Podcast Episodes

Zvi Mowshowitz on Longer Timelines, RL-induced Doom, and Why China is Refusing H20s

Season 1

Today, Zvi Mowshowitz returns to The Cognitive Revolution to discuss how recent AI developments like GPT-5 and IMO gold medals have led to modestly extended timelines despite being on-trend, while po…

Published on 1 day, 8 hours ago

In-AI Advertising: Better Answers for Users, Big Questions for Society, with ZeroClick's Ryan Hudson

Season 1

Today Ryan Hudson, Founder and CEO of ZeroClick, joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss creating advertising infrastructure for AI applications through paid inference-time consideration of adverti…

Published on 4 days, 1 hour ago

Material Abundance: Radical AI’s Closed-Loop Lab Automates Scientific Discovery

Season 1

Today Joseph Krause and Jorge Colindres of Radical AI join The Cognitive Revolution to discuss their ambitious mission to revolutionize materials science by combining AI-powered discovery engines wit…

Published on 1 week, 1 day ago

Untangling Neural Network Mechanisms: Goodfire's Lee Sharkey on Parameter-based Interpretability

Season 1

Today Lee Sharkey of Goodfire joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss his research on parameter decomposition methods that break down neural networks into interpretable computational components, ex…

Published on 1 week, 3 days ago

What if Humans Weaponize Superintelligence, w/ Tom Davidson, from Future of Life Institute Podcast

Season 1

Today Tom Davidson of Forethought joins Gus Docker of the Future of Life Institute podcast to discuss AI-enabled coups and how future AI systems could help powerful individuals seize political contro…

Published on 2 weeks, 1 day ago

The AI Whistleblower Initiative: Supporting AGI Insiders When It Matters Most, w/ founder Karl Koch

Season 1

Today Karl Koch, Co-Founder of the AI Whistleblower Initiative, joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss the barriers preventing AI insiders from raising safety concerns, his organization's anonymou…

Published on 2 weeks, 4 days ago

Autonomous Organizations: Vending Bench & Beyond, w/ Lukas Petersson & Axel Backlund of Andon Labs

Season 1

Today Lukas Petersson and Axel Backlund of Andon Labs join The Cognitive Revolution to discuss their experiments deploying autonomous AI agents to run real-world vending machines, exploring the safet…

Published on 3 weeks, 1 day ago

Dean W. Ball on America's AI Action Plan & 4 Months at the White House

Season 1

Today Dean W. Ball, former White House AI policy advisor joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss his role in crafting the Trump administration's AI Action Plan, his reasons for leaving government, …

Published on 3 weeks, 4 days ago

Jake Sullivan on Navigating AI Uncertainty and Managing Competition with China

Season 1

Today Jake Sullivan, the U.S. National Security Advisor from 2021-2025 joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss AI as a critical national security issue.

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Published on 4 weeks, 1 day ago

Sovereign AI: Geopolitical Strategy & Industrial Policy for Countries 3-193, with Anjney Midha, a16z

Season 1

Today Anjney Midha, General Partner at a16z joins The Cognitive Revolution to discuss sovereign AI and China's growing semiconductor capabilities.

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Published on 1 month ago