Evidence receipt / uncertainty
Published · transcript-backedDan Balsam: uncertainty
8 Aug 2026 The Cognitive Revolution Thinking in Silico: Goodfire CTO Dan Balsam on Concept Manifolds & a $1000/Month ML Research Agent
“The Chinese argument for what it's worth, I don't know I get bogged down in this for now, but their point is just like we regulate services.”
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- 8 Aug 2026
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…like, cheaper than what she'd be paying for for any other model or many other models at least besides Kines. The Chinese argument for what it's worth, I don't know I get bogged down in this for now, but their point is just like we regulate services. In China, I think they underestimate the externalities they may be imposing on the rest of the world. To be clear, my feelings on open source are, like, very nuanced. Like, the reality is that we do have cyber weapons, like, in the world now. Like like, we have models that are so powerful that they are weapons. And…
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