Episode

The most important question nobody's asking about AI

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Dwarkesh Podcast
Published
Mar 11, 2026
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1478
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https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/dow-anthropic
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Summary

Read the full essay here: https://www.dwarkesh.com/p/dow-anthropic Timestamps (00:00:00) - Anthropic vs The Pentagon (00:04:16) - The overhangs of tyranny (00:05:54) - AI structurally favors mass surveillance (00:08:25) - Alignment...to whom? (00:13:55) - Coordination not worth the costs Get full access to Dwarkesh Podcast at www.dwarkesh.com/subscribe