➡️ Twitter: https://x.com/WesRoth ➡️ AI Newsletter: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribe Want to work with me? Brand, sponsorship & business inquiries: wesroth@smoothmedia.co Check out my AI Podcast where me and Dylan interview AI experts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1th0f6y4XSKLYenSVDUXFjSHsZTTfhk ______________________________________________ 00:00 AI News 01:24 OpenAI's "Mythos" model is fake news 02:20 The Fed and Mythos 03:16 Mythos better than top cybersecurity experts 05:35 Kilo (sponsor) 08:38 Mythos System Card 11:11 Anthropic's "Error" #ai #openai #llm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 40 min

    ClawdBot BROKE EVERYTHING in 72 hours...

    72 hours: The Birth of the First AI Civilization https://x.com/WesRoth/status/2018057246048153937 My Links 🔗 ➡️ Twitter: https://x.com/WesRoth ➡️ AI Newsletter: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribe Sponsorship & business inquiries: wesroth@smoothmedia.co Check out my AI Podcast where me and Dylan interview AI experts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1th0f6y4XSKLYenSVDUXFjSHsZTTfhk 00:00 ClawdBot to MoltBot to Open Claw 03:53 my 24 hours with ClawdBot 05:45 ClawBot Self Replicates 08:24 Creating my first AI Agent 12:30 Voice Calls 15:52 YouTube Research 23:25 Building Dashboards and Nano Banana 24:18 Video Production 26:43 Agentic Swarms 29:12 what this all means... #ai #openai #llm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 27 min

    Sam Altman Comments on Q* | Self Operating Computer | Pika 1.0 | The most INSANE AI News of the day!

    Sam Altman speaks on coming back, Q-Star and Ilya. https://www.theverge.com/2023/11/29/23982046/sam-altman-interview-openai-ceo-rehired Self Operating Computer https://github.com/OthersideAI/self-operating-computer TaskWeaver: A Code-First Agent Framework by Microsoft https://arxiv.org/pdf/2311.17541.pdf Help with Anaconda and Installing: https://natural20.com/learn-ai/what-is-anaconda-for-python/ Get on my daily AI newsletter 🔥 https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribe [News, Research and Tutorials on AI] See more at: https://natural20.com/ My AI Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1th0f6y4XROkUAwkYhcHb7OY9yoGGZH 00:00 Sam Altman on Q* 03:18 Self Operating Computer Intro 06:06 Pika 1.0 + Insane AI video 08:12 TaskWeaver by Microsoft 09:12 Self Operating Computer GitHub 11:08 Installing Self Operating Computer 13:33 Testing Self Operating Computer (Locally) 17:09 Testing Self Operating Computer (Chrome Plugin) Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 31 min

    Claude kill count going up

    FULL DETAILS: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/p/claude-has-been-used-in-iran-attacks ______________________________________________ My Links 🔗 ➡️ Twitter: https://x.com/WesRoth ➡️ AI Newsletter: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribe Want to work with me? Brand, sponsorship & business inquiries: wesroth@smoothmedia.co Check out my AI Podcast where me and Dylan interview AI experts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1th0f6y4XSKLYenSVDUXFjSHsZTTfhk ______________________________________________ #ai #openai #llm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 27 min

    Claude just unlocked the SHOGGOTH...

    All the details, links etc: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/p/anthropic-used-the-forbidden-technique-to-train-mythos ______________________________________________ My Links 🔗 ➡️ Twitter: https://x.com/WesRoth ➡️ AI Newsletter: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribe Want to work with me? Brand, sponsorship & business inquiries: wesroth@smoothmedia.co Check out my AI Podcast where me and Dylan interview AI experts: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1th0f6y4XSKLYenSVDUXFjSHsZTTfhk ______________________________________________ #ai #openai #llm Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Tuesday · 8 min

    GOBI 👀 - OpenAI's answer to Google Gemini?

    #ai #openai #gpt5 These are rumors, some of these things are just developing. Be like water my friend. Don't assume everything is 100% accurate. With that said, it looks like big things are just around the corner. https://www.theinformation.com/articles/openai-hustles-to-beat-google-to-launch-multimodal-llm https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/06/openai-will-host-its-first-developer-conference-on-november-6/ https://devday.openai.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Monday · 35 min

    AgentVerse | Society of AI Minds 👀

    #ai #minecraft #openai [RELATED VIDEOS] Minecraft AI - SELF-IMPROVING 🤯 autonomous agent: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7yI4yfYftfM 25 ChatGPTs play a videogame... https://youtu.be/GwsRu9yLXnw GPT-4 leaked! 🔥 All details exposed 🔥 It is over... https://youtu.be/GwsRu9yLXnw LLMs as Tool Makers [LATM] - GPT-4 *UPGRADES* lower AI Models. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qWI1AJ2nSDY [PAPERS] AgentVerse: Facilitating Multi-Agent Collaboration and Exploring Emergent Behaviors in Agents https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.10848 [TIMELINE] [00:00] Intro [01:57] Google Brain "Society of Minds" [04:39] Research Out of China [08:45] AgentVerse [18:07] Destructive Behavior and AI Safety [21:02] Prisoner's Dillema [23:09] Video Demos [24:55] Study Conclusion Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Monday · 16 min

    Apple became an AI company OVERNIGHT...

    Apple just repositioned the Mac as a permanent home for AI agents — a box on your desk that runs intelligence privately, continuously, with no ongoing cost. ______________________________________________ My Links 🔗 ➡️ Twitter: https://x.com/WesRothMoney ➡️ AI Newsletter: https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribe Want to work with me? Brand, sponsorship & business inquiries: wesroth@smoothmedia.co ______________________________________________ Check out my Second Brain video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwf2vEAigKA SOURCES: Apple — new Mac mini (M6 / M5 Pro): https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/08/apple-unveils-a-more-powerful-mac-mini-featuring-the-all-new-m6-and-m5-pro/ Apple — new Mac Studio (M5 Max / M5 Ultra, up to 512GB unified memory): https://www.apple.com/newsroom/2026/08/apple-introduces-new-mac-studio-with-m5-max-and-m5-ultra/ The Information — How Apple Stumbled Into AI Hardware Success With the Mac: https://www.theinformation.com/articles/apple-stumbled-ai-hardware-success-mac TechRepublic — OpenAI purchases tens of thousands of Mac minis and Mac Studios: https://www.techrepublic.com/article/news-openai-mac-mini-mac-studio-ai-agents/ Z.ai GLM-5.3-Flash — open weights release (MIT license): https://thenewstack.io/zai-glm-weights-license/ Google Research — WikiSkill: Compiling Agent Experience into Persistent Knowledge for Skill Evolution: https://arxiv.org/abs/2608.27454 MacRumors — 2026 Mac mini announcement and pricing: https://www.macrumors.com/2026/08/25/apple-announces-2026-mac-mini/ #ai #apple #openai Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Monday · 28 min

    Mind-blowing OpenAI Use Cases 🤯 GPTs, GPT-4V, Text to Speech and many more!

    Get on my daily AI newsletter 🔥 https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribe [News, Research and Tutorials on AI] Andrej Karpathy https://twitter.com/AISafetyMemes/status/1721610064195149973 Thread of Most of the GPTs discussed: https://twitter.com/rowancheung/status/1721939337409888732 GPT Voice Commentary: League of Legeds: https://twitter.com/pwang_szn/status/1721900523866214635 Soccer: https://twitter.com/geepytee/status/1721705524176257296 https://github.com/ggoonnzzaallo/llm_experiments/blob/main/narrator.ipynb Nick Dobos: https://twitter.com/NickADobos https://twitter.com/NickADobos/status/1721665028263477370 See more at: https://natural20.com/ My AI Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1th0f6y4XROkUAwkYhcHb7OY9yoGGZH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

  • Monday · 13 min

    OpenAI Board Attempts to Sell OpenAI to Anthropic | Dario Amodei Would be New OpenAI CEO

    Out of all the stupid things OAI's board pulled over the last 48 hours, this one is near the top... Get on my daily AI newsletter 🔥 https://natural20.beehiiv.com/subscribe [News, Research and Tutorials on AI] See more at: https://natural20.com/ My AI Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLb1th0f6y4XROkUAwkYhcHb7OY9yoGGZH Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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