Preparing for AI: everything AI through a China-US lens
Do not have it yet? Parasocial is a podcast player by Super Simple.
Send us Fan Mail Check our Matt & Jimmy' products here: Browzr | Discover the Web Beyond Algorithms Des Cartwright — Paintings Meridian Health Tracker KickoffHQ: Live Start Times & Scores for Every Sport Germanya — Deutsch lernen Me explaining AI to my friends 😂 - YouTube We wrap up Season Three the only way we know how: recording an episode right after OpenAI drops a monster model, completely ruining our summer break. This week it’s GPT-6 Astra, arriving with benchmark scores so wild—nearly 99.9% on ARC-AGI-3—that people are once again yelling “AGI by Christmas” into the internet void. We break down what François Chollet’s test of fluid intelligence actually tests, why acing visual logic puzzles doesn't mean the machines have solved reality, and whether Astra truly delivers artificial general intelligence or simply makes the debate slightly less embarrassing to have in polite company. Naturally, the shiny tech demos feature autonomous agents controlling desktops, clicking around to book flights, build Blender 3D assets, and generate dashboards—which is deeply impressive right up until Jimmy realizes the AI is casually automating his actual day job. We dig into the