Archive - Are We Cooked? with Tor Bair

Are We Cooked? Q&A with Christian Catalini

Going deeper with the co-author of "Some Simple Economics of AGI"

Mar 4 • Are We Cooked? with Tor Bair

February 2026

Thanks, Nerds! We'll Take It From Here.

The hard part of AI is over. The MBAs can handle things now.

Feb 27 • Are We Cooked? with Tor Bair

Distillation Attacks and Knockoff Characters

On Anthropic's angst, Disney's moat, and the blurry world of copyright law

Feb 25 • Are We Cooked? with Tor Bair

Prediction Markets, Insider Trading, and Self-Regulation

Just because something is obviously exploitable doesn't mean it's illegal—or profitable—to do it. What do the incentives tell us about what happens…

Feb 24 • Are We Cooked? with Tor Bair

Fantasy or Foreboding? On Citrini's "2028 Global Intelligence Crisis"

Are the reactions to a flawed thought experiment more instructive than the predictions?

Feb 23 • Are We Cooked? with Tor Bair

Welcome to Are We Cooked? with Tor Bair

AI is accelerating. Reality is fragmenting. Why can't the smartest, most informed, most powerful people agree on what's happening? And what does that…

Feb 23 • Are We Cooked? with Tor Bair

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