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#2537 - David Sinclair
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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#2569 - Bill Thompson
Your Calendar Could Be Destroying Your Focus
Your time is one of the few resources you can never earn back. Yet many entrepreneurs give it away constantly through unnecessary meetings, favors, conversations, and requests that have little connection to their actual priorities.
In this episode of The Level Up Podcast, Paul Alex breaks down why protecting your calendar is essential if you want to operate at a higher level.
You’ll learn why constant accessibility destroys focus, how stronger boundaries protect your most productive hours, and why placing greater value on your expertise can help you spend more time building instead of reacting to everyone else’s demands.
In this episode, you’ll learn:
• Why excessive accessibility can destroy your productivity
• How low-value meetings compete with high-value work
• Why stronger boundaries protect your cognitive energy
• How controlling your calendar improves execution and focus
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Guard the calendar. Protect your best working hours. Give your time to the people and activities that genuinely deserve it.
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