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Season 1

July 16, 2025

The Dawn of Dynamic AI: RFT Comes Online, w/ Predibase CEO Dev Rishi,…

This crossover episode from Inference by Turing Post features CEO Dev Rishi of Predibase discussing the shift from static to continuously learning AI systems that can adapt and improve from ongoing user feedback in production...

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July 10, 2025

Cracking the Medical Code: Why Cleveland Clinic Doctors Love Their Am…

Brendan Fortuner from Ambience Healthcare and Ben Shahshahani from Cleveland Clinic discuss how AI is transforming medical documentation and coding in a healthcare system that spends $1 trillion annually on administrative tas...

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July 8, 2025

The Data Factory: Inside the $100B Race for Post-Training Supremacy, …

Manu Sharma, founder and CEO of Labelbox, explains how frontier AI training data has evolved far beyond simple labeling to sophisticated reinforcement learning environments where domain experts create "gyms" for models to dev...

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July 5, 2025

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

Roy Lee, founder and CEO of Cluely, discusses his AI startup's $15 million Andreessen Horowitz investment and their provocative "cheat on everything" marketing approach that has gone viral across the tech industry. They explo...

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July 2, 2025

The AI Village: Previewing the Giga-Agent Future with Adam Binksmith,…

Adam Binksmith, founder of AI Digest, discusses his AI Village experiment where four frontier AI agents (Claude, o3, and Gemini models) collaborate in a shared environment with persistent memory and group chat access to pursu...

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June 28, 2025

402 Payment Required: a New Way for AI Agents to Pay, with Nemil Dala…

Nemil Dalal from Coinbase discusses the x402 protocol, a new open standard that enables AI agents to make cryptocurrency payments for online resources using the long-dormant HTTP 402 "Payment Required" status code. The conver...

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June 25, 2025

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

MacKenzie Price, founder of Alpha School & 2 Hour Learning, discusses his revolutionary educational model that uses AI to enable students to master traditional academics in just 2 hours per day while achieving 2.3x faster learning rates than statistical models predict.

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June 21, 2025

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

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 actually working in production versus what remains challenging. The conversa...

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June 19, 2025

Embryology of AI: How Training Data Shapes AI Development w/ Timaeus'…

Jesse Hoogland and Daniel Murfet, founders of Timaeus, introduce their mathematically rigorous approach to AI safety through "developmental interpretability" based on Singular Learning Theory. They explain how neural network ...

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June 18, 2025

Embryology of AI: How Training Data Shapes AI Development w/ Timaeus'…

Jesse Hoogland and Daniel Murfet, founders of Timaeus, introduce their mathematically rigorous approach to AI safety through "developmental interpretability" based on Singular Learning Theory. They explain how neural network ...

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June 14, 2025

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

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 systems. He covers the evolution from simple task automation to more auton...

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June 12, 2025

The Decade of May 15-22, 2025: Google's 50X AI Growth & Transformatio…

Logan Kilpatrick from Google DeepMind returns for his fifth appearance to discuss Google’s transformation from "sleeping giant" to AI powerhouse, sharing insights from his year at the company as AI usage grew 50 times to 500 ...

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June 9, 2025

a16z on Protecting Little Tech: The Techno-Optimist AI Policy Agenda …

In this episode, Matt Perault, Head of AI Policy at a16z, discusses their approach to AI regulation focused on protecting "little tech" startups from regulatory capture that could entrench big tech incumbents. The conversatio...

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June 7, 2025

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

In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, University of Minnesota Professor of Genetics and Synthetic Biologist, Kate Adamala, offers insights into synthetic biology and its potential implications for humanity. The discuss...

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June 4, 2025

What did Google's AI Co-Scientist "Discover"? The Human Scientists' …

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 Sacher and Dr Joe Campbell speak with José Penadés and Tiago Costa, scientists...

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May 29, 2025

Mechanistic Interpretability: Philosophy, Practice & Progress with Go…

In this episode, Daniel Balsam and Tom McGrath, at Good Fire, discuss the future of mechanistic interpretability in AI models.

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May 22, 2025

The Perfect Substrate for AGI, with Replit CEO Amjad Masad

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 coding', and the challenges and opportunities in the rapidly evolving AI-as...

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May 19, 2025

The RAISE Act: Minimum Standards for Frontier AI Development, with NY…

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 safety protocols. He explains his background in technology, his motivations...

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May 17, 2025

Gemini Robotics – AI for the Physical World, with Keerthana Gopalakri…

In this engaging episode of the Cognitive Revolution, host Nathan Labenz welcomes guests Keerthana Gopalakrishnan and Ted Xiao to revisit significant advancements in robotics over the past year. Key themes discussed include t...

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May 15, 2025

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

In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Ali Behrouz, a PhD student at Cornell University, delves into his research on enhancing memory mechanisms in large language models through his latest paper titled Titans. Behrouz d...

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May 11, 2025

Luma Labs' Diffusion Revolution: from Dream Machine to Multimodal Wor…

In this episode of the Cognitive Revolution podcast, the host Nathan Labenz welcomes Amit Jain, CEO and Jiaming Song, Chief Scientist at Luma Labs, alongside co-host Stephen Parker. The conversation delves into the latest adv...

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May 8, 2025

OpenAI's Identity Crisis: History, Culture & Non-Profit Control with …

In this episode, former OpenAI research scientist Steven Adler discusses his insights on OpenAI's transition through various phases, including its growth, internal culture shifts, and the contentious move from nonprofit to fo...

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May 8, 2025

OpenAI's Identity Crisis: History, Culture & Non-Profit Control with …

In this episode, former OpenAI research scientist Steven Adler discusses his insights on OpenAI's transition through various phases, including its growth, internal culture shifts, and the contentious move from nonprofit to fo...

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May 4, 2025

AI Control: Using Untrusted Systems Safely with Buck Shlegeris of Red…

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

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