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#499 — The Birth of AGI

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▶ #499 — The Birth of AGI · 2026-10-20 · playing above 21m → 9m

#498 — More From Sam: Bond Villains, Useful Idiots, Firing Squads, and More · 2026-10-14 join free to hear → 23m → 10m

#497 — The Confidence Man · 2026-10-09 join free to hear → 22m → 8m

#491 — The Suicide of the Left · 2026-09-01 join free to hear → 26m → 10m

#490 — Lies, Bulls**t, and the Rule of Law · 2026-08-25 join free to hear → 24m → 11m

#489 — More From Sam: A Fabulist at Cambridge, the Strait of Hormuz, AOC in 2028, and More · 2026-08-21 join free to hear → 23m → 11m

#150 — The Map of Misunderstanding (From the Archive) · 2026-08-11 join free to hear → 48m → 11m

#488 — Ego, Ecstasy, and Equanimity · 2026-08-04 join free to hear → 12m → 8m

#487 — Is AI Already Conscious? · 2026-07-31 join free to hear → 1h 25m → 11m

#486 — Luck All the Way Down · 2026-07-22 join free to hear → 21m → 9m

#485 — The New Science of Cancer · 2026-07-14 join free to hear → 1h 21m → 9m

#484 — Artificial Intimacy · 2026-07-08 join free to hear → 27m → 7m

#483 — The Knots We Tie Ourselves Into · 2026-07-01 join free to hear → 23m → 9m

#482 — More From Sam: The Iran Deal, College in the AI Age, Mamdani's DSA, and More · 2026-06-25 join free to hear → 22m → 8m

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