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#2537 - David Sinclair
What if you could talk without speaking?
The AI Trap: Why Buying More Tech Won’t Fix Your Broken Business
Andrej Karpathy — AGI is still a decade away
The Andrej Karpathy episode.
During this interview, Andrej explains why reinforcement learning is terrible (but everything else is much worse), why AGI will just blend into the previous ~2.5 centuries of 2% GDP growth, why self driving took so long to crack, and what he sees as the future of education.
It was a pleasure chatting with him.
Watch on YouTube; read the transcript.
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Timestamps
(00:00:00) – AGI is still a decade away
(00:29:45) – LLM cognitive deficits
(00:40:05) – RL is terrible
(00:49:38) – How do humans learn?
(01:06:25) – AGI will blend into 2% GDP growth
(01:17:36) – ASI
(01:32:50) – Evolution of intelligence & culture
(01:42:55) - Why self driving took so long
(01:56:20) - Future of education
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#2564 - Chuck Lorre
Every Yes Is Costing You Something
Every opportunity comes with a cost. When you say yes to another meeting, request, project, or distraction, you are giving that time and attention away from something else.
In this episode of The Level Up Podcast, Paul Alex breaks down why entrepreneurs need stronger boundaries and why learning to reject low-value opportunities can dramatically improve focus and execution.
You’ll learn why cognitive bandwidth should be treated as a limited resource, how people-pleasing creates operational chaos, and why protecting your calendar allows your highest-leverage priorities to receive the attention they actually deserve.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
• Why saying yes to everything destroys entrepreneurial focus
• How distractions quietly compete with your core mission
• Why your calendar should be protected like a valuable business asset
• How stronger boundaries improve the quality of your execution
The truth is simple: You cannot give world-class attention to everything.
Reject the noise. Protect your calendar. Save your yes for the opportunities that actually move the mission forward.
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Never Chase a Title (and what you should chase) | Kelly O. Kay
