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Erik Torenberg, Nathan Labenz ยท Technology

"The Cognitive Revolution"

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

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

26 Jul 2025
2h 14m
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Private Governance: Creating a Market in AI Regulation, with Dr. Gillian Hadfield & Andrew Freedman

22 Jul 2025
1h 56m
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The Dawn of Dynamic AI: RFT Comes Online, w/ Predibase CEO Dev Rishi, from Inference by Turing Post

16 Jul 2025
38m
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Cracking the Medical Code: Why Cleveland Clinic Doctors Love Their Ambience Healthcare AI Scribe

10 Jul 2025
1h 31m
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The Data Factory: Inside the $100B Race for Post-Training Supremacy, with Labelbox CEO Manu Sharma

08 Jul 2025
1h 41m
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Frontier AI development has shifted from pre-training toward post-training, where models are refined through reinforcement learning to master complex, long-horizon tasks. This evolution necessitates a transition from basic data labeling to the creation of sophisticated environments where models develop skills like codi...

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

05 Jul 2025
1h 22m
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The AI Village: Previewing the Giga-Agent Future with Adam Binksmith, Founder of AI Digest

02 Jul 2025
1h 28m
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402 Payment Required: a New Way for AI Agents to Pay, with Nemil Dalal, Dev Platform Lead @ Coinbase

28 Jun 2025
1h 25m
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2-Sigma in 2 Hours: How Alpha Schools are Using AI to Revolutionize Education

25 Jun 2025
1h 25m
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Living Lindy: a No-BS Conversation on AI Agents with Flo Crivello

21 Jun 2025
1h 27m
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Embryology of AI: How Training Data Shapes AI Development w/ Timaeus' Jesse Hoogland & Daniel Murfet

19 Jun 2025
1h 39m
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Embryology of AI: How Training Data Shapes AI Development w/ Timaeus' Jesse Hoogland & Daniel Murfet

18 Jun 2025
1h 44m
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AI Scouting Report: AI Agents -vs- Agentic AI, from Imagine AI Live

14 Jun 2025
39m
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The Decade of May 15-22, 2025: Google's 50X AI Growth & Transformation with Logan Kilpatrick

12 Jun 2025
1h 24m
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a16z on Protecting Little Tech: The Techno-Optimist AI Policy Agenda with Matt Perault, Head of AI Policy

09 Jun 2025
1h 3m
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Don't Make Mirror Life: Synthetic Biologist Kate Adamala on Risks & Responsibility

07 Jun 2025
2h 3m
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What did Google's AI Co-Scientist "Discover"? The Human Scientists' POV, from the Podovirus podcast

04 Jun 2025
1h 14m
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In a crossover episode from the Podavirus podcast featured on The Cognitive Revolution, Dr. Jessica Sacher and Dr. Joe Campbell interview Professors Jose Penares and Tiago Costa about their research on capsid-forming phage-inducible chromosomal islands (CF PICIs) and their experience using Google's AI Co-Scientist tool...

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

29 May 2025
1h 52m
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In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, the host interviews Dan Balsam and Tom McGrath from Goodfire, a mechanistic interpretability startup. The discussion centers on the current state of mechanistic interpretability, highlighting the progress made in understanding neural networks and the challenges that remain i...

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The Perfect Substrate for AGI, with Replit CEO Amjad Masad

22 May 2025
1h 1m
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The RAISE Act: Minimum Standards for Frontier AI Development, with NY Assembly Member Alex Bores

19 May 2025
1h 43m
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