One of Business Insider's Top AI Podcasts
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

Recent Episodes

View all
Agency over AI? Allan Dafoe on Technological Determinism & DeepMind's Safety Plans, from 80000 Hours
March 15, 2025

Agency over AI? Allan Dafoe on Technological Determinism & DeepMind's Safety Plans, from 80000 Hours

Join us in a deep dive with Allan Dafoe, Director of Frontier Safety and Governance at Google DeepMind.
Listen to the Episode
China's Tech Tightrope: Power, Regulation, and the AI Race with Angela Zhang
March 12, 2025

China's Tech Tightrope: Power, Regulation, and the AI Race with Angela Zhang

In this intriguing episode, Professor Angela Zhang discusses the complex landscape of China's technology sector and regulation.
Listen to the Episode
Historic AI Developments & the Emerging Shape of Superintelligence, from the Consistently Candid Podcast
March 8, 2025

Historic AI Developments & the Emerging Shape of Superintelligence, from the Consistently Candid Podcast

In this episode, we discuss the significant advancements and challenges in the field of artificial intelligence over the past year.
Listen to the Episode
Frontier Models for Frontier Science with Professor Derya Unutmaz, Immunologist & ChatGPT Pro Grantee
March 6, 2025

Frontier Models for Frontier Science with Professor Derya Unutmaz, Immunologist & ChatGPT Pro Grantee

In this episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Professor Derya Unutmaz, a biomedical scientist and human immunologist at the Jackson Laboratory, discusses his groundbreaking research in aging and cancer immunotherapy.
Listen to the Episode
US-China Relations: History, Culture, and AI Competition, with Noah Smith, from Econ 102
March 1, 2025

US-China Relations: History, Culture, and AI Competition, with Noah Smith, from Econ 102

In this episode, the host Nathan Labenz and economist Noah Smith delve into the complexities of U.S.-China relations, the motivations behind the United States' export controls and the broader geopolitical tensions.
Listen to the Episode
The Adversarial Mind: Defeating AI Defenses with Nicholas Carlini of Google DeepMind
Feb. 27, 2025

The Adversarial Mind: Defeating AI Defenses with Nicholas Carlini of Google DeepMind

In this episode, security researcher Nicholas Carlini of Google DeepMind delves into his extensive work on adversarial machine learning and cybersecurity.
Listen to the Episode
View all Episodes

Recent Blog Posts

VC Insights on Investing in Artificial Intelligence: A discussion with Sarah Guo and Elad Gil of the No Priors podcast
May 3, 2023

VC Insights on Investing in Artificial Intelligence: A discussion wit…

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 …

Read the Blog Post
OpenAI Price Drop: [Another] Megathread
March 6, 2023

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,…

Read the Blog Post
OpenAI's Foundry leaked pricing says a lot – if you know how to read it
March 6, 2023

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

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…

Read the Blog Post
View all posts

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
See all reviews