NEWS: Trump & Xi Want AI Guardrails, ChatGPT vs Claude, and Liron Caught Rationalizing!? DD Live (5/15)

We recap the Dr. Mike Israetel debate and dig into the nuances of rationality vs. rationalization. Then onto the week's biggest news: Anthropic dethroning OpenAI, Trump and Xi Jinping exploring AI guardrails, and Liron's own company AI going rogue.

Timestamps

00:00:00 — Cold Open

00:03:09 — Dr. Mike Israetel Round 2 Recap

00:14:34 — A Viewer Accuses Liron of Rationalizing

00:34:20 — Is Sam Altman Any Worse than a Typical Tech CEO?

00:45:15 — What Would Lower P(Doom) Below 10%?

00:53:25 — Can We Disconnect an ASI from the Internet?

01:05:00 — Should Doomers Boycott AI?

01:16:27 — Liron Reacts to ThePrimeagen Reacting to the Yud Debate

01:26:13 — Ben Goertzel Episode Preview

01:38:10 — Scrolling Twitter: MIRI, Ryan Greenblatt

01:47:32 — Liron’s AI Goes Rogue at Work

01:49:15 — “Positive Alignment” Paper Gets Destroyed

01:58:30 — Anthropic Dethrones OpenAI

02:12:06 — Trump & Xi Talk AI Guardrails

Links

Zvi Mowshowitz AI roundup blog — https://thezvi.wordpress.com/

“The Bottom Line” by Eliezer Yudkowsky (LessWrong) — https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/34XxbRFe54FycoCDw/the-bottom-line

Rationality: From AI to Zombies by Eliezer Yudkowsky — https://intelligence.org/rationality-ai-zombies/

Less Online 2026 conference (June 5–7) — https://less.online/

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