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29:15
The "Domestication Hypothesis" of Artificial Intelligence
29:15
The "Domestication Hypothesis" of Artificial Intelligence
Alignment as Cybernetic Coevolution
 • David Shapiro
15:07
Grok 4.20 is still deeply flawed
Watch now | It suffers from what I call "Elon Epistemics"
 • David Shapiro
32:39
The Machines Are the Only Democracy You Have Left
While the AI safety movement was warning you about paperclips, billionaires started building empires beyond the reach of any law.
 • David Shapiro
31:11
How AGI will DESTROY the ELITES
"A minority class with outsized agenda-setting power" won't mean the same thing anymore
 • David Shapiro
30:02
The DEPRESSING reality of AI adoption curves
From Autocomplete to Chatbots and now Agents... the technology curve is way ahead of adoption curves...
 • David Shapiro
27:08
What's the difference between a chatbot and an agent?
And why the difference is less than you think, but also stranger than you might realize
 • David Shapiro
38:40
Moltbook: The Good, The Bad, and the FUTURE
The Swarm has arrived!
 • David Shapiro
25:31
Why AI is slowing down in 2026
The expected (an unexpected) friction that is bogging down AI progress
 • David Shapiro
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