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What if you could talk without speaking?

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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The AI Trap: Why Buying More Tech Won’t Fix Your Broken Business

How to Let Go of What No Longer Serves You

Build the Revenue Engine Before You Chase the Spotlight
Attention can be incredibly valuable but only when there is a business behind it capable of turning that attention into customers and revenue.
In this episode of The Level Up Podcast, Paul Alex breaks down why founders can become overly focused on followers, views, and engagement while neglecting the sales and operational infrastructure that actually makes a company profitable.
You’ll learn why content should support your business instead of becoming the business itself, how targeted messaging can outperform mass-market virality, and why a strong sales funnel and fulfillment operation matter far more than vanity metrics.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
• Why large audiences do not automatically create profitable companies
• How content should connect directly to customer acquisition
• Why targeted reach can outperform broad viral attention
• How backend systems determine whether attention becomes revenue
The truth is simple: Attention is only valuable when you know what to do with it.
Build the funnel. Strengthen the offer. Create the systems that convert attention into customers instead of treating popularity as the final goal.
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AI Cyber Panic, Ken Griffin's Bubble Warning, The Fall of France?
(0:00) Bestie intros!
(0:11) Ken Griffin's AI bubble warning
(8:19) Palo Alto Networks CEO Nikesh Arora joins
(14:24) AI Cyber panic: PHP exploits and the tumultuous year ahead
(44:17) France on the brink: Riots, immigration referendum, debt crisis
(1:31:49) Trump's second half strategy, Press Secretary J-Cal?
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Referenced in the show:
https://x.com/chamath/status/2112757725369348417
https://abcnews.com/Technology/urgent-security-fix-issued-code-vital-estimated-70/story?id=137447718
https://x.com/eastdakota/status/2113079352682570051
https://x.com/nsacyber/status/2112903220209098897
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/10/21/world/europe/macron-trump-france-protests.html
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/french-10-year-bond-yields-hit-5-highest-since-2002-2026-10-21
https://x.com/visegrad24/status/2111542897598455888
https://polymarket.com/event/france-declares-state-of-emergency-byptptpt
https://polymarket.com/event/moodys-or-sp-downgrades-france-byptptpt

