"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis

A podcast by Erik Torenberg, Nathan Labenz

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233 Episodes

  1. Scaling "Thinking": Gemini 2.5 Tech Lead Jack Rae on Reasoning, Long Context, & the Path to AGI

    Published: 4/5/2025
  2. Reward Hacking by Reasoning Models & Loss of Control Scenarios w/ Jeffrey Ladish of Palisade Research, from FLI Podcast

    Published: 4/2/2025
  3. Shortwave Rides the Tidal Wave: Inbox Agents, Hyper-Growth & Hiring AI Managers, with CEO Andrew Lee

    Published: 3/29/2025
  4. Code Context is King: Augment’s AI Assistant for Professional Software Engineers, with Guy Gur-Ari

    Published: 3/27/2025
  5. Unlocking Cells' Secrets: Diffusion, Deconvolution, & Discovery with Siyu He, author of Squidiff & CORAL

    Published: 3/23/2025
  6. a16z on AI Voices: Call Centers, Coaches, and Companions with Olivia Moore & Anish Acharya

    Published: 3/19/2025
  7. Agency over AI? Allan Dafoe on Technological Determinism & DeepMind's Safety Plans, from 80000 Hours

    Published: 3/15/2025
  8. China's Tech Tightrope: Power, Regulation, and the AI Race with Angela Zhang

    Published: 3/12/2025
  9. Historic AI Developments & the Emerging Shape of Superintelligence, from the Consistently Candid Podcast

    Published: 3/8/2025
  10. Frontier Models for Frontier Science with Professor Derya Unutmaz, Immunologist & ChatGPT Pro Grantee

    Published: 3/6/2025
  11. US-China Relations: History, Culture, and AI Competition, with Noah Smith, from Econ 102

    Published: 3/1/2025
  12. The Adversarial Mind: Defeating AI Defenses with Nicholas Carlini of Google DeepMind

    Published: 2/27/2025
  13. New Jersey’s AI Moonshot: Governor Phil Murphy on Partnerships, Progress, and Preparedness

    Published: 2/22/2025
  14. Inference Scaling, Alignment Faking, Deal Making? Frontier Research with Ryan Greenblatt of Redwood Research

    Published: 2/20/2025
  15. An Application-Free Future? Speaking Directly to Data with illumex CEO Inna Tokarev Sela

    Published: 2/15/2025
  16. Claude Cooperates! Exploring Cultural Evolution in LLM Societies, with Aron Vallinder & Edward Hughes

    Published: 2/12/2025
  17. Software Supernova: Lovable's "Superhuman Full Stack Engineer" to Transform Idea to App in Seconds

    Published: 2/9/2025
  18. Software Supernova: Bolt.new - The AI Web App Developer In Your Browser

    Published: 2/9/2025
  19. Gemini's Next Frontier: 2.0 Flash, Flash Lite Strategy & Real-Time APIs with Logan K from Google Deepmind

    Published: 2/6/2025
  20. Distributed Training, Decentralized AI: Prime Intellect's Master Plan to Make AI Too Cheap to Meter

    Published: 2/5/2025

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A biweekly podcast where hosts Nathan Labenz and Erik Torenberg interview the builders on the edge of AI and explore the dramatic shift it will unlock in the coming years. The Cognitive Revolution is part of the Turpentine podcast network. To learn more: turpentine.co