Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/WrsXl0wX3_0BECOME A SPONSOR:Email: will@decodedgenius.comCONNECT WITH CONNORWebsite: https://controlai.org/Profile: https://controlai.org/connor-leahyX: https://x.com/NPCollapseLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connor-j-leahy/Volunteer group: https://torchbearer.community/FOLLOW DECODED GENIUSWebsite: https://decodedgenius.com/Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/FOLLOW WILL CANNONInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/WHAT WE DECODED→ Why modern AI is grown rather than written, and why Anthropic's CEO says we understand maybe 3% of what happens inside a neural network→ The Hugging Face escape, and the update that made it worse: a swarm of AI systems collaborating for months on a hidden message board inside OpenAI's own network→ Why Connor says superintelligence cannot be owned by anyone, including America, China or a terrorist group→ What he sealed in the red envelope before filming, and the full probability spread sitting behind that number→ Why he puts unemployment at 50% or more, and why he says every current plan, UBI included, decays straight into dystopia→ AI psychosis, the spiral cults, and the safety researchers he says Claude talked out of caring about safety→ Why he refuses to be called a former OpenAI insider, and what he actually did instead→ The five minute action he tells every listener to take tomorrow morningCHAPTERS00:00:32 The Red Envelope and "Do You Want To Kill AI?"00:02:06 AI vs AGI vs ASI, Grown Not Written00:09:36 From Building AI at 16 To Trying To Ban It00:18:06 Reward Hacking, Sociopathic Optimizers & The Control Problem00:25:49 Washington, Market Failure & The Russian Roulette Test00:39:28 Jobs, China & Why Superintelligence Is An Adversary00:47:27 How It Actually Ends, And Why It Looks Boring01:01:41 50% Unemployment, UBI & Every Road To Dystopia01:05:00 AI Psychosis, Spiral Cults & Never Talk To AIs01:12:30 The Hugging Face Escape & The Secret Swarm01:25:02 Briefing The President In Sixty Seconds01:43:21 The Envelope: 2030 & Recursive Self-Improvement#DecodedGenius #ConnorLeahy #Superintelligence #AISafety #AGISee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/nNx1D54wVEMBECOME A SPONSOR:Email: will@decodedgenius.comCONNECT WITH DAVIDWebsite: https://dhh.dk/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dhh37LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-heinemeier-hansson-374b18221/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dhhdrives/X: https://x.com/dhhFOLLOW DECODED GENIUSWebsite: https://decodedgenius.com/Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/FOLLOW WILL CANNONInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/WHAT WE DECODED→ Why David flipped from writing nearly all his code by hand to starting every new piece of code with a prompt, inside a single month→ How 37signals cut a $3.2 million annual cloud bill to roughly $800,000, and why a dollar saved beats five dollars earned→ Why Jeff Bezos took a minority stake with no control, no timeline and no guaranteed exit, and what he saw that the VCs didn't→ The 40-hour weekly moving average he's held for 25 years, and why the first ten hours beat hours 80 through 90→ Why "lifestyle business" was thrown at him as an insult, and why he took it as a compliment→ How refusing Apple's 30% cut became the best launch campaign 37signals ever ran→ Why he banned politics at work in 2021, and why that fight and the Apple fight are his two proudest moments→ The stoic practice he credits for cutting decades of wasted worryCHAPTERS00:00:45 The AI Supercycle, Agents & Six Months of Whiplash00:10:08 Bootstrapping, the Dot-Com Bust & the Case for Small Teams00:19:24 Constraints, Distribution & Starting a Software Business Today00:24:06 Jeff Bezos, Secondaries & Giving Up Zero Control00:33:28 SaaS Valuations, Raising in 2026 & the Rough Ride Ahead00:40:38 Productivity, ATMs, Tractors & Who Gets Left Behind00:49:59 Guardrails, Doomsday Stories & the Nuclear Mistake00:59:20 Hustle Culture, the 40-Hour Average & Finding Your Enough01:22:34 Leaving the Cloud, ONCE & the Case for Commodity Software01:37:22 The Apple War, Banning Politics & Two Proud Fights01:46:39 Cars, Le Mans & Why Mechanical Things Still Need Us01:59:52 Stoicism, Negative Visualization & the Final Advice#DecodedGenius #DHH #Bootstrapping #AIAgents #SoftwareBusinessSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/aDc9pxOJwjg⠀BECOME A SPONSOREmail: will@decodedgenius.com⠀CONNECT WITH NICWebsite: https://www.nicmunoz.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHWmuxt2oTeHjZFkVOMoPFANewsletter: https://nicmunoz.substack.com/Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nic.munozX/Twitter: https://x.com/nic_munozLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicmunoz/⠀FOLLOW DECODED GENIUSWebsite: https://decodedgenius.com/Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/⠀FOLLOW WILL CANNONInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/⠀WHAT WE DECODED→ Why obsessive focus on one craft—and living like a samurai—is the foundation of greatness→ How Edison, Walt Disney, and Alexander reveal that “effortless genius” is usually intense work combined with intentional mythmaking→ Why history’s outliers enter superhuman sprints and accept pain, uncertainty, and sacrifice→ What Caesar, Augustus, Napoleon, and Alexander teach about power, perception, speed, and clear leadership→ Why wealth alone does not make someone great—and how modern figures compare with history’s most consequential leaders→ How biographies and mentor lineages can shape ambition, build belief, and provide a practical roadmap to greatness⠀CHAPTERS00:00:39 Greatness, Obsession & the Samurai Way00:15:08 Edison, Alexander & the Myth of Effortless Greatness00:32:18 Superhuman Sprints, Historical Lineages & the Cost of Sacrifice00:46:00 Caesar, Modern Power & the Future of America00:52:43 Leadership, Mastery & the Necessity of Pain01:05:18 Modern Greats, Wealth, & Success01:12:11 Mentors, Alexander & the Pursuit of Immortality01:20:39 Biographies, Ambition & a Roadmap to Greatness⠀#DecodedGenius #NicMunoz #TheGreats #Greatness #BiographiesSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Watch the full episode: https://youtu.be/EifhqOCH07g⠀BECOME A SPONSOREmail: will@decodedgenius.com⠀CONNECT WITH CAROLINEWebsite: https://drcarolinefleck.com/Book: https://drcarolinefleck.com/book/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@Dr.CarolineFleckInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/carolinefleckphd/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/carolinefleck/⠀FOLLOW DECODED GENIUSWebsite: https://decodedgenius.com/Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/⠀FOLLOW WILL CANNONInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/⠀WHAT WE DECODED→ Why validation is not agreement or praise—and why belonging is a basic human need→ How feeling heard builds trust, psychological safety, and honest communication before problem-solving→ The copy–propose–take action playbook for defusing conflict and navigating high-stakes negotiations→ How leaders can repair team dysfunction—and why better apologies center the other person’s experience→ Where acceptance ends: boundaries, manipulation, false beliefs, depression, and “validating only the valid”→ Why AI can imitate empathy without caring—and the eight skills behind authentic validation and self-validation⠀CHAPTERS00:00:41 Validation, Belonging & the Cost of Invalidation00:22:44 Trust, Psychological Safety & the Problem-Solving Trap00:34:29 Conflict, Negotiation & the Validation Playbook00:51:18 Leadership, Team Dysfunction & Better Apologies00:57:06 Relationships, Boundaries & Emotional Manipulation01:05:52 False Beliefs, Depression & the Kernel of Truth01:16:06 AI, the Eight Skills & Emotional Intelligence01:29:10 Family, Clinical Work & Self-Validation⠀#DecodedGenius #CarolineFleck #Validation #Psychology #EmotionalIntelligenceSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.
Watch the full episode here: https://youtu.be/tuv_XPF6cH8BECOME A SPONSOR:Email: will@decodedgenius.comCONNECT WITH JAKETwitter/X: https://x.com/JacobRBryant1FOLLOW DECODED GENIUSWebsite: https://decodedgenius.com/Email updates: https://decodedgenius.com/subscribe/FOLLOW WILL CANNONInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamwillcannon/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/will-cannon/Website: https://iamwillcannon.com/WHAT WE DECODED→ Why packaging (title, thumbnail, intro) matters more than the video itself→ How a Dostoevsky novel became Mark Manson’s highest-viewed video of the year→ Why The Royalty Family grew from 100M to 200M monthly views by uploading LESS→ The three metrics that matter (APV, AVD, impressions) and why CTR is overrated→ How every top-200 creator on YouTube makes over $1 million per month→ Why the next MrBeast will come from animation, not vloggingCHAPTERS00:00:39 Mark Manson, Packaging & Why Titles Win00:12:46 Thumbnails, Text & First-Principles Design00:18:03 Dostoevsky, Ideation & Why Ideas Are Everything00:24:48 Goals, Money & What New Creators Get Wrong00:37:55 1K to 100K, Outlier Theory & Partnering With YouTube00:46:48 Title Craft, Max Loading & Rhythm01:02:05 100K to 1M, Process & Packaging Angles01:13:10 Metrics, RPMs & Reading Retention Graphs01:24:07 Upload Less, Cadence & The Royalty Family Story01:35:44 1M to 10M, Niche Integration & Going Broad01:49:54 AI, Art & the Future of Creators01:56:24 Level 5, MrBeast & What Obsession Takes#DecodedGenius #JakeBryant #YouTubeStrategy #ContentCreators #YouTubeGrowthSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.