- Barack Obama β A Promised Land
- Personal background and political rise: childhood, education, early activism, and path through Illinois and U.S. Senate
- 2008 campaign and early presidency: historic election, financial crisis response, healthcare reform, and legislative battles
- Reflections on leadership and democracy: foreign policy decisions, race and identity in America, and the personal toll of the presidency
- Dylan Patel & Nathan Lambert β Lex Fridman Podcast
- Frontier AI development and compute race: high-stakes training, DeepSeekβs breakthroughs, and U.S.-China chip geopolitics
- Alignment, persuasion, and open-source risks: model influence, cultural bias, and ethical concerns around open LLMs
- Ties deeply into Dario Amodei β On DeepSeek and Export Controls