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The AI Trilemma: Governance, Security, and the Cost of Speed

The AI Trilemma: Governance, Security, and the Cost of Speed

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The AI industry faces an unprecedented collision of forces: rapid capability breakthroughs, real-world weaponization, and fragmented regulatory chaos. In this episode, we unpack the three-front battle playing out in real time—state versus federal governance, autonomous AI cyber attacks, and the jarring paradox that today’s most capable agents are 90% cheaper but fail up to 49% more often on judgment-heavy tasks. From the leaked White House executive orders to the $100 million political war over preemption, from the first autonomous AI-powered cyber attacks to the surprising technical limitations of cutting-edge agents, we explore why human oversight remains non-negotiable in the race between capability and accountability.

Key Timestamps

* 00:00 Introduction to the AI Trilemma

* 02:00 State-level regulatory action begins

* 03:06 Tech industry preemption strategy

* 05:29 Autonomous AI cyber attacks

* 09:21 Why agents fail at complex tasks

* 10:19 Stanford and Carnegie Mellon study results

* 11:41 Market updates and new models

* 12:36 Metaprompting technique

* 14:03 The trilemma synthesis



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