Washington

4 statements across 4 episodes · 0 bullish · 1 bearish · 2 people on the record · first statement Dec 13, 2024 by Jessica Lessin · across every show →

Everything said about Washington, oldest first

Dec 13, 2024 neutral
Assertion Contradicted
Lessin: Washington Policy Czars Do Not Require Financial Divestment
“Czar, so, czar, you see like policy czars for different areas. They're pretty common in Washington, and they basically mean like an unofficial advisor who can, Doesn't have to divest of their other interests.”
Jessica Lessin Dec 13, 2024 ▶ 46:11 #77: Sora Reveal, Google's AI Agents and Digital Trade Under Trump · More or Less Podcast
Mar 6, 2026 neutral
Insight
Sam Lessin: AI boom is narrative collusion among Washington, tech, and finance
“For two years, I've been saying like, look, there's this like triangle trade between DC, Silicon Valley and New York, whereas huge deficit, huge debt problem. GDP has to grow massively fast in order to deal with it. It's like the only way out because we can't …”
Sam Lessin Mar 6, 2026 ▶ 38:38 Fire Sam Altman, The End of Software Engineers, and Why AI Is All Narrative · More or Less Podcast
Apr 24, 2026 negative
Opinion
Startups hyping AI danger to raise money caused the public backlash
“And it's like, actually, this was the entire marketing strategy. Right? Like, if you think about it, like, the irony of the whole thing is everyone's like, everyone hates that. It's like, well, your money-raising strategy has been to run around, including the …”
Sam Lessin Apr 24, 2026 ▶ 6:40 What Tim Cook’s “Executive Chairman” Move Really Means | Musk vs OpenAI, xAI and Cursor Rumors
Jul 31, 2026 neutral
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Lessin: AI Competitors Distance Themselves as Anthropic Faces D.C. Scrutiny
“Everyone's just trying to say like, we are not anthropic in some way because anthropic is winning and anthropic also has some of the biggest problems in Washington.”
Jessica Lessin Jul 31, 2026 ▶ 17:28 The Lilian Weng Saga, Mental Health Essay Then OpenAI | Meta's AI Ad, China Cracks DUV
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