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Donald Trump's miscalculations on the impact of a war in Iran go well beyond the price of oil, and if the war doesn't end soon, we're all, Canada included going to feel it. Bruce Anderson and Chantal Hebert join for the regular Friday Good Talk where we'll also discuss: more floor crossings, more dilemmas for the NDP, and a strange answer from a prominent Conservative.
Remember that old saying "Stick a fork in him, he's done"? Some people are beginning to say that about Donald Trump, which may well work in Canada's favour. A little early or no? Chantal Hebert and Bruce Anderson on that, and also more on the possible Alberta referendum and Washington's supposed involvement.
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My site: https://natebjones.com Full Story w/ Prompts: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/... ________________________________________ What's really happening with AI agent capabilities after Opus 4.6? The common story is that autonomous coding improves incrementally—but the reality is more complicated when 16 agents just coded for two weeks straight and delivered a working C compiler. In this video, I share the inside scoop on why the jump from 30 minutes to two weeks of autonomous coding is a phase change, not a trend line: • Why the 5x context window matters less than the 76% needle-in-haystack retrieval score • How Rakuten's Opus 4.6 deployment managed 50 engineers and closed issues autonomously • What 500 zero-day vulnerabilities discovered without instructions reveals about reasoning • Where agent teams and hierarchical coordination emerged as structural, not cultural For knowledge workers watching this unfold, the question has changed from whether to adopt AI to what your agent-to-human ratio should be—and what each human needs to be excellent at to make it work. Chapters 00:00 16 Agents Coded a C Compiler in Two Weeks 01:26 30 Minutes to Two Weeks in 12 Months 02:54 Opus 4.6: 5x Context Window Expansion 05:02 The Real Number: Needle-in-Haystack Retrieval 07:03 Holistic Code Awareness Like a Senior Engineer 08:42 Rakuten: AI Managing 50 Developers 13:09 Agent Teams: Hierarchy as Emergent Property 16:01 500 Zero-Day Vulnerabilities Found Autonomously 19:17 The Skeptics and Reddit Reactions 21:27 Non-Engineers Building Software in an Hour 23:32 Vibe Working: Describing Outcomes, Not Process 25:55 Revenue Per Employee at AI-Native Companies 29:29 The Billion-Dollar Solo Founder Prediction 30:24 The Trajectory From Here Subscribe for daily AI strategy and news. For deeper playbooks and analysis: https://natesnewsletter.substack.com/
Claude Opus 4.6 represents a massive leap in AI, detailed through real-world examples. Explore how AI agents autonomously coded for two weeks straight, and how this impacts various industries. Discover surprising new capabilities, like managing teams of 50 developers.
The year is off to a fast start, and so is the Good Talk panel. How worried should Canada be after the US invasion of Venezuela and Donald Trump's constant threats towards some of his closest neighbours? Also, Chrystia Freeland pulls the plug on her Ottawa career and sets up shop in Ukraine. All that and more in our first 2026 Good Talk.
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With both Chantal and Bruce away this week, a special program for our final Good Talk of 2025. Bob Rae, fresh from his five years at the United Nations as Canada's Ambassador, and with his wealth of political experience, joins us to talk Canada and politics. It's a wide ranging discussion, so strap in for an engaging Good Talk.
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For the third time in a month a Conservative jumps ship, with two of them joining the Liberals. Will there be more? The Liberals need at least one more to form a majority. All this is happening while the government struggles to pass new legislation. Ottawa starts to close down for the holidays and Good Talk assesses where things stand at the end of 2025.
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