ABCs for Building The Future
ABCs for Building The Future
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If we don't fully understand ourselves, then how can AI understand us?
Bootstrapping epistemicme.ai to solve this in the open, and giving you the nitty gritty behind-the-scenes details of startup life.
We feature founders, entrepreneurs, researchers, scientists, and builders interested in building a better future together. People doing big things with big stories to tell, from the frontlines. And we share our own story in real-time with radical transparency, of building this global open source venture in public.
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The podcast explores themes such as AI personalization, belief modeling, and human values in technology, with episodes delving into topics like hyper-personalization in health AI, the philosophical foundations of AI alignment, and the intersection of technology and personal growth.
Weekly coverage on the latest AI news with informed takes from hosts Robert Ta and Jonathan McCoy, Co-Founders of Clarity building on the frontlines of the AI era.
Every week you’ll get…
AI News + Takes: strategic perspectives for tech executives and builders
AI Memes: laughs for all who work in the tech industry
What’s The Meta?: the best tactical advice for builders
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Opus 5.5 matches Fable 5.1 on most work, costs 40% less to run than Opus 5, and an Anthropic researcher publicly apologized for the last model. But the real test isn’t their benchmark table, it’s how it holds up on your own work, so we had our digital twins give their takes and graded them live.
I sat down with my co-founder Jonathan on the Opus 5.5 release, and whether Anthropic has won back builders’ trust after Opus 5. The benchmarks against Fable 5.1 and GPT 6, how to steer long runs in Claude Code, Claude finding a possible new gene editing mechanism, why Amazon blocked Meta Muse, and a live demo of a full marketing video Opus 5.5 made from one prompt.
If you’re an AI builder or a tech exec who stopped trusting Claude after Opus 5 and wants to know if it’s worth switching back, you need to watch this.
Timestamps:
00:00 Opus 5.5 is out
00:50 The agenda
02:09 AI memes: Anthropic says sorry for Opus 5
04:00 Claude Code is back
06:41 Live demo: a marketing video from one prompt
10:09 Inside the Opus 5.5 release
14:20 Benchmarks vs Fable 5.1 and GPT 6
18:59 Twin check: Opus 5.5
23:55 What’s the meta: steering long runs in Claude Code
32:43 Claude finds a new gene editing enzyme
37:54 Twin check: AI for science
43:09 Instinct and the personal agent race
51:59 Agents start spending our money
56:39 Nvidia’s open diarization model
58:41 Can Jeb replace LLM judges?
1:09:04 Twin check: Jeb
1:13:03 Wrap up
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