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

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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

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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

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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

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February 2026

Dean on the AI Action Summit in India

And a showdown at the Pentagon.

Feb 26 • Timothy B. Lee and Dean W. Ball

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Kai Williams on the many masks LLMs wear

"All fine-tuning is character training."

Feb 22 • Timothy B. Lee and Kai Williams

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AI safety in India, AV operators in the Philippines

Is the global AI safety movement focusing on the wrong threats?

Feb 16 • Timothy B. Lee and Dean W. Ball

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Dean is back!

We talked about Claude Code and recursive self-improvement.

Feb 8 • Timothy B. Lee

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April 2025

Dean Ball is leaving the podcast

In his final episode as co-host, Dean discusses the long-term future of humanity.

Apr 16, 2025 • Timothy B. Lee and Dean W. Ball

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Charles Yang on AI and Science

Will AI Revolutionize Science?

Apr 7, 2025 • Dean W. Ball, Timothy B. Lee, and Charles Yang

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March 2025

James Grimmelmann on the copyright threat to AI companies

"For a lot of authors this is as much a moral crusade as an economic one."

Mar 19, 2025 • Timothy B. Lee, James Grimmelmann, and Dean W. Ball

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February 2025

Andrew Lee on running an AI email startup

Tim's brother goes deep on the practicalities of building on top of fast-changing AI models.

Feb 27, 2025 • Timothy B. Lee, Dean W. Ball, and Andrew Lee

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