Zvi's AI #185 'Preference Cascade' argues the Coxon resignation made extinction risk sayable in the mainstream
Don't Worry About the Vase (Zvi Mowshowitz)·low signal
Zvi Mowshowitz's weekly roundup frames the week as a preference cascade, in which Coxon's resignation let mainstream figures openly discuss AI extinction risk. It covers Christiano's board appointment, OpenAI's policy reversal under Lehane, DeepSeek v4.1-Flash's asymmetric MoE (552B total, 8B active for input and 16B for output), and PauseAI Global disendorsing PauseAI US. Set it next to Marcus and Lambert and you have three thought leaders reading the same week three different ways.