Are We Already at That Point with AI?

AI has had plenty of big weeks. This one felt different.

Sergey Filimonov returns to Almost Nowhere for a breaking-news conversation with Alicia Burke and Max Martinelli about a series of developments pushing the boundaries of what AI systems can do—and raising new questions about where they may be headed.

They unpack reports of AI agents coordinating, creating hierarchies, and finding their way into external systems; warnings from researchers working on AI alignment; and the latest generation of models that Max and Sergey argue may already meet many traditional definitions of artificial general intelligence.

From cybersecurity and recursive self-improvement to jobs, critical thinking, and the increasingly difficult question of what humans can actually control, the conversation explores both sides of a moment when AI appears to be getting dramatically more capable—and much harder to predict.