Archive - AI Summer

Robert Wright on the global implications of powerful AI

"You can't slow down unless there is international coordination."

Jun 22 • Timothy B. Lee and Robert Wright

1:07:05

Alan Rozenshtein on Friday's shocking shutdown of Claude Fable 5

The Trump Administration just created a de facto licensing regime — after months of insisting it didn't need one.

Jun 15 • Timothy B. Lee and Alan Rozenshtein

55:48

James Grimmelmann explains how AI is changing copyright

Coding agents are forcing lawyers to rethink long-settled copyright questions.

Jun 11 • Timothy B. Lee and James Grimmelmann

54:09

Andy Masley on the data center backlash

"One of the worst things you can do in environmental communication is give contextless large numbers."

Jun 2 • Timothy B. Lee and Andy Masley

57:38

May 2026

Sophia Tung on the state of autonomous vehicles

Waymo still has an edge, but Chinese companies may be catching up.

May 25 • Timothy B. Lee and Sophia Tung

54:19

Divyansh Kaushik on the robotics race between China and the US

Chinese robots have been caught phoning home to Beijing. What should the US do about it?

May 13 • Divyansh Kaushik and Timothy B. Lee

1:05:31

April 2026

Alex Imas explains why AI (probably) won't put everyone out of work

The University of Chicago economist argues that the jobs of the future will be tied to human relationships.

Apr 29 • Timothy B. Lee and Alex Imas

1:02:36

Sayash Kapoor on Claude Mythos as normal technology

"AI is going to be a genuinely transformative technology. And that includes this ability to find and perhaps even develop exploits for vulnerabilities."

Apr 13 • Timothy B. Lee, Kai Williams, and Sayash Kapoor

57:41

Nat Purser explains how progressives are thinking about AI

"If you stay in the 'it doesn't even do anything' camp, you're locking yourself out of the conversation."

Apr 3 • Nat Purser and Timothy B. Lee

1:17:44

March 2026

Ryan Avent on self-driving cars and the future of the labor market

Tim just won a 16-year-old bet. What are the lessons for the next decade?

Mar 22 • Timothy B. Lee and Ryan Avent

1:05:18

Joel Becker on METR's famous time horizons chart

"When I see estimates about people being 700% more productive, the first thing that pops into my mind is skepticism."

Mar 14 • Timothy B. Lee, Kai Williams, and Joel Becker

57:47

Pete Hegseth's war on Anthropic (with Alan Rozenshtein and Kevin Frazier)

Our first crossover episode!

Mar 9 • Timothy B. Lee, Dean W. Ball, Kevin Frazier, and Alan Rozenshtein

55:25

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