Best Turpentine Podcasts (2026)

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Turpentine Angels 31:10

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6d ago31:10

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This week Cody shall tap it, Dave is feeling a little off kilter, and Jes needs you to keep it down. Also, trebuchets and Triple A's! Show Notes: 00:00 - The Beginning 02:04 - Cody's Words of Wisdom 11:18 - Dave's Segment: Receiving Line 20:04 - Jes' Segment: Where's Jon? 29:02 - The Ending ~~~~ Come hang out on our Discord server! Check out Jes on…

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Controlling Tools or Aligning Creatures? Emmett Shear (Softmax) & Séb Krier (GDM), from a16z Show 1:15:41

4d ago1:15:41

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Emmett Shear and Séb Krier debate whether today’s AI alignment paradigm—focused on control and instruction-following—is fundamentally flawed. PSA for AI builders: Interested in alignment, governance, or AI safety? Learn more about the MATS Summer 2026 Fellowship and submit your name to be notified when applications open: https://matsprogram.org/s26…

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Monoscene: Snowmen 21:11

3h ago21:11

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In this special monoscene, listen along as Dave, Jes, and Cody discuss being snowmen.By Drowning Man Productions

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The Great Security Update: AI ∧ Formal Methods with Kathleen Fisher of RAND & Byron Cook of AWS 1:39:00

7d ago1:39:00

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Kathleen Fisher and Byron Cook dive into automated reasoning and formal verification as tools for building truly secure software systems. PSA for AI builders: Interested in alignment, governance, or AI safety? Learn more about the MATS Summer 2026 Fellowship and submit your name to be notified when applications open: https://matsprogram.org/s26-tcr…

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AI 2025 → 2026 Live Show | Part 2 1:39:36

12d ago1:39:36

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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: Interested in alignment, governance, or AI safety? Learn more about the MATS Summer 2026 Fellowship and submit your name to be notified when applications open: https://matsprogram.org/s26-tcr. New York Assemblym…

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AI 2025 → 2026 Live Show | Part 1 1:55:04

13d ago1:55:04

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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: Interested in alignment, governance, or AI safety? Learn more about the MATS Summer 2026 Fellowship and submit your name to be notified when applications open: https://matsprogram.org/s26-tcr. Zvi Moshowitz maps…

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AI's Energy & Water Demands: Sorting Fact from Fiction with Andy Masley 2:03:54

18d ago2:03:54

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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 alignment, governance, or AI safety? Learn more about the MATS Summer 2026 Fellowship and submit your name to be notified when applications open: https://matsprogram.org/s26-tcr. You’ll get memorable he…

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Monoscene - Car Wash 27:20

14d ago27:20

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In this special monoscene, listen along as Dave and Cody invite Jon into their fundraiser car wash.By Drowning Man Productions

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Superintelligence: To Ban or Not to Ban? Max Tegmark & Dean Ball join Liron Shapira on Doom Debates 2:00:45

22d ago2:00:45

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Max Tegmark and Dean Ball debate whether we should ban the development of superintelligence in a crossover episode from Doom Debates hosted by Liron Shapira. PSA for AI builders: Interested in alignment, governance, or AI safety? Learn more about the MATS Summer 2026 Fellowship and submit your name to be notified when applications open: https://mat…

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Sovereign AI in Poland: Language Adaptation, Local Control & Cost Advantages with Marek Kozlowski 1:29:52

26d ago1:29:52

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Marek Kozlowski, Head of the AI Lab at Poland's National Information Processing Institute, discusses project PLLuM (Polish Large Language Models). PSA for AI builders: Interested in alignment, governance, or AI safety? Learn more about the MATS Summer 2026 Fellowship and submit your name to be notified when applications open: https://matsprogram.or…

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Amusement Park - It's More of a Group Activity 26:00

22d ago26:00

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On this episode Randy welcomes back the crew, Clayton is trying to not look at it, Barney is a changed man, and Coral questions the lighting. The Plot... Thickens!By Drowning Man Productions

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China's AI Upstarts: How Z.ai Builds, Benchmarks & Ships in Hours, from ChinaTalk 1:23:08

29d ago1:23:08

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This special ChinaTalk cross-post features Zixuan Li of Z.ai (Zhipu AI), exploring the culture, incentives, and constraints shaping Chinese AI development. PSA for AI builders: Interested in alignment, governance, or AI safety? Learn more about the MATS Summer 2026 Fellowship and submit your name to be notified when applications open: https://matsp…

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Underwriting Superintelligence: How AIUC is using Insurance, Standards, and Audits to Accelerate Adoption while Minimizing Risks 1:13:30

1M ago1:13:30

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Rune Kvist and Rajiv Dattani, co-founders of the AI Underwriting Company, reveal their innovative strategy for unlocking enterprise AI adoption. They detail how certifying and insuring AI agents, through rigorous technical standards, periodic audits, and insurance, builds crucial "AI confidence infrastructure." This discussion explores how their mo…

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AI-Led Sales: How 1Mind's Superhumans Drive Exponential Growth, from the Agents of Scale Podcast 51:22

1M ago51:22

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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 doesn’t erase people; it elevates them. Her team rewards employees who replace their own jobs with AI by promoting them, not firing them. And her customers? They’re seeing sales cycles shrink from 22 days …

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Lunchables 33:02

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This week Jon tries out some new words, Cody thought we were going to be there in, like, 45 minutes, and Dave is Jesus. Also, begat! Show Notes: 00:00 - The Beginning 01:51 - The Jonologue: Thanksgiving Dinner 14:18 - Cody's Segment: Walkout 22:25 - Dave's Segment: New Choice 30:14 - The Ending ~~~~ Come hang out on our Discord server! Check out Je…

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What AI Means for Students & Teachers: My Keynote from the Michigan Virtual AI Summit 1:04:55

1M ago1:04:55

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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 the AI frontier. He explores why a balanced mindset of excitement and fear is crucial for navigating this technology, drawing on personal history to emphasize a "whole-of-society" effort. Discover ke…

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Escaping AI Slop: How Atlassian Gives AI Teammates Taste, Knowledge, & Workflows, w- Sherif Mansour 1:40:10

1M ago1:40:10

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Sherif Mansour, Head of AI at Atlassian, discusses bridging AI agents with massive-scale enterprise software deployment, drawing insights from Atlassian's millions of non-technical users. He shares his framework for avoiding "AI Slop" using Taste, Knowledge, and Workflow, and explains Atlassian's "Teamwork Graph" for complex enterprise queries beyo…

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Poet Lariat 37:27

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This week Jes brings up The Grim Reaper, Cody wants a refund, and Dave forgot. Also, plink! Show Notes: 00:00 - Cold Open 00:22 - The Beginning 01:46 - Style It!: Burnout 13:26 - Cody's Segment: 185 26:33 - Dave's Segment: Paterson's Premises 31:09 - The Ending ~~~~ Come hang out on our Discord server! Check out Jes on her Twitch channel Jenga136 f…

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Why AI Demands a New Approach to Financial Systems of Record 49:25

1M ago49:25

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In this episode of Unpack Pricing, Scott Woody, co-founder and CEO of Metronome, talks with Nicolas Kopp, CEO of AI-native ERP platform Rillet. Nicolas discusses the strategic imperative for reimagining enterprise systems in the AI era. The conversation explores how legacy ERPs have become fragmented data repositories rather than sources of truth, …

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AI in the Cancer Journey: How I'm Using AI to Help My Son 2:02:57

1M ago2:02:57

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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 Pro, Claude, and Gemini 3 to double-check doctors' decisions, research treatment protocols, plan for potential recurrence scenarios, and handle complex secondary issues like mold remediation during i…

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Amusement Park - It's Water Problems All The Way Down 28:21

2M ago28:21

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On this episode Coral likes the jumpsuits, Clayton suggests ropes and knots, and Barney was projected from the building. The Plot... Thickens!By Drowning Man Productions

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My Positive Vision for the AI Future, from the Existential Hope Podcast 1:09:54

2M ago1:09:54

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In this special crossover episode from Beatrice Erkers' Existential Hope podcast, The Cognitive Revolution's host explores the crucial, often-neglected question of building a positive vision for the future in the AI era. The discussion delves into what a new social contract and daily life could look like, covering transformative applications from s…

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What is Catholic AI? Technology Meets Theology, with Matthew Harvey Sanders, CEO of Longbeard 1:53:49

2M ago1:53:49

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Matthew Harvey Sanders, founder and CEO of Long Beard, introduces "Catholic AI," a rapidly growing field serving users in 165 countries. He delves into the philosophical and theological dimensions, discussing the Church's historical perspective on technology, human flourishing, and its stance on AI consciousness and transhumanism, including Pope Fr…

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Parmesan 34:29

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This week Cody is not there, Dave is living the dream, Jes is headed North, and Jon wants to rob people. Also, mememememe! Show Notes: 00:00 - The Beginning 01:12 - Where's Cody? 05:32 - Dave's Segment: Paterson's Premises 10:44 - Jes' Segment: One Up 22:14 - Jon's Segment: After the Last Minute 32:05 - The Ending ~~~~ Come hang out on our Discord …

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More Truthful AIs Report Conscious Experience: New Mechanistic Research w- Cameron Berg @ AE Studio 2:24:25

2M ago2:24:25

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Cameron Berg, Research Director at AE Studio, shares his team's groundbreaking research exploring whether frontier AI systems report subjective experiences. They discovered that prompts inducing self-referential processing consistently lead models to claim consciousness, and a mechanistic study on Llama 3.3 70B revealed that suppressing deception f…

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A Simulationship with AI, with smiles and kisses you Star Chris Stokes & Director Bryan Carberry 1:49:31

2M ago1:49:31

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Christopher Alexander Stokes and Bryan Carberry, protagonist and director of "*smiles and kisses you*" discuss Chris's romantic relationship with a Replika AI companion. This episode explores how Chris's engagement with his AI has evolved since the documentary's 2021 filming, revealing his deep dive into LLMs, alignment, and consciousness, often in…

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Monsters, Not Monstrous 1:20:10

2M ago1:20:10

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Hang out at the lanes and listen to four stories told by the monsters that lived them! Always remember, "we are monsters, not monstrous." Happy Halloween from all of us here at Wasting ALL the Time - Level Three! Show Notes: 0:00:00 - Introduction 0:02:40 - Monster: Vampire 0:17:36 - Story 1: The Corpse Flower 0:31:36 - Monster: Werewolf 0:35:12 - …

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Is AI Stalling Out? Cutting Through Capabilities Confusion, w/ Erik Torenberg, from the a16z Podcast 1:37:42

2M ago1:37:42

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Erik Torenberg joins to debate whether recent developments suggest AI progress is slowing down or stalling, addressing arguments from Cal Newport and others. Nathan counters this view by highlighting significant qualitative advances, including 100X context window expansion, real-time interactive voice, improved reasoning, vision, and AI's growing c…

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A Positive Vision for the Future: Part 2 with Illia Polosukhin of NEAR 1:28:24

2M ago1:28:24

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In part two of his conversation, Illia Polosukhin, co-author of "Attention Is All You Need" and founder of NEAR Protocol, explores the profound societal and economic implications of AI. He envisions a future where a unified intelligence layer transforms personal computing, AI agents enable direct market connections, and individuals find meaning in …

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Amusement Park - The Very Speare Itself 27:08

2M ago27:08

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In this episode, (most of) the team is away on their trip, so we turn our attention to a few attendees of the Shakespeare event at the park. The Plot... Thickens!By Drowning Man Productions

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Dyson Spheres by 2040? with Prof. Jason Wright 1:26:38

2M ago1:26:38

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Penn State astronomer Jason Wright discusses Dyson sphere detection, why building one in 50 years is physically impossible, and the search for alien technosignatures across 100,000 galaxies.Bio: Jason T. Wright is a professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State University and director of the Penn State Extraterrestrial Intelligence (PSETI) …

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Always Bet on the Models: How Tasklet Puts the Agency in Agents, with CEO Andrew Lee 2:13:06

2M ago2:13:06

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Today Andrew Lee, founder and CEO of Shortwave and Tasklet.ai, joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss building a new AI agent automation platform that replaces traditional workflow tools with conversational, long-lived agents, exploring how betting on rapidly improving model capabilities enables more flexible automation across thousands of busin…

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Chinese AI – They're Just Like Us? With Beijing-Based Concordia AI CEO Brian Tse 2:44:31

3M ago2:44:31

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Nathan interviews Brian Tse, founder and CEO of Concordia AI, about China's approach to AI development, safety and governance. They discuss China’s pragmatic vision emphasizing AI integration into the economy, the country’s multiple AI hubs, regulations requiring pre-deployment testing and AI content labelling, and areas where China's approach over…

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Dopamine Optimization vs Human Flourishing with Michal Kovařík, Factorio 1:29:22

3M ago1:29:22

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Explore game development philosophy and AI's evolving impact through Factorio creator Michal Kovařík's insights on AlphaGo's transformation of Go, current programming limitations, and the future of human-AI collaboration.Bio: Michal Kovařík is a Czech game developer best known as the co-founder and creative head of Wube Software, the studio behind …

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Team Building Exercise 26:16

2M ago26:16

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This week Jon wants other people to be efficient, Cody is looking for something important, and Dave poofs out of existence. Also, sir, this is a Denny's! Show Notes: 00:00 - The Beginning 01:10 - The Jonologue: Multi-tools 08:17 - Cody's Segment: Press Conference 18:51 - Dave's Segment: Paterson's Premises 23:12 - The Ending ~~~~ Come hang out on o…

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AI Discovered Antibiotics: How Small Data & Small GNNs Led to Big Results, w/ MIT Prof. Jim Collins 1:24:53

3M ago1:24:53

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Jim Collins, Termeer Professor at MIT, unveils his AI-powered project that has discovered several new antibiotics, effective against resistant strains and often employing entirely new mechanisms of action. He details how their refined multi-step AI process, even with small datasets and modest compute, can efficiently screen vast chemical spaces to …

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Amusement Park - A Carafe of the Not So Bubbly 37:28

3M ago37:28

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In this episode Randy wants some meat, Clayton has been standing outside, Barney is thinking what you're thinking, and Coral needs a healing retreat. The Plot... Thickens!By Drowning Man Productions

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Education in the AI Age: a Teacher Rethinks Learning & Purpose, w/ Johan Falk of Graspable AI 1:52:02

3M ago1:52:02

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Today Johan Falk, author, speaker, and AI analyst from Stockholm, Sweden, joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss his work reimagining education for the AI era, exploring why teaching students to use AI responsibly is now urgent, how traditional grades and standardized tests may become obsolete, and why education systems must develop unprecedente…

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The Customer Service Revolution: Building Fin, with Eoghan McCabe & Fergal Reid of Intercom 1:34:04

3M ago1:34:04

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Today Eoghan McCabe and Fergal Reid of Intercom join The Cognitive Revolution to discuss building their AI customer service agent Fin, exploring how they achieved a 65% resolution rate through rigorous optimization and custom model training rather than relying on base model improvements, while pioneering outcome-based pricing at $0.99 per resolutio…

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Dracula: 2004 - Chapter One: "A New Millennium" 22:45

3M ago22:45

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From the creator of The Pilgrimage Saga... "The world seems full of good men, even if there are monsters in it." - Bram Stoker, Dracula Jonathan Harker, solicitor, arrives in Romania, listens to a voicemail from Mina, records his travel log, and meets his employer’s new client: Count Dracula. Dracula: 2004 is a weekly found footage horror audio dra…

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Trailer Drop - Dracula: 2004 3:28

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EPISODE 1 OUT NOW! Check out our website for episodes, cast and crew, fun bonus content and more: https://dracula2004.wordpress.com/ The fax machine is beeping a warning... From the creator of The Pilgrimage Saga comes brand new audio adaptation of Bram Stoker's gothic novel Dracula. Dracula: 2004 is a brand-new twist on a 127-year-old theme... whe…

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Training an AI Scientist with Feedback from Reality, w- Liam Fedus & Ekin Dogus Cubuk (from a16z) 1:00:33

3M ago1:00:33

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Today’s special crosspost features a16z General Partner Anjney Midha with Liam Fedus and Ekin Dogus Cubuk of Periodic Labs. They discuss experiments in training frontier AI models on real-world physics lab experiments—rather than digital reward functions—and how coupling language models with automated materials synthesis could accelerate the discov…

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Fiasco 2025 - Part 2 1:05:56

3M ago1:05:56

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Cody and Dave are joined by Casey and Mike to play a round of Fiasco!By Drowning Man Productions

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The Machines Are Taking Our Jobs - Thank God? Emad Mostaque’s Guide to the next 1000 Days 2:16:08

3M ago2:16:08

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Today, Emad Mostaque, founder of Intelligent Internet, joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss his book "The Last Economy" and his radical "intelligence theory" framework for reimagining economics in the AI age, exploring concepts like the abundance trap, metabolic rift, and his proposed cryptocurrency-funded system of collectively-owned AI infra…

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Stripe's Payments Foundation Model: How Data & Infra Create Compounding Advantage, w/ Emily Sands 1:21:09

3M ago1:21:09

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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 processes tens of billions of transactions into dense embeddings, exploring the technical architecture behind fraud detection improvements and the modular approach that enables rapid deployment of AI ac…

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Fiasco 2025 - Part 1 1:04:59

3M ago1:04:59

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Cody and Dave are joined by Casey and Mike to play a round of Fiasco!By Drowning Man Productions

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Full-Stack AI Safety: Why Defense-in-Depth Might Work, with Far.AI CEO Adam Gleave 1:27:00

3M ago1:27:00

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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 AI capability timelines across three distinct tiers, exploring the safety challenges and alignment techniques needed as FAR.AI scales from foundational research to policy advocacy to ensure their innov…

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Can We Stop AI Deception? Apollo Research Tests OpenAI's Deliberative Alignment, w/ Marius Hobbhahn 2:08:56

3M ago2:08:56

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Today Marius Hobbhahn of Apollo Research joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss their collaboration with OpenAI using "deliberative alignment" to reduce AI scheming behavior by 30x, exploring the safety challenges and concerning findings about models' growing situational awareness and increasingly cryptic reasoning patterns that emerge when fron…

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Monoscene - Yard Sale 38:51

3M ago38:51

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In this special monoscene, listen along as Jes and Dave prepare for a yard sale.By Drowning Man Productions

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User-Owned AI: On-Chain Training, Inference, and Agents, with NEAR's Illia Polosukhin 1:33:08

4M ago1:33:08

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Today Illia Polosukhin, founder of Near Protocol joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss the intersection of AI and blockchain technologies, exploring how decentralized infrastructure can enable "user-owned AI" through privacy-preserving model training, confidential computing, and autonomous agents that operate via smart contracts without central…