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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   Jassi Pannu

   Bioinfohazards: Jassi Pannu on Controlling Dangerous Data from which AI Models Learn · Mar 2026

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   Jeffrey Ladish

   All Compute Is Food: Palisade's Jeffrey Ladish on AI Shutdown Resistance, Self-Replication & Ecology · 2 episodes

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   Jeremie Harris
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   Jesse Hoogland

   Embryology of AI: How Training Data Shapes AI Development w/ Timaeus' Jesse Hoogland & Daniel Murfet · Jun 2025

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   Jiaming Song
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   Johan Falk

   Education in the AI Age: a Teacher Rethinks Learning & Purpose, w/ Johan Falk of Graspable AI · Oct 2025

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   John Milinovich

   Designing the Future: Inside Canva's AI Strategy with John Milinovich, GenAI Product Lead at Canva · Nov 2024

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   Jon Noronha

   E54: The Presentation Revolution with Jon Noronha, Co-Founder of Gamma · Aug 2023

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   Jonathan Frankle
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    Jonathan Godwin

    Material Progress: Developing AI's Scientific Intuition, with Orbital Materials' Jonathan Godwin & Tim Duignan · Jan 2025

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    Josep M. Pujol

    Building Brave: Private Search, One AI Layer at a Time with Josep M. Pujol · Jun 2024

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    Joseph Nelson

    Training the AIs' Eyes: How Roboflow is Making the Real World Programmable, with CEO Joseph Nelson · Apr 2026

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    Josh Clymer

    Blueprint for AI Armageddon: Josh Clymer Imagines AI Takeover, from the Audio Tokens Podcast · May 2025

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    Josh Rubin
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    Joshua Steinman

    AI Under Trump? The Stakes of 2024 w/ Joshua Steinman [Pt 2 of 2] · Nov 2024

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    Juan Sequeda

    Unlocking Enterprise Data with Knowledge Graphs and AI, with Juan Sequeda, Principal Scientist and Head of AI Lab at data.world · Jan 2024

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    Judd Rosenblatt

    Biologically Inspired AI Alignment & Neglected Approaches to AI Safety, with Judd Rosenblatt and Mike Vaiana of AE Studio · Oct 2024

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    Jungwon Byun

    E14: The Reasoning Revolution with Ought's Jungwon Byun and Andreas Stuhlmüller · Apr 2023

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    Junnan Li

    E6: The Computer Vision Revolution with Junnan Li and Dongxu Li of BLIP and BLIP2 · Mar 2023

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    Justine Moore

    AI Abundance: a16z Partners Justine Moore and Anish Acharya Forecast a New Era for Consumers · Feb 2024

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    Karan Vaidya

    Your Agent's Self-Improving Swiss Army Knife: Composio CTO Karan Vaidya on Building Smart Tools · Mar 2026

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    Karl Koch

    The AI Whistleblower Initiative: Supporting AGI Insiders When It Matters Most, w/ founder Karl Koch · Aug 2025

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    Kathleen Fisher

    The Great Security Update: AI ∧ Formal Methods with Kathleen Fisher of RAND & Byron Cook of AWS · Dec 2025

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    Katja Grace

    Surveying 2,700+ AI Researchers on the Industry's Future with Katja Grace of AI Impacts · Mar 2024

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    Keerthana Gopalakrishnan

    Gemini Robotics – AI for the Physical World, with Keerthana Gopalakrishnan and Ted Xiao of Google DeepMind · 3 episodes

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    Khaled Saab
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    Koyena Pal
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    Kyle Corbitt

    The RL Fine-Tuning Playbook: CoreWeave's Kyle Corbitt on GRPO, Rubrics, Environments, Reward Hacking · May 2026

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    Laura Burkhauser

    "Descript Isn't a Slop Machine": Laura Burkhauser on the AI Tools Creators Love and Hate · May 2026

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    Lee Sharkey

    Untangling Neural Network Mechanisms: Goodfire's Lee Sharkey on Parameter-based Interpretability · Aug 2025

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    Leo Pio Lopez
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    Leonard Tang

    Red Teaming o1 Part 1/2– Automated Jailbreaking with Haize Labs' Leonard Tang, Aidan Ewart, and Brian Huang · Sep 2024

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    Lili Yu

    E40: Meta's MEGABYTE Revolution with Lili Yu of Meta AI · Jun 2023

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    Linus Lee

    Interfacing with AI, with Linus Lee of Notion · 2 episodes

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    Liron Shapira

    AI News Crossover: A Candid Chat with Liron Shapira of Doom Debates · Apr 2025

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    Liva Ralaivola
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    Logan K

    Gemini's Next Frontier: 2.0 Flash, Flash Lite Strategy & Real-Time APIs with Logan K from Google Deepmind · Feb 2025

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    Luca Versari
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    Luisa Rodriguez
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    Lukas Petersson

    Autonomous Organizations: Vending Bench & Beyond, w/ Lukas Petersson & Axel Backlund of Andon Labs · Aug 2025

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