Uploaded February 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Robert Wright and Timothy B. Lee, author of the Understanding AI newsletter, discuss recent AI developments (more autonomous agents, more automated coding in the labs, Moltbook, etc.) that have fostered a sense that things are speeding up.

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0:00 Teaser
1:04 Is Tim feeling the AI acceleration?
7:23 Claude Code: decrypted
13:30 Has AGI already arrived?
21:14 Moltbook: Skynet rising? Or hot air?
25:24 The various “singularities”
32:10 Where Tim looks for signs of the singularity
41:46 Heading into Overtime

Discussed in Overtime:
AI and the frontiers of science.
The road ahead for self-driving cars.
Which AI titan(s) will win out?
Is a tech war with China inevitable?

Robert Wright (Nonzero, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True) and Timothy B. Lee (Full Stack Economics, Understanding AI, AI Summer). Recorded February 9, 2026.

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