Why Identity Verification Matters For The Internet | Vox Americanus, GLM 5.2, Claude Fable 5 Is Back
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Jul 03
Why Identity Verification Matters For The Internet | Vox Americanus, GLM 5.2, Claude Fable 5 Is Back
Why Identity Verification Matters For The Internet | Vox Americanus, GLM 5.2, Claude Fable 5 Is Back

More or Less
Jul 03
Shownote
Shownote
The full quad is back just before the Fourth of July. Dave and Sam explain why
padel is just pickleball for fancy people, Sam vibe-coded an app to prove you’re
actually American on the internet (Vox Americanus is real and you can use it:
https://voxamericanus.com), and Dave even nominates Sam for office, even though
Sam insists we should fix the job before electing anyone actually good for it.
The crew also dives into why non-engineers are more capable than they think in
the age of agentic coding, Claude Fable 5’s government clearance “drama” and
return, how GLM 5.2 is quietly replacing Opus 4 on real agent stacks, why
Anthropic is still printing revenue despite open source pressure, and the case
for an open source router.. They wrap with pop culture corner: Taylor Swift
wedding intel and Brit’s review of Alpha School.
Chapters:
0:00 Episode trailer
0:50 Episode start
1:12 Full Quad Pre-4th of July, Is There Such a Thing as VC Summer?
3:32 Padel Is the New VC Networking Sport, Pickleball Is for the Plebs
9:10 Vox Americanus, Can You Actually Prove You're American Online?
15:25 Should Sam Run for Office? Fix the Job Description First
29:30 Agentic Coding, You're Not Too Late
35:33 Claude Fable 5 Is Back, Government Clearance Drama Explained
41:08 GLM 5.2, Open Source Just Quietly Replaced Opus 4
46:16 Anthropic Still Printing Revenue, The Case for an Open Source Router
47:29 Taylor Swift's Wedding
49:36 Alpha School, Brit's Kids Try AI Education
52:12 America's 250th Birthday
We’re also on ↓X: https://twitter.com/moreorlesspodInstagram:
https://instagram.com/moreorlessYouTube: https://youtu.be/zqmbW163QKQConnect
with us here:1) Sam Lessin: https://x.com/lessin2) Dave Morin:
https://x.com/davemorin3) Jessica Lessin: https://x.com/Jessicalessin4) Brit
Morin: https://x.com/brit
Highlights
Highlights
In this episode, the full podcast crew reunites ahead of the Fourth of July to discuss a range of topics from the rise of padel as a status sport for VCs to the practicalities of proving one's American identity online. They also explore the shifting landscape of AI, where non-engineers are now building functional apps and open-source models are quietly rivaling proprietary leaders.
Chapters
Chapters
Episode trailer
00:00Episode start
00:50Full Quad Pre-4th of July, Is There Such a Thing as VC Summer?
01:12Padel Is the New VC Networking Sport, Pickleball Is for the Plebs
03:32Vox Americanus, Can You Actually Prove You're American Online?
09:10Should Sam Run for Office? Fix the Job Description First
15:25Agentic Coding, You're Not Too Late
29:30Claude Fable 5 Is Back, Government Clearance Drama Explained
35:33GLM 5.2, Open Source Just Quietly Replaced Opus 4
41:08Anthropic Still Printing Revenue, The Case for an Open Source Router
46:16Taylor Swift's Wedding
47:29Alpha School, Brit's Kids Try AI Education
49:36America's 250th Birthday
52:12Transcript
Transcript
Brit Morin: cultural fit, I think, matters way more now than ever before, when, like, the ability to be a great engineer is, like, much easier than ever before.
Jessica Lessin: I am gonna play the normie on this. I like my agent. It's useful for work. I d...