America’s Economy Is Entering a New Era — ft. Noah Smith
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A lovely joke to start our Friday episode.
How are you doing?
I'm doing great. I'm in LA, which I absolutely love. I would turn the camera around, but I'm worried the tech team would freak out. But I'm overlooking the Hollywood Hills, and I absolutely love it here. I love California. I love Los Angeles. It is 80 degrees, but it's dry out, so it just feels... I mean, when you and I were in Miami and it was 89, it felt like we were in a air fryer. Suffocating, yeah. This, at 80, feels pleasant. It feels- That's very nice. It's, yeah, I love it here, so I'm happy. I'm a little bit jet lagged, but, and unfortunately, what the podcasts that start, you'd think I'd figure this out, at 2 p.m. in London start at 6 a.m. in L.A., so I was up at- I was up at O Dark 100 hours this morning.
How are you, Ed? Enough about me. I have enough about the espresso part of this. What's going on with you?
I'm doing very well. I'm very excited because tonight I'm going to go see The Odyssey. So I've been waiting for... over a year. Have you seen it?
No, I'm the same thing. I want to see it in IMAX. I want to see it with my boys. So like all of these things get in the way of actually- Going and seeing it, exactly.
I just sort of cut my losses. We're not going to go see IMAX. We're going to go see it regular, but that's okay. I just want to get out there and see it. So I will give you my review. But I mean, the reviews have been spectacular. 98% on Rotten Tomatoes. Critics calling it a flawless masterpiece. So I'm very excited about it.
Yeah. Well, I'm refusing to see it because a black woman is As Helen and a transgender man as a warrior. That's just... That's the line. Not being accurate to how you cast a myth, which to me is an oxymoron. You get to do whatever the fuck you want. It's a myth, folks. Anyways, I can't get over that bullshit.
I would like to know the percentage of people who are upset about the Odyssey casting and who believe that the Odyssey is a factual historical story. That would be a very interesting statistic that we should get some survey data on. But... Yeah, that wasn't enough to keep me away. I will be watching it, and I'll be very excited to see how it is. Who knows? Maybe I won't even like it.
I think you're going to love it. Yeah, I've heard nothing. I go in with such a bias because two of my favorite films are from Christopher Nolan, Oppenheimer, and I think the perfect movie, at least for me, whose favorite star of any movie is Hitler, is Dunkirk. I thought you were going to say Interstellar. That's my favorite. Really? I think I need to... Two edibles and watch Interstellar again.
I didn't watch it again. I kind of didn't get it. I rewatched it recently and then I rewatched it again because it was so good and I had forgotten how good it is. That is profound and moving on multiple dimensions. So that's my favorite. Dunkirk's great too. The Dark Knight is up there for me. Great movie. Great movie. Memento?
Yeah, Memento's good. One of his early ones. That guy has a bright future in Hollywood, although I still am very upset. The thing I didn't like about Interstellar, and it stuck in my craw, what about the dude on the spaceship who was up there for 22 years or 12 years, just roaming around waiting for Matthew McConaughey and Anne Hathaway to get...
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Chapters
5 chapters
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:01–30:46
2
What recent AI headline sparked the China vs. U.S. model debate?
30:46–35:51
3
How does Noah Smith assess Chinese models like Kimi K3 versus U.S. models?
35:51–47:04
4
Which AI risks does Noah say are being under‑reported (biosecurity and others)?
47:04–54:05
5
Could China be 'dumping' AI services and how would that affect U.S. firms?
54:05–1:01:39
Speakers
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