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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Most frequent guests

Zvi Mowshowitz 7 episodes
Flo Crivello 5 episodes
Robert Wright 4 episodes
Logan Kilpatrick 4 episodes
Dean Ball 4 episodes
Andrew Lee 4 episodes
Trey Kollmer 4 episodes
Vivek Natarajan 4 episodes
Emad Mostaque 3 episodes
Adam Gleave 3 episodes

Every guest on The Cognitive Revolution

278 guests, ranked by how many people never want them back.

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Michael Levin
Convergent Evolution: The Co-Revolution of AI & Biology with Professor Michael Levin & Staff Scientist Leo Pio Lopez · 2 episodes

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Aravind Srinivas
Gunning for Google with Perplexity CEO Aravind Srinivas · 2 episodes

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Robert Wright
The God We Deserve: Nonzero's Robert Wright on AI as Humanity's Ultimate Test · 4 episodes

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Ajeya Cotra
It's Crunch Time: Ajeya Cotra on RSI & AI-Powered AI Safety Work, from the 80,000 Hours Podcast · Apr 2026

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Ryan Greenblatt
Inference Scaling, Alignment Faking, Deal Making? Frontier Research with Ryan Greenblatt of Redwood Research · Feb 2025

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Shane Legg
2028 AGI, New Architectures, and Aligning Superhuman Models with Shane Legg, Deepmind Founder, on The Dwarkesh Podcast · Jan 2024

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Max Tegmark
Superintelligence: To Ban or Not to Ban? Max Tegmark & Dean Ball join Liron Shapira on Doom Debates · Dec 2025

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Balaji Srinivasan
Balaji Srinivasan on Polytheistic AI, Human-AI Symbiosis, and Prospects for AI Control · Dec 2023

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Robin Hanson
Is AGI Far? With Robin Hanson, Economist at George Mason University and Researcher at Future of Humanity Institute · Feb 2024

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Eugenia Kuyda
AI Friends, Real Relationships with Eugenia Kuyda, Replika's Founder & CEO · 2 episodes

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Nick Bostrom
The Path to Utopia, with Nick Bostrom – from Clearer Thinking with Spencer Greenberg · Sep 2024

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Andrew Ng

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Joe Hudson
Coaching the Creators: Inside the Minds Building Frontier AI with Executive Coach Joe Hudson · Sep 2025

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Max Bennett
A Brief History of Biological and Artificial Intelligence with Max Bennett · Feb 2024

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Nita Farahany
Cutting-edge Neurotechnology with Nita Farahany in Conversation with Luisa Rodriguez on The 80,000 Hours Podcast · Jan 2024

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Martin Casado
AI Safety Regulations: Prudent or Paranoid? with a16z's Martin Casado · Jun 2024

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Timothy B. Lee
Self-Driving Cars: Timothy B. Lee Answers All the Questions You Were Too Afraid to Ask · Aug 2024

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Cameron Berg
Does Learning Require Feeling? Cameron Berg on the latest AI Consciousness & Welfare Research · 2 episodes

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Daniel Kokotajlo

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Noah Smith
US-China Relations: History, Culture, and AI Competition, with Noah Smith, from Econ 102 · Mar 2025

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Vlad Tenev
Mathematical Superintelligence: Harmonic's Vlad Tenev & Tudor Achim on IMO Gold & Theories of Everything · Feb 2026

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Aaron Levie
Aaron Levie, CEO of Box, on Box AI, Enterprise Enthusiasm, and the Evolution of SaaS · Jan 2025

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Alex Wang
The Implications of AI on the Global Balance of Power with Alex Wang, Andrew Ng, Jack Clark and Cory Booker · Jun 2024

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Amjad Masad
The Perfect Substrate for AGI, with Replit CEO Amjad Masad · 2 episodes

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Andrew Feldman
E29: The AI Chip Revolution with Andrew Feldman of Cerebras · May 2023

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Anish Acharya

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Anjney Midha
Sovereign AI: Geopolitical Strategy & Industrial Policy for Countries 3-193, with Anjney Midha, a16z · Aug 2025

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Elad Gil

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Emad Mostaque
The Machines Are Taking Our Jobs - Thank God? Emad Mostaque’s Guide to the next 1000 Days · 3 episodes

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Emmett Shear
Controlling Tools or Aligning Creatures? Emmett Shear (Softmax) & Séb Krier (GDM), from a16z Show · Dec 2025

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Eoghan McCabe
The Customer Service Revolution: Building Fin, with Eoghan McCabe & Fergal Reid of Intercom · Oct 2025

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Eric Vishria
Investing in AI for Hard Tech, with Eric Vishria of Benchmark and Sergiy Nesterenko of Quilter · Jun 2024

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Guillermo Rauch
Vercel CEO Guillermo Rauch on AI-Powered Coding, Software 2.0, and the AI Open Source Question · Nov 2023

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Jack Clark

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Jesse Genet
Try this at Home: Jesse Genet on OpenClaw Agents for Homeschool & How to Live Your Best AI Life · Mar 2026

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Lin Qiao
AI Inference: Good, Fast, and Cheap, with Lin Qiao & Dmytro Ivchenko of Fireworks AI · Apr 2024

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Logan Kilpatrick
The Model Eats the Scaffolding: DeepMind's Logan Kilpatrick & Tulsee Doshi on 3.5 Flash, Omni & More · 4 episodes

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Richard Socher
Amazing Answers: Richard Socher on how You.com is Reimagining Search with AI · Feb 2024

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Sam Lessin

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Samo Burja
AI Live Players: the Geopolitics & Strategic Dynamics of AI, with Samo Burja of Bismarck Analysis · Sep 2024

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