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

Success without Dignity? Nathan finds Hope Amidst Chaos, from The Intelligence Horizon Podcast

01 Apr 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This special cross-post from The Intelligence Horizon features Nathan Labenz in a wide-ranging conversation on compressed AI timelines, expert disagre...

Scaling Intelligence Out: Cisco's Vision for the Internet of Cognition, with Vijoy Pandey

25 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Vijoy Pandey of Outshift by Cisco lays out his vision for an “Internet of Cognition,” where AI agents can share context, build reputation, and col...

Your Agent's Self-Improving Swiss Army Knife: Composio CTO Karan Vaidya on Building Smart Tools

22 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Karan Vaidya, CTO of Composio, explains how their “smart tool” platform lets AI agents access over 50,000 tools across 1,000+ apps through a singl...

Zvi's Mic Works! Recursive Self-Improvement, Live Player Analysis, Anthropic vs DoW + More!

19 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Zvi Mowshowitz returns to survey the current AI landscape, from recursive self-improvement and the shift from the “beginning” to the “middle” ...

AI Scouting Report: the Good, Bad, & Weird @ the Law & AI Certificate Program, by LexLab, UC Law SF

16 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This special AI Scouting Report episode from the Law & Artificial Intelligence Certificate Program surveys the current AI landscape for legal professi...

Bioinfohazards: Jassi Pannu on Controlling Dangerous Data from which AI Models Learn

11 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Jassi Pannu, Assistant Professor at Johns Hopkins, explains how rapidly advancing AI is transforming biological research and raising the risk of engin...

Try this at Home: Jesse Genet on OpenClaw Agents for Homeschool & How to Live Your Best AI Life

08 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Jesse Genet shares how she built a team of AI agents to transform homeschooling, family life, and personal productivity without a software background....

Don't Fight Backprop: Goodfire's Vision for Intentional Design, w/ Dan Balsam & Tom McGrath

05 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Dan Balsam and Tom McGrath from Goodfire return to explore the frontier of mechanistic interpretability and their new research pillar, Intentional Des...

Situational Awareness in Government, with UK AISI Chief Scientist Geoffrey Irving

01 Mar 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Geoffrey Irving, Chief Scientist at the UK AI Security Institute, explains why our theoretical understanding of machine learning remains fragile even ...

Universal Medical Intelligence: OpenAI's Plan to Elevate Human Health, with Karan Singhal

25 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Karan Singhal, Head of Health AI at OpenAI, explains how ChatGPT Health is achieving attending-physician-level performance and already serving hundred...

Intelligence with Everyone: RL @ MiniMax, with Olive Song, from AIE NYC & Inference by Turing Post

22 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Olive Song from MiniMax shares how her team trains the M series frontier open-weight models using reinforcement learning, tight product feedback loops...

Mathematical Superintelligence: Harmonic's Vlad Tenev & Tudor Achim on IMO Gold & Theories of Everything

18 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Vlad Tenev and Tudor Achim from Harmonic explain how they built Aristotle, an AI system that reaches International Mathematical Olympiad gold-medal pe...

Approaching the AI Event Horizon? Part 2, w/ Abhi Mahajan, Helen Toner, Jeremie Harris, @8teAPi

14 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Abhi Mahajan (@owlposting) explains how AI is reshaping biology and medicine, including foundation models to predict cancer treatment response and why...

Approaching the AI Event Horizon? Part 1, w/ James Zou, Sam Hammond, Shoshannah Tekofsky, @8teAPi

13 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Part 1 of this live special dives into AI for Science, U.S. AI policy, and the behavior of AI agents in open-ended environments. James Zou explains ho...

AGI-Pilled Cyber Defense: Automating Digital Forensics w/ Asymmetric Security CEO Alexis Carlier

08 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Alexis Carlier, founder and CEO of Asymmetric Security, explains how assuming AGI-level intelligent labor should transform cybersecurity from reactive...

Infinite Code Context: AI Coding at Enterprise Scale w/ Blitzy CEO Brian Elliott & CTO Sid Pardeshi

04 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Blitzy founders Brian and Sid break down how their “infinite code context” system lets AI autonomously complete over 80% of major enterprise softw...

The AI-Powered Biohub: Why Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan are Investing in Data, from Latent.Space

01 Feb 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This crossover episode from the Latent Space podcast features Mark Zuckerberg and Priscilla Chan on the 10-year anniversary of the Chan Zuckerberg Ini...

AI & The Law: Changing Practice, Claude Constitution, & New Rights, w/ Kevin & Alan of Scaling Laws

29 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Kevin Frazier and Alan Rozenshtein explore how AI is reshaping the legal profession, from “secret cyborg” lawyers using tools like Harvey to the u...

The Internet Computer: Caffeine.ai CEO Dominic Williams on Unstoppable, Self-Writing Software

25 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Dominic Williams, President & Chief Scientist of the DFINITY Foundation and CEO of Caffeine AI, explains the Internet Computer and his vision of a “...

AMA Part 2: Is Fine-Tuning Dead? How Am I Preparing for AGI? Are We Headed for UBI? & More!

22 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this AMA-style episode, Nathan takes on listener questions about whether fine-tuning is really on the way out, what emergent misalignment and weird...

Pioneering PAI: How Daniel Miessler's Personal AI Infrastructure Activates Human Agency & Creativity

18 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Daniel Miessler shares his Personal AI Infrastructure (PAI) framework and vision for a future where single human owners are supported by armies of AI ...

Bringing AI to Data: Agent Design, Text-2-SQL, RAG, & more, w- Snowflake VP of AI Baris Gultekin

14 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Baris Gultekin, VP of AI at Snowflake, explains how “bringing AI to the data” is reshaping enterprise AI deployment under strict security and gove...

AMA Part 1: Is Claude Code AGI? Are we in a bubble? Plus Live Player Analysis

09 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

In this AMA episode, Nathan gives an update on his son Ernie’s cancer treatment and how frontier AI models are helping him navigate complex medical ...

Building & Scaling the AI Safety Research Community, with Ryan Kidd of MATS

04 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

Ryan Kidd, Co-Executive Director of MATS, shares an inside view of the AI safety field and the world’s largest AI safety research talent pipeline. P...

Confronting the Intelligence Curse, w/ Luke Drago of Workshop Labs, from the FLI Podcast

01 Jan 2026

Contributed by Lukas

This cross-post episode from the Future of Life Institute podcast features Luke Drago, co-author of The Intelligence Curse and co-founder of Workshop ...

Controlling Tools or Aligning Creatures? Emmett Shear (Softmax) & Séb Krier (GDM), from a16z Show

27 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Emmett Shear and Séb Krier debate whether today’s AI alignment paradigm—focused on control and instruction-following—is fundamentally flawed. P...

The Great Security Update: AI ∧ Formal Methods with Kathleen Fisher of RAND & Byron Cook of AWS

24 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Kathleen Fisher and Byron Cook dive into automated reasoning and formal verification as tools for building truly secure software systems. PSA for AI b...

AI 2025 → 2026 Live Show | Part 2

19 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This year-end live show features nine rapid-fire conversations to make sense of AI’s 2025 and what might define 2026. PSA for AI builders: Intereste...

AI 2025 → 2026 Live Show | Part 1

18 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This year-end live show features nine rapid-fire conversations to make sense of AI’s 2025 and what might define 2026. PSA for AI builders: Intereste...

AI's Energy & Water Demands: Sorting Fact from Fiction with Andy Masley

14 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Andy Masley on AI energy and water use unpacks common myths and brings an Effective Altruism lens to the debate. PSA for AI builders: Interested in al...

Supintelligence: To Ban or Not to Ban? Max Tegmark & Dean Ball join Liron Shapira on Doom Debates

10 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Max Tegmark and Dean Ball debate whether we should ban the development of superintelligence in a crossover episode from Doom Debates hosted by Liron S...

Sovereign AI in Poland: Language Adaptation, Local Control & Cost Advantages with Marek Kozlowski

06 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marek Kozlowski, Head of the AI Lab at Poland's National Information Processing Institute, discusses project PLLuM (Polish Large Language Models). PSA...

China's AI Upstarts: How Z.ai Builds, Benchmarks & Ships in Hours, from ChinaTalk

03 Dec 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This special ChinaTalk cross-post features Zixuan Li of Z.ai (Zhipu AI), exploring the culture, incentives, and constraints shaping Chinese AI develop...

Underwriting Superintelligence: How AIUC is using Insurance, Standards, and Audits to Accelerate Adoption while Minimizing Risks

30 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Rune Kvist and Rajiv Dattani, co-founders of the AI Underwriting Company, reveal their innovative strategy for unlocking enterprise AI adoption. They ...

AI-Led Sales: How 1Mind's Superhumans Drive Exponential Growth, from the Agents of Scale Podcast

27 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

AI that sells, reasons, and closes like your top rep? It sounds terrifying—but it’s not. Amanda Kahlow’s Superhumans are proving that automation...

What AI Means for Students & Teachers: My Keynote from the Michigan Virtual AI Summit

25 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this keynote from the Michigan Virtual AI Summit, Nathan Labenz speaks directly to K-12 educators about the current reality and rapid trajectory of...

Escaping AI Slop: How Atlassian Gives AI Teammates Taste, Knowledge, & Workflows, w- Sherif Mansour

20 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Sherif Mansour, Head of AI at Atlassian, discusses bridging AI agents with massive-scale enterprise software deployment, drawing insights from Atlassi...

AI in the Cancer Journey: How I'm Using AI to Help My Son

17 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This deeply personal episode shares how Nathan used AI to navigate his 6-year-old son's cancer diagnosis and treatment journey. He details using GPT-5...

My Positive Vision for the AI Future, from the Existential Hope Podcast

12 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this special crossover episode from Beatrice Erkers' Existential Hope podcast, The Cognitive Revolution's host explores the crucial, often-neglecte...

What is Catholic AI? Technology Meets Theology, with Matthew Harvey Sanders, CEO of Longbeard

08 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Matthew Harvey Sanders, founder and CEO of Long Beard, introduces "Catholic AI," a rapidly growing field serving users in 165 countries. He delves int...

More Truthful AIs Report Conscious Experience: New Mechanistic Research w- Cameron Berg @ AE Studio

05 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Cameron Berg, Research Director at AE Studio, shares his team's groundbreaking research exploring whether frontier AI systems report subjective experi...

A Simulationship with AI, with *smiles and kisses you* Star Chris Stokes & Director Bryan Carberry

02 Nov 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Christopher Alexander Stokes and Bryan Carberry, protagonist and director of "*smiles and kisses you*" discuss Chris's romantic relationship with a Re...

Is AI Stalling Out? Cutting Through Capabilities Confusion, w/ Erik Torenberg, from the a16z Podcast

29 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Erik Torenberg joins to debate whether recent developments suggest AI progress is slowing down or stalling, addressing arguments from Cal Newport and ...

A Positive Vision for the Future: Part 2 with Illia Polosukhin of NEAR

25 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In part two of his conversation, Illia Polosukhin, co-author of "Attention Is All You Need" and founder of NEAR Protocol, explores the profound societ...

Always Bet on the Models: How Tasklet Puts the Agency in Agents, with CEO Andrew Lee

22 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today Andrew Lee, founder and CEO of Shortwave and Tasklet.ai, joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss building a new AI agent automation platform t...

Chinese AI – They're Just Like Us? With Beijing-Based Concordia AI CEO Brian Tse

18 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nathan interviews Brian Tse, founder and CEO of Concordia AI, about China's approach to AI development, safety and governance. They discuss China’s ...

AI Discovered Antibiotics: How Small Data & Small GNNs Led to Big Results, w/ MIT Prof. Jim Collins

14 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jim Collins, Termeer Professor at MIT, unveils his AI-powered project that has discovered several new antibiotics, effective against resistant strains...

Education in the AI Age: a Teacher Rethinks Learning & Purpose, w/ Johan Falk of Graspable AI

08 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today Johan Falk, author, speaker, and AI analyst from Stockholm, Sweden, joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss his work reimagining education for...

The Customer Service Revolution: Building Fin, with Eoghan McCabe & Fergal Reid of Intercom

05 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today Eoghan McCabe and Fergal Reid of Intercom join The Cognitive Revolution to discuss building their AI customer service agent Fin, exploring how t...

Training an AI Scientist with Feedback from Reality, w- Liam Fedus & Ekin Dogus Cubuk (from a16z)

02 Oct 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today’s special crosspost features a16z General Partner Anjney Midha with Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk of Periodic Labs. They discuss experiments...

The Machines Are Taking Our Jobs - Thank God? Emad Mostaque’s Guide to the next 1000 Days

28 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today, Emad Mostaque, founder of Intelligent Internet, joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss his book "The Last Economy" and his radical "intellig...

Stripe's Payments Foundation Model: How Data & Infra Create Compounding Advantage, w/ Emily Sands

25 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today, Emily Sands, head of data and AI at Stripe, joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss how the company built a payments foundation model that pr...

Full-Stack AI Safety: Why Defense-in-Depth Might Work, with Far.AI CEO Adam Gleave

20 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today Adam Gleave, co-founder and CEO of FAR.AI, joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss his cautiously optimistic vision for post-AGI futures and A...

Can We Stop AI Deception? Apollo Research Tests OpenAI's Deliberative Alignment, w/ Marius Hobbhahn

18 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today Marius Hobbhahn of Apollo Research joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss their collaboration with OpenAI using "deliberative alignment" to r...

User-Owned AI: On-Chain Training, Inference, and Agents, with NEAR's Illia Polosukhin

13 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today Illia Polosukhin, founder of Near Protocol joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss the intersection of AI and blockchain technologies, explori...

Coaching the Creators: Inside the Minds Building Frontier AI with Executive Coach Joe Hudson

11 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today Joe Hudson, founder of Art of Accomplishment and coach to executives at major AI labs including OpenAI and Anthropic, joins The Cognitive Revolu...

Zvi Mowshowitz on Longer Timelines, RL-induced Doom, and Why China is Refusing H20s

06 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today, Zvi Mowshowitz returns to The Cognitive Revolution to discuss how recent AI developments like GPT-5 and IMO gold medals have led to modestly ex...

In-AI Advertising: Better Answers for Users, Big Questions for Society, with ZeroClick's Ryan Hudson

03 Sep 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today Ryan Hudson, Founder and CEO of ZeroClick, joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss creating advertising infrastructure for AI applications thr...

Material Abundance: Radical AI’s Closed-Loop Lab Automates Scientific Discovery

30 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today Joseph Krause and Jorge Colindres of Radical AI join The Cognitive Revolution to discuss their ambitious mission to revolutionize materials scie...

Untangling Neural Network Mechanisms: Goodfire's Lee Sharkey on Parameter-based Interpretability

27 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today Lee Sharkey of Goodfire joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss his research on parameter decomposition methods that break down neural network...

What if Humans Weaponize Superintelligence, w/ Tom Davidson, from Future of Life Institute Podcast

23 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today Tom Davidson of Forethought joins Gus Docker of the Future of Life Institute podcast to discuss AI-enabled coups and how future AI systems could...

The AI Whistleblower Initiative: Supporting AGI Insiders When It Matters Most, w/ founder Karl Koch

20 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today Karl Koch, Co-Founder of the AI Whistleblower Initiative, joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss the barriers preventing AI insiders from rai...

Autonomous Organizations: Vending Bench & Beyond, w/ Lukas Petersson & Axel Backlund of Andon Labs

16 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today Lukas Petersson and Axel Backlund of Andon Labs join The Cognitive Revolution to discuss their experiments deploying autonomous AI agents to run...

Dean W. Ball on America's AI Action Plan & 4 Months at the White House

13 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today Dean W. Ball, former White House AI policy advisor joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss his role in crafting the Trump administration's AI ...

Jake Sullivan on Navigating AI Uncertainty and Managing Competition with China

09 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today Jake Sullivan, the U.S. National Security Advisor from 2021-2025 joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss AI as a critical national security is...

Sovereign AI: Geopolitical Strategy & Industrial Policy for Countries 3-193, with Anjney Midha, a16z

06 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Today Anjney Midha, General Partner at a16z joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss sovereign AI and China's growing semiconductor capabilities. Ch...

The Revolution in Services: General Catalyst's AI Rollup Strategy, with Marc Bhargava

02 Aug 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Marc Bhargava from General Catalyst discusses their Creation Strategy for building AI-enabled roll-ups – companies that start as vertical software s...

Liability for AI Harms: How Ancient Law Can Govern Frontier Technology Risk, with Prof Gabriel Weil

26 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Gabriel Weil from Touro University argues that liability law may be our best tool for governing AI development, offering a framework that can adapt to...

Private Governance: Creating a Market in AI Regulation, with Dr. Gillian Hadfield & Andrew Freedman

22 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Dr. Gillian Hadfield from Johns Hopkins University and Andrew Freedman from Fathom discuss their innovative proposal to govern AI through private regu...

The Dawn of Dynamic AI: RFT Comes Online, w/ Predibase CEO Dev Rishi, from Inference by Turing Post

16 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This crossover episode from Inference by Turing Post features CEO Dev Rishi of Predibase discussing the shift from static to continuously learning AI ...

Cracking the Medical Code: Why Cleveland Clinic Doctors Love Their Ambience Healthcare AI Scribe

10 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Brendan Fortuner from Ambience Healthcare and Ben Shahshahani from Cleveland Clinic discuss how AI is transforming medical documentation and coding in...

The Data Factory: Inside the $100B Race for Post-Training Supremacy, with Labelbox CEO Manu Sharma

08 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Manu Sharma, founder and CEO of Labelbox, explains how frontier AI training data has evolved far beyond simple labeling to sophisticated reinforcement...

Cheat on Everything: Cluely's Vision for Always-On AI Assistance

05 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Roy Lee, founder and CEO of Cluely, discusses his AI startup's $15 million Andreessen Horowitz investment and their provocative "cheat on everything" ...

The AI Village: Previewing the Giga-Agent Future with Adam Binksmith, Founder of AI Digest

02 Jul 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Adam Binksmith, founder of AI Digest, discusses his AI Village experiment where four frontier AI agents (Claude, o3, and Gemini models) collaborate in...

402 Payment Required: a New Way for AI Agents to Pay, with Nemil Dalal, Dev Platform Lead @ Coinbase

28 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Nemil Dalal from Coinbase discusses the x402 protocol, a new open standard that enables AI agents to make cryptocurrency payments for online resources...

2-Sigma in 2 Hours: How Alpha Schools are Using AI to Revolutionize Education

25 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

MacKenzie Price, founder of Alpha School & 2 Hour Learning, discusses her revolutionary educational model that uses AI to enable students to master tr...

Living Lindy: a No-BS Conversation on AI Agents with Flo Crivello

21 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Flo Crivello, CEO of AI agent platform Lindy, provides a candid deep dive into the current state of AI agents, cutting through hype to reveal what's a...

Embryology of AI: How Training Data Shapes AI Development w/ Timaeus' Jesse Hoogland & Daniel Murfet

19 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Jesse Hoogland and Daniel Murfet, founders of Timaeus, introduce their mathematically rigorous approach to AI safety through "developmental interpreta...

AI Scouting Report: AI Agents -vs- Agentic AI, from Imagine AI Live

14 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

This episode features Nathan's talk from Imagine AI Live, where he provides business leaders with a comprehensive overview of AI agents and agentic AI...

The Decade of May 15-22, 2025: Google's 50X AI Growth & Transformation with Logan Kilpatrick

12 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

Logan Kilpatrick from Google DeepMind returns for his fifth appearance to discuss Google’s transformation from "sleeping giant" to AI powerhouse, sh...

a16z on Protecting Little Tech: The Techno-Optimist AI Policy Agenda with Matt Perault, Head of AI Policy

09 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Matt Perault, Head of AI Policy at a16z, discusses their approach to AI regulation focused on protecting "little tech" startups from ...

Don't Make Mirror Life: Synthetic Biologist Kate Adamala on Risks & Responsibility

07 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, University of Minnesota Professor of Genetics and Synthetic Biologist, Kate Adamala, offers insights into...

What did Google's AI Co-Scientist "Discover"? The Human Scientists' POV, from the Podovirus podcast

04 Jun 2025

Contributed by Lukas

We're following up on our recent episode on Google's AI Co-Scientist with a special crossover episode from the Podovirus podcast. Hosts Dr Jessica Sac...

Mechanistic Interpretability: Philosophy, Practice & Progress with Goodfire's Dan Balsam & Tom McGrath

29 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Daniel Balsam and Tom McGrath, at Goodfire, discuss the future of mechanistic interpretability in AI models. They explore the fundame...

The Perfect Substrate for AGI, with Replit CEO Amjad Masad

22 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Amjad Masad , founder and CEO of Replit, discusses the fast-paced growth of Replit, the concept of 'vibe ...

The RAISE Act: Minimum Standards for Frontier AI Development, with NY Assembly Member Alex Bores

20 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, New York State Assembly Member Alex Bores discusses the RAISE Act, a proposed bill aimed at regulating frontier AI models with basic ...

Gemini Robotics – AI for the Physical World, with Keerthana Gopalakrishnan and Ted Xiao of Google DeepMind

17 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this engaging episode of the Cognitive Revolution, host Nathan Labenz welcomes guests Keerthana Gopalakrishnan and Ted Xiao to revisit significant ...

Titans: Neural Long-Term Memory for LLMs, with author Ali Behrouz

15 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Ali Behrouz, a PhD student at Cornell University, delves into his research on enhancing memory mechanisms...

Luma Labs' Diffusion Revolution: from Dream Machine to Multimodal Worldsim - Amit Jain, Jiaming Song

11 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Cognitive Revolution podcast, the host Nathan Labenz welcomes Amit Jain, CEO and Jiaming Song, Chief Scientist at Luma Labs, al...

OpenAI's Identity Crisis: History, Culture & Non-Profit Control with ex-employee Steven Adler

08 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, former OpenAI research scientist Steven Adler discusses his insights on OpenAI's transition through various phases, including its gro...

AI Control: Using Untrusted Systems Safely with Buck Shlegeris of Redwood Research, from the 80,000 Hours Podcast

04 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, we share a fascinating conversation from the 80,000 Hours Podcast between Rob Wiblin and Buck Shlegeris, CEO of Redwood Research. Buc...

Blueprint for AI Armageddon: Josh Clymer Imagines AI Takeover, from the Audio Tokens Podcast

01 May 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Cognitive Revolution, an AI-narrated version of Joshua Clymer's story on how AI might take over in two years is presented. The ...

Fiverr Goes All-In on AI: Empowering Creators, Not Replacing Them, with Micha Kaufman, CEO of Fiverr

26 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, host Nathan Labenz speaks with Micha Kaufman, founder and CEO of Fiverr, about the company's new AI suite...

Securing Superintelligence: National Security, Espionage & AI Control with Jeremie & Edouard Harris

23 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this thought-provoking episode of The Cognitive Revolution, host Nathan Labenz speaks with Jeremy and Edouard Harris, founders of Gladstone AI and ...

Is OpenAI's o3 AGI? Zvi Mowshowitz on Early AI Takeoff, the Mechanize launch, Live Players, & Why p(doom) is Rising

21 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode of the Cognitive Revolution podcast, the host Nathan Labenz is joined for the record 9th time by Zvi Mowshowitz to discuss the state o...

AI News Crossover: A Candid Chat with Liron Shapira of Doom Debates

19 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this crossover episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Nathan Labenz joins Liron Shapira of Doom Debates, for a wide-ranging news and analysis discuss...

Helen Toner: OpenAI Reflections, Adaptation Buffers, and AI in Warfare

16 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this thought-provoking conversation, Helen Toner, Director of Strategy at the Center for Security and Emerging Technology (CSET), discusses her per...

Is a US-China Thucydides Trap Unavoidable? With David C. Kang from the ChinaTalk Podcast

13 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this crossover episode from the China Talk podcast, Nathan Labenz shares a thought-provoking conversation between Jordan Schneider, Ilari Michaela,...

New in Nature: Google Agents Beat Human Doctors, Make Scientific Discoveries – With Vivek Natarajan and Anil Palepu

10 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this episode, Nathan Labenz speaks with Vivek Natarajan and Anil Palepu from Google DeepMind about their groundbreaking work on AMIE (Articulate Me...

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

05 Apr 2025

Contributed by Lukas

In this illuminating episode of The Cognitive Revolution, host Nathan Labenz speaks with Jack Rae, principal research scientist at Google DeepMind and...