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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Every guest on The Cognitive Revolution

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

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   Catherine Brownstein

   Gene Hunting with o1-pro: Reasoning about Rare Diseases with ChatGPT Pro Grantee Dr. Catherine Brownstein · Jan 2025

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   Chenglei Si

   Can AIs Generate Novel Research Ideas? with lead author Chenglei Si · Oct 2024

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   Connor Leahy

   E26: [Bonus Episode] Connor Leahy on AGI, GPT-4, and Cognitive Emulation w/ FLI Podcast · May 2023

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   Dan Balsam

   Thinking in Silico: Goodfire CTO Dan Balsam on Concept Manifolds & a $1000/Month ML Research Agent · 3 episodes

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   Dan O'Connell

   AI-Powered Business Communications with Dan O'Connell, Chief AI & Strategy Officer at Dialpad · Jan 2024

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   Dan Romero
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   Daniel Kang

   Cryptography Will Revolutionize AI Data Privacy with Daniel Kang · Sep 2023

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   Daniel Miessler

   Inside Nathan's Second Brain: Daniel Miessler, Security Expert & Creator of PAI, Audits My AI Setup · 2 episodes

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   Daniel Murfet
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    David Bau

    Opening AI's Black Box with Prof. David Bau, Koyena Pal, and Eric Todd of Northeastern University · Apr 2024

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    David C. Kang

    Is a US-China Thucydides Trap Unavoidable? With David C. Kang from the ChinaTalk Podcast · Apr 2025

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    Deger Turan

    Scaling Forecasting: AI Forecasting Tournaments & the Road to Epistemic Security, with Deger Turan, CEO of Metaculus · Aug 2024

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    Dev Rishi

    The Dawn of Dynamic AI: RFT Comes Online, w/ Predibase CEO Dev Rishi, from Inference by Turing Post · Jul 2025

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    Diarmuid Gill

    Milliseconds to Match: Criteo's AdTech AI & the Future of Commerce w/ Diarmuid Gill & Liva Ralaivola · May 2026

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    Div Garg

    The Evolution of AI Agents: Lessons from 2024, with MultiOn CEO Div Garg · 3 episodes

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    Dmytro Ivchenko
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    Dominic Williams

    The Internet Computer: Caffeine.ai CEO Dominic Williams on Unstoppable, Self-Writing Software · Jan 2026

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    Dongxu Li
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    Edouard Harris

    Securing Superintelligence: National Security, Espionage & AI Control with Jeremie & Edouard Harris · Apr 2025

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    Edward Hughes
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    Ekin Dogus Cubuk
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    Emily Sands

    Stripe's Payments Foundation Model: How Data & Infra Create Compounding Advantage, w/ Emily Sands · Sep 2025

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    Eric Todd
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    Eric Wollberg

    Organic Holodeck with Prophetic AI co-founders Eric Wollberg and Wesley Berry · Apr 2024

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    Ettore Randazzo

    Computational Life: How Self-Replicators Arise from Randomness, with Google’s Ettore Randazzo and Luca Versari · Aug 2024

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    Fergal Reid
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    Flo Crivello

    Lindy Teammate: Flo Crivello on Multiplayer Agents, Memory & Why He'd Ban the Chinese Models He Uses · 5 episodes

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    Gabe Gomes

    Breaking Boundaries: AI CoScientist to Accelerate Science Research with Gabe Gomes, Professor at CMU · Jan 2024

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    Gabriel Weil

    Liability for AI Harms: How Ancient Law Can Govern Frontier Technology Risk, with Prof Gabriel Weil · Jul 2025

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    Garrett Schabb
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    Geoffrey Irving

    Situational Awareness in Government, with UK AISI Chief Scientist Geoffrey Irving · Mar 2026

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    Gus Docker
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    Guy Gur-Ari

    Code Context is King: Augment’s AI Assistant for Professional Software Engineers, with Guy Gur-Ari · Mar 2025

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    Hayk Martiros

    E42: The Autonomy Revolution with Hayk Martiros of Skydio · Jul 2023

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    Inna Tokarev Sela

    An Application-Free Future? Speaking Directly to Data with illumex CEO Inna Tokarev Sela · Feb 2025

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    Itamar Friedman

    Flow Engineering and Code Integrity at Scale with Itamar Friedman, CEO of Codium AI · Mar 2024

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    Jack Rae

    Scaling "Thinking": Gemini 2.5 Tech Lead Jack Rae on Reasoning, Long Context, & the Path to AGI · Apr 2025

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    James Yu

    AI is Supercharging Writers with Sudowrite's Founder, James Yu · Oct 2023

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    James Zou

    Approaching the AI Event Horizon? Part 1, w/ James Zou, Sam Hammond, Shoshannah Tekofsky, @8teAPi · 2 episodes

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    Jason Meaux

    Mamba-Palooza: 90 Days of Mamba-Inspired Research with Jason Meaux: Part 2 · 2 episodes

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