Bored in the AGI Era

Podcast: muckrAIkers · Jacob Haimes and Igor Krawczuk

Opublikowano: 2026-10-06

New models keep dropping, but do they change anything? Jacob explains why he's checked out. Igor argues it's worth tracking where the storyline and the evidence diverge. They cover Astra vs. Fable, the AGI claims, labs moving the benchmarks, cheap models catching up, what inference really costs, disputed math results, and why looped transformers worry people who care about monitorability. They close with IPO rumors, data center backlash, and the politics of the winter ahead. Chapters (00:00) - Intro (00:23) - Why We're Bored of Model Drops (08:26) - AGI Claims and Moving Benchmarks (15:56) - Sold vs. Delivered (19:16...