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THE HOTTEST SEAT IN AI

By Zimbo · October 5, 2026

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AI cartoon by Zimbo: Six-panel strip: Dwarkesh Patel books Bryan Caplan from his UT Austin dorm (2020); a listener hands him $10,000 (2021); Bezos praise postpones the quitting (2022); two years of almost quitting; the labs start calling; 2025 kicker: The Scaling Era on his desk as CEOs queue at his dorm door.
Dwarkesh Patel booked his first podcast guest before the show had a name. Now the frontier labs line up to answer his questions.Zimbo for AI News Page
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