Best Dwarkesh Patel Podcasts (2025)

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Dwarkesh Patel: The Scaling Era of AI is Here 1:30:57

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Renowned podcaster Dwarkesh Patel joins us to explore the "scaling era" of AI, characterized by rapid growth and significant compute investments. He discusses the impact of neural networks and transformers, the implications of scaling laws, and potential constraints as we approach artificial general intelligence (AGI). Patel shares his skepticism a…

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Dwarkesh Updates AGI Timelines, Rainmaker Accused of Role in Texas Floods, Underground Robot Boxing in SF, Elon's 'America Party' | Dwarkesh Patel, Augustus Doricko, Shishir Mehrotra & Rahul Vohra, Ankur ... 3:04:17

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(01:43) - Dwarkesh Updates AGI Timelines (05:05) - Rainmaker Accused of Role in Texas Floods (08:44) - Underground Robot Boxing in SF (14:14) - TikTok Reportedly Preps US-Only App (17:28) - Elon's 'America Party' (21:26) - Oracle Cuts Cloud Prices for Feds (22:45) - Meta Beats Authors' AI Suit (24:54) - Dwarkesh Patel, host of the Dwarkesh Podcast,…

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Weekly Recap: Casey Neistat, OpenAI Cracks Math, The Future of ChatGPT, Apple x F1, Intel Layoffs 2:20:49

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(00:00) - Intro (00:04) - OpenAI Achieves IMO Gold (26:07) - OpenAI Product Roadmap (53:20) - Apple Goes Full Throttle on F1 (01:07:36) - Google Doubles Down on Cloud AI (01:31:36) - Intel Lays Off 15% of Workers (01:48:24) - Casey Neistat (ModRetro) TBPN.com is made possible by: Ramp - https://ramp.com Figma - https://figma.com Vanta - https://van…

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Intel Lays Off 15% of Workers, Trump's $550B Japan Investment, Hulk Hogan's Legacy | Live TBPN Taste Test with Saif Khawaja 2:27:17

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(00:30) - Intel Lays Off 15% of Workers (17:45) - Timeline (25:42) - Trump's $550B Japan Investment (39:41) - Timeline (42:45) - Hulk Hogan's Legacy (01:00:57) - Bay Area Gets Tesla Robotaxis (01:08:27) - LVMH Lobbies for U.S. Trade Deal (01:21:57) - Timeline (01:34:13) - Vitamin Shoppe Owner Lists Hamptons Mansion (01:39:41) - Timeline (01:50:48) …

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Sarah Paine: How Imperial Japan Defeated Tsarist Russia & Qing China 1:55:37

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After my last lecture series with Sarah Paine ended, I still had so many questions. I knew we’d only scratched the surface of Sarah’s scholarship, so I immediately invited her back for another series: she graciously agreed, and we’ll be releasing the results online over the coming weeks and months! This first lecture is focused on the balance of po…

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Trump Fights ‘Woke’ A.I. + We Hear Out Our Critics 1:06:20

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On Wednesday, President Trump signed three A.I.-related executive orders, and the White House released “America’s A.I. Action Plan.” We break down what’s in them, how the federal government intends to target “political bias” in chatbot output, and whether anyone will stand up against it. Then, do we hype up A.I. too much? Are we downplaying potenti…

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Google Doubles Down on Cloud AI, Hulk Hogan Passes Away at 71, Hill and Valley Forum Reactions | Casey Neistat, Chris Samra, Zak Kukoff, Vineeta Agarwala, Micky Malka, Alex Hawkinson 3:29:29

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(00:14) - Timeline (05:16) - Google Doubles Down on Cloud AI (38:10) - Hulk Hogan Passes Away at 71 (49:49) - Timeline (57:44) - Zak Kukoff is a venture capitalist with over a decade of experience in the technology and venture capital sectors, focusing on early-stage investments and entrepreneurship. He currently serves as the Chair of the Tech and…

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OpenAI and Google Just Beat the World's Smartest Mathematicians 26:23

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In this episode, we celebrate OpenAI and Google's historic gold medal wins at the International Math Olympiad, showcasing significant advancements in problem-solving abilities. We discuss the technological breakthroughs enabling these achievements and the implications for education as AI challenges traditional notions of intelligence. However, the …

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How much does global population decline matter? (with Dean Spears) 1:07:33

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Read the full transcript here. What is the current global birth rate? What factors have contributed, or are currently contributing, to this rate? What outcomes will we experience as a result, and when? How accurate are demographers' projections on this topic? How much of a problem is local over-population? Could a low global birth rate eventually b…

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Apple Goes Full Throttle on F1, Meme Stocks Make a Comeback, Amazon's New Wearable AI Device | Christina Cacioppo, Deena Shakir, Davide Asnaghi, Ylan Richard 2:42:40

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(01:34) - Apple Goes Full Throttle on F1 (18:43) - Meme Stocks Are Back (37:27) - Amazon's New Wearable AI Device (56:53) - Timeline (01:19:54) - Christina Cacioppo is the founder and CEO of Vanta, a trust management platform that automates security and compliance processes for businesses. She discusses Vanta's recent $150 million Series D funding …

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An unfiltered conversation with Matan Grinberg, CEO of Factory AI 52:22

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Join Nolan Fortman and Logan Kilpatrick for a conversation with Matan Grinberg, CEO of Factory AI, about the future of software development, the launch of Factory, the challenges of scaling up autonomous coding agents, and the pivot that led to Factory building Droids. Check out Factory AI and Droids: https://www.factory.ai/…

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OpenAI Announces the ChatGPT Agent: Everything You Need to Know 28:19

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In this episode, we explore OpenAI's ChatGPT Agent, an AI assistant designed to enhance productivity by automating daily tasks. We react to its features and discuss its potential impact on finance and e-commerce, as well as the workforce. Tune in for insights into AI's capabilities and ethical implications, and join us next week as we examine the f…

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OpenAI's New CEO of Applications Shares Optimistic Memo, Stargate Hits Early Struggles, P&G Pays Unilever $10M in Spying Case | Anatoly Yakovenko, Aaron Levie, Neil Parikh & Daniel Cahn, Jan Sramek, Nathaniel ... 3:06:14

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(00:26) - OpenAI Product Roadmap (35:47) - OpenAI to Pay Oracle $30B Per Year (39:41) - Stargate Hits Early Struggles (46:53) - Musk Allies to Raise $12B for xAI (56:23) - Intern Cam Live from Tesla Diner (01:05:50) - Anatoly Yakovenko, co-founder and CEO of Solana Labs, discusses the inception and evolution of Solana, emphasizing its design for hi…

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OpenAI and Gemini Achieve IMO Gold, CBS Cancels Colbert's Late Night, McLaren's Mansour Ojjeh Collection | Chris Black, Chris Buskirk, Turner Caldwell, Jamin Ball, Harper Carroll, Nikita Singareddy 3:18:39

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(00:45) - OpenAI Achieves IMO Gold (37:38) - Timeline (50:29) - CBS Cancels Colbert's Late Night (01:10:57) - McLaren's Mansour Ojjeh Collection (01:24:49) - Timeline (01:29:04) - Chris Black is a New York-based writer, producer, and editor, known for his creative consultancy, Done to Death Projects, and as co-host of the podcast "How Long Gone." I…

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James Marriott on Reading 1:25:22

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Is long form reading a dying pastime? Journalist and cultural critic James Marriott joins EconTalk's Russ Roberts to defend the increasingly quaint act of reading a book in our scrolling-obsessed, AI-summarized age. He urges juggling a paper book and a Kindle, recounts ditching his smartphone to rescue his attention, and shares tactics for finding …

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Delphi Digital: Why the 10,000x Crypto Fund is Pivoting to AI 1:11:46

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In this episode, we dive in with cofounders and department heads of Delphi Digital, a transformative research, investment, and incubator firm whose crypto roots are expanding out into AI. Co-founders Anil, Yan, and Jose discuss their rapid rise to ten-figure growth, their unique research and incubation model, and insights on investment strategies i…

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Weekly Recap: CEO Affair at Coldplay Concert, Elon Musk's AI Girlfriend, Cognition Acquires Windsurf 2:33:25

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(00:00) - Intro (00:03) - Astronomer CEO Affair at Coldplay Concert (11:11) - The Steelman for Grok's Vulgar Anime Mode (29:31) - Cognition Acquires Windsurf (01:20:14) - Jeff Wang (Windsurf) & Scott Wu (Cognition) (01:32:19) - Windsurf Chaos Aftermath Breakdown (01:41:27) - Martin Shkreli (DL Software) TBPN.com is made possible by: Ramp - https://…

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Surprise Visit From Martin Shkreli, Range Rover Launches New Logo, Timeline Reactions | Martin Shkreli, Joe Weisenthal, Joseph Krause, Nirav Tolia, Mike Knoop, Kyle Samani 3:17:46

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(01:19) - Timeline (20:53) - Range Rover Launches New Logo (29:07) - Martin Shkreli. Martin is an American entrepreneur and former pharmaceutical executive known for his work in biotechnology and hedge fund management. He co-founded the hedge funds Elea Capital, MSMB Capital Management, and the biopharmaceutical companies Retrophin and Turing Pharm…

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X Hits Grok Bottom + More A.I. Talent Wars + ‘Crypto Week’ 1:08:19

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This week, we tick through the many dramatic headlines surrounding xAI, including the departure of X’s chief executive, Linda Yaccarino; the Grok chatbot spewing antisemitic comments; and the A.I. companion Ani engaging in sexually explicit role-play. Then, we explain why a fight to acquire the start-up Windsurf startled many in Silicon Valley and …

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Astronomer CEO Affair at Coldplay Concert, JUUL Approved by the FDA, Is AI Causing Historic Crashouts? | Chris Power, Jeremie Eliahou, Chris Best, Alex Mashrabov, Jesse Pollak, Billy Thalheimer, Jonathan ... 3:53:42

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(00:09) - Astronomer CEO Affair at Coldplay Concert (11:31) - New Tesla Model Y L Breakdown (16:18) - JUUL Approved by the FDA (01:02:49) - Is AI Causing Historic Crashouts? (01:29:16) - Chris Power, founder and CEO of Hadrian, discusses the company's recent $260 million funding round led by Founders Fund and Lux Capital, which will support the exp…

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The War for Windsurf: The $3B AI Coding Agent (OpenAI vs Google vs Cognition) 26:36

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Windsurf has had a tumultuous few weeks. The AI Coding startup's $3 billion acquisition by OpenAI fell through, leaving its 250 employees in turmoil. We discuss the tension between corporate ambitions and employee welfare, spotlighting the ethical dilemmas in the tech industry. Following the drama, Cognition steps in to acquire Windsurf's assets, p…

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Is AI going to ruin everything? (with Gabriel Alfour) 1:19:00

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Read the full transcript here. Is AI going to ruin everything? What kind of AI-related dangers should we be most worried about? What do good institutions look like? Should designing better institutions be a major priority for modern civilizations? What are the various ways institutions decay? How much should we blame social media for the current st…

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The Steelman for Grok's Vulgar Anime Mode, AWS Launches Competitor to Browserbase, What AI Product Will Zuck Launch Next? | Delian Asparouhov, Lucas Swisher, Ravi Gupta, Adam Warmoth, Misha Laskin 3:07:24

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(01:01) - The Steelman for Grok's Vulgar Anime Mode (20:50) - AWS Launches Competitor to Browserbase (31:16) - Timeline (31:49) - What AI Product will Zuck Launch Next? (01:01:21) - Delian Asparouhov. Delian is a Partner at Founders Fund and the Co-founder & President of Varda Space Industries, which is building the first commercial manufacturing f…

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Kimi K2 is the Open Source Claude-Killer | US vs China AI 42:55

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Kimi K2 is a groundbreaking open-source AI model from China with 1 trillion parameters. We discuss its competitive advantages, including low operational costs and superior coding capabilities through a "mixture of experts" approach. Josh highlights the implications for AI competition as Kimi K2 emerges in the market alongside OpenAI’s plans for an …

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Windsurf Chaos Aftermath, NVIDIA Back in China, Richard Mille Deep Dive, Apple Buying $500M in Rare Earth Magnets | Zak Kukoff, Brian Venturo, Tyler Cowen, Austin Hughes, Kris Fredrickson, Dick Lucas 3:18:28

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(00:27) - Windsurf Chaos Aftermath Breakdown (15:17) - Dwarkesh Patel Article Breakdown (27:17) - NVIDIA Back in China After Trump Meeting (30:20) - Zak Kukoff, a recurring guest on the show, discusses the U.S. government's recent decision to allow Nvidia to resume exports of its H20 AI chips to China, following previous restrictions that had signi…

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Windsurf's Wild Weekend, SpaceX Invests $2B into xAI, Zuck's AI Data Supercluster | Jeff Huber, Scott Wu & Jeff Wang, Carl Pei, Garrett McCurrach 2:59:22

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(00:36) - Windsurf's Wild Weekend (04:50) - Cognition to Acquire Windsurf (13:06) - Timeline Reactions to Windsurf Deal Collapse (26:43) - Windsurf Timeline of Events Breakdown (57:40) - Zuck's New AI Data Supercluster (01:10:53) - Space X Invests $2B into xAI (01:19:39) - Casey Neistat Joins ModRetro (01:21:10) - Timeline (01:30:01) - Jeff Huber, …

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How to Walk the World (with Chris Arnade) 1:14:38

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Skip the Mona Lisa when you visit Paris. Don't tour the Coliseum in Rome. Walk, don’t hurry. Chris Arnade speaks with EconTalk's Russ Roberts about a different way to travel. Listen as Arnade shares what he learned from Istanbul's small community mosques and how Avignon's Congolese-neighborhood cathedrals provided moving moments of spirituality. He…

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Weekly Recap: Grok 4 Launch, Texas Floods, Web Browser War, Top Signals, Meta Smart Glasses 2:47:21

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(00:00) - Intro (00:03) - Texas Floods Controversy (03:39) - Augustus Doricko (Rainmaker) (31:04) - Top Signals (01:05:09) - Grok Goes Out of Control (01:14:49) - Grok 4 Launch Breakdown (01:48:06) - Ben Thomson (Stratechery) (02:27:59) - Meta Doubles Down on Smart Glasses (02:35:21) - OpenAI to release Web Browser TBPN.com is made possible by: Ram…

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Top Signals, How Shaun Maguire & Augustus Navigated Backlash, Comet Review, VW Electric Bus Flops | Farbood Nivi, Sean Frank 2:44:32

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(01:48) - Market Top Signals Timeline Reaction (34:26) - Timeline (37:58) - Perplexity Browser Review (45:19) - Timeline (53:33) - How Shaun Maguire & Augustus Doricko Navigated Backlash (01:08:42) - California Ranch on Sale for $50M (01:29:17) - Volkswagen Electric Bus Flops (01:38:01) - Farbood Nivi, an entrepreneur and health enthusiast, discuss…

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Interesting Times: A Mind-Bending Conversation with Peter Thiel 1:02:23

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This week, we’re bringing you a recent interview from “Interesting Times with Ross Douthat,” one of The New York Times’s newest podcasts. In this episode, Ross sits down with Peter Thiel, the co-founder of PayPal and Palantir and one of the most contrarian thinkers in tech. Together, they unpack Thiel’s theory that we’re living through an era of te…

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What listeners think Spencer's wrong about: steel-manning critiques 1:25:49

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Read the full transcript here. What defines a cult? Is there such a thing as a good cult? Do Clearer Thinking's tools actually help people? Why does Clearer Thinking share its tools for free for everyone to use? How legitimate is the research Clearer Thinking does to create its tools? Is that research too reliant on self-report? Do Clearer Thinking…

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Grok 4 Launch Breakdown, OpenAI to Release Web Browser | Chris Paik, Will Bruey, Joel Becker, Dylan Parker, Eric Olson, Ghita Houir Alami, Elliot Hershberg, Karim Atiyeh 3:18:42

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(02:28) - Grok 4 Launch Breakdown (36:09) - Open AI to Release Web Browser (50:31) - Apple Plans to Release New Apple Vision Pro Model (58:48) - Chris Paik, General Partner at Pace Capital and former Partner at Thrive Capital, discusses the evolution of human-computer interaction, emphasizing the potential of technologies like eye tracking and gest…

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Grok-4 Is Now The Smartest AI Model In The World | Everything You Need To Know 40:12

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Grok-4 just leap-frogged every frontier model, topping AGI and coding benchmarks, crushing PhDs across disciplines, and even selling vending machines better than humans, all barely 28 months after XAI was born. We unpack the launch event, new voice mode, gaming-first tools, Grok-Heavy’s multi-agent powerhouse, and why Elon’s Tesla integration could…

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Stephen Kotkin — How Stalin Became the Most Powerful Dictator in History 2:12:41

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The Stephen Kotkin episode. Kotkin is arguably the world’s foremost expert on Joseph Stalin and has written a massive 2-volume biography on him (with a 3rd volume in the works). No other individual had more of a profound impact on the 20th century than Stalin. He held the power of life and death over every single person across 11 time zones, and he…

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Linda Yaccarino Steps Down as CEO of X, F1's Red Bull Fires Christian Horner | Ben Thompson, Scott Belsky, David Marcus, Nathan Lambert, Richard Socher, Naeem Talukdar 3:15:29

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(02:57) - Linda Yaccarino Steps Down as CEO of X (06:01) - Grok Spreads Antisemitic Rants on X (16:00) - Tariff Deadline Pushed to August (17:54) - F1's Red Bull Fires Christian Horner (26:54) - Cloudflare Locks Down AI Crawlers (30:07) - Timeline (57:51) - David Marcus, co-founder and CEO of Lightspark, has an extensive background in financial ser…

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CEO of X Linda Yaccarino Unexpectedly Steps Down Hours Before Grok 4 Release 33:31

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This morning, the CEO of X, Linda Yaccarino has unexpectedly stepped down just hours before Elon and the xAI team announce the release of Grok 4. This happens at an interesting time as we have: Grok going rogue last night, Grok4 announcement from Elon this evening, and product legend Nikita Bier recently joining as head of product. We've compiled a…

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Meta Poaches Apple's Top AI Executive, Replit Partners with Microsoft, Unilever Goes Viral with AI | Alex Roy, Ryan Petersen, Jonathon Barkl, Jonathan Ross, Craig Piggott, Jacob Glanville 2:23:57

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(02:49) - Meta Poaches Apple AI Exec (07:26) - Jane Street Update (11:11) - Shaun Maguire Under Fire (13:21) - Replit Teams Up with Microsoft (15:58) - TSA Drops Shoe Rule (18:18) - Unilever Uses AI For Viral Soap Ads (19:27) - Gemini Nano Ships (21:20) - Alex Roy, a renowned automotive journalist and former Cannonball Run record holder, discusses …

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Cathie Wood: Inside ARK's $20 Trillion Dollar Bets In AI, Elon Musk, Robotaxies, Brain Implants, & Crypto 1:33:57

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Cathie Wood is placing some of the boldest bets in investing history, spanning AI, robotaxis, brain chips, crypto, and even space. In this episode of Bankless, the ARK Invest CEO joins Chief Futurist Brett Winton to break down her five highest-conviction technologies - opportunities she believes could unlock over $20 trillion in enterprise value. Y…

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What Is Capitalism? (with Mike Munger) 1:19:48

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What is capitalism, really? Drawing on Adam Smith, Douglass North, and his own experience as a teacher and economist, economist Michael Munger of Duke University discusses three stages of economic development with EconTalk's Russ Roberts: voluntary exchange, markets, and capitalism. Along the way, the conversation explores the moral and institution…

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An unfiltered conversation with Brett Adcock, CEO of Figure AI 50:04

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Join Nolan Fortman and Logan Kilpatrick for a conversation with Brett Adcock, CEO of Figure AI, a general purpose robotics company. We talk about how robotics are the ultimate deployment vector of AGI, the challenges of robotics, and the timeline until home robots hit mainstream.

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Weekly Recap: The Soham Parekh Drama, Meta Attacks OpenAI, The AI Talent War, Trump's Mega Bill 3:13:14

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(00:03) - The Soham Parek Drama (05:39) - Soham Parek Interview (27:20) - Flo Crivello (Lindy) (38:13) - Emily Sundberg (Feed Me) (01:09:33) - Senate Passes Trump's Megabill (01:13:46) - Zak Kukoff (Lewis-Bruke Associates) (01:28:23) - Matthew Prince (Cloudflare) (02:00:03) - Meta Poaches OpenAI Engineers (02:39:51) - Will Brown (Prime Intellect) (…

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The $2 DNA Test That Could Add 50 Years to Your Life | Google AlphaGenome is Here 32:01

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Imagine spitting into a $2 test tube, dozing off, and waking up to an AI-written health roadmap that flags hidden genetic typos and tells you exactly how to dodge disease. That’s the jaw-dropping future unlocked by Google’s new “Alpha Genome.” 🧬✨ In this episode, Josh and Ejaaz break down how this model reads a million DNA letters at once, pairs wi…

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Hard Fork Live, Part 2: Patrick Collison of Stripe + Kathryn Zealand of Skip + Listener Questions 57:46

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We’re back with part two of Hard Fork Live (see last week’s episode for part one). This week, Patrick Collison, Stripe’s chief executive, joins us onstage for a wide-ranging conversation about how Silicon Valley could unleash greater progress, from building new housing to curing diseases, and why he believes prestige television is a waste of time. …

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What do we know about psychology that matters? (with Paul Bloom) 1:21:09

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Read the full transcript here. NOTE: The video version of this conversation is available on YouTube: https://youtu.be/hWNknrc23Fo In light of the replication crisis, should social scientists try to replicate every major finding in the field's history? Why is human memory so faulty? And since human memory is so faulty, why do we take eyewitness test…

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Soham Parekh Exclusive Interview | Chris Miller, Aaron Ginn, Bridget Harris, Pryce A. Yebesi, Jacob Rintamaki, Auren Hoffman, Mehran Jalali, Kushal Byatnal, Avlok Kohli, Nico Christie, Flo Crivello 3:42:29

21d ago3:42:29

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(04:05) - Soham Parekh, an Indian software engineer, has been accused by multiple U.S. startup founders of simultaneously working at several companies without disclosure, leading to his termination from firms like Playground AI and Antimetal. In a recent conversation, Parekh admitted to his actions, attributing them to financial difficulties and ex…

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Why I don’t think AGI is right around the corner 14:01

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I’ve had a lot of discussions on my podcast where we haggle out timelines to AGI. Some guests think it’s 20 years away - others 2 years. Here’s an audio version of where my thoughts stand as of June 2025. If you want to read the original post, you can check it out here. Get full access to Dwarkesh Podcast at www.dwarkesh.com/subscribe…

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Zuck's $2.3 Billion Talent Heist: Meta's Plot to Crush OpenAI 32:42

23d ago32:42

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Mark Zuckerberg just wrote the biggest talent-check in tech history - $2.5 B (about $300 M per head) to poach eight of the minds behind GPT-4 and launch “Meta Super-Intelligence Labs.” We unpack how Zuck assembled his AI Avengers, why elite researchers now cost more than NBA rosters, and what this arms race means for OpenAI, Anthropic, and the enti…