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The Cognitive Revolution

The Cognitive Revolution

A weekly podcast where hosts Erik Torenberg and Nathan Labenz 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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AI AMA – Part 2: AI Utopia, Consciousness, and the Future of Work
Jan. 8, 2025

AI AMA – Part 2: AI Utopia, Consciousness, and the Future of Work

In this second part of the special AMA episode, Nathan explores profound questions about AI's future and its impact on society.
AI AMA – Part 1: OpenAI’s o3, Deliberative Alignment, and AI Surprises of 2024
Jan. 7, 2025

AI AMA – Part 1: OpenAI’s o3, Deliberative Alignment, and AI Surprises of 2024

In this special AMA episode, Nathan answers questions posed by The Cognitive Revolution podcast listeners.
Teaching AI to See: A Technical Deep-Dive on Vision Language Models with Will Hardman of Veratai
Jan. 3, 2025

Teaching AI to See: A Technical Deep-Dive on Vision Language Models with Will Hardman of Veratai

In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Nathan hosts Will Hardman, founder of AI advisory firm Veratai, for a comprehensive technical survey of vision language models (VLMs).
roon's Heroic Duty: Will
Dec. 28, 2024

roon's Heroic Duty: Will "the Good Guys" Build AGI First? (from Doom Debates)

In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Nathan shares a fascinating cross-post from Doom Debates featuring a conversation between Liron Shapira and roon, an influential Twitter Anon from OpenAI's technical staff.
Emad Mostaque on the Intelligent Internet and Universal Basic AI
Dec. 25, 2024

Emad Mostaque on the Intelligent Internet and Universal Basic AI

In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Nathan interviews Emad Mostaque, former Founder and CEO of Stability AI and Founder of The Intelligent Internet.
Can AIs do AI R&D? Reviewing REBench Results with Neev Parikh of METR
Dec. 21, 2024

Can AIs do AI R&D? Reviewing REBench Results with Neev Parikh of METR

In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Nathan explores METR's groundbreaking REBench evaluation framework with Neev Parikh.
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Recent Blog Posts

VC Insights on Investing in Artificial Intelligence: A discussion with Sarah Guo and Elad Gil of the No Priors podcast

Nathan Labenz and Erik Torenberg sat down with Sarah Guo and Elad Gil, notable investors and co-hosts of the AI-focused No Priors podcast.  Sarah is the founder of $100M AI-focused venture fund Conviction VC, which she launched last fall. She …

OpenAI Price Drop: [Another] Megathread

Nathan Labenz is channeling his inner DJ Khaled and dropping another one - that’d be another megathread on OpenAI’s pricing. Nathan explains the price drop on Open AI’s ChatGPT API, how it happened and what it means. For context,…

OpenAI's Foundry leaked pricing says a lot – if you know how to read it

What to expect: Another AI-obsessive megathread on what 2023 has in store. Disclaimer: I am an OpenAI customer, but this analysis is based purely on public info. I asked our business contact if they could talk about Foundry, and got a p…
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Reviews

Insightful for experts and intermediate ai theorists

"Welcome to the beginning of the end. This is your front row ticket. The show actually made me cry, made me realize how different the world is about to be. How difficult/impossible it is to predict/…"

The Human Fin | March 18, 2023
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