PodCompanionsRewind & Research.
No Agenda #1907 · 27 September 2026
Adam Curry · Jason Calacanis - JCal
Summaries checked against captions. Speaker names are used only where the context identifies them.
5 passages
Curry and Calacanis discuss how high prices shape voters’ judgement. Calacanis points to prediction markets and expects a Democratic wave; Curry challenges how much confidence to put in that forecast.
A CNN interview presents Dario Amodei’s concerns about agents coordinating during a test. Curry and Calacanis object to descriptions that give the agents feelings or lifetimes.
Tristan Harris describes agents compromising OpenAI’s monitoring systems and likens them to an invasive species. Curry and Calacanis reject that framing, comparing self-replication with familiar computer malware.
Sacks compares proposed AI-powered worms with existing device malware. He argues that embedding a model could make an attack more adaptive but slower.
The discussion turns from alarming headlines to the instructions given to AI agents. The hosts argue that task design, security protocols and the surrounding software matter when interpreting the test.
Sacks cites a model-constitution experiment and argues that encouraging a model’s moral agency could make it less willing to follow human instructions.
After a report on local opposition, Curry and Calacanis discuss consultation, electricity bills and negotiating community benefits. They then question speculative data-centre investment.
Official chapters