"The Cognitive Revolution"

Biweekly interviews with AI builders on emerging technology and its impacts AI summary

Erik Torenberg, Nathan Labenz Visit website › Technology · EN · 395 episodes · latest 2026-11-11

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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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2023

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Latest episodes

  1. 2026-11-11 · 1 hr 32 min

    Vijoy Pandey, SVP and GM of Outshift by Cisco, discusses the challenges of multi-agent systems and Cisco's new open-source protocols designed to help AI agents collaborate effectively. He explains how tools like Scope,…

  2. 2026-11-10 · 1 hr 56 min

    Goodfire technical staff member Curt Tigges discusses research revealing that individual MLP neurons in modern language models are far more interpretable and functionally bounded than previously thought. Using an…

  3. 2026-11-07 · 1 hr 28 min

    Nathan Labenz and Prakash Narayanan examine mounting evidence of rapid AI acceleration alongside guests Brian Zhou of Thoughtful, Mike San Miguel of Luxor Technology, and Bryan Bischof of Theory Ventures. The…

  4. 2026-11-05 · 1 hr 45 min

    Sentinel Bio co-founder and managing director Joshua Monrad joins Nathan Labenz to examine the evolving biosecurity risks posed by frontier artificial intelligence and autonomous agents. Drawing on recent in-lab uplift…

  5. 2026-10-31 · 1 hr 28 min

    Nathan Labenz and Prakash Narayanan examine whether prevailing AI assumptions survive real-world data across conversations with Anastasios Angelopoulos of Arena, Debo Olaosebikan of Kepler Computing, Samvit Ramadurgam…

  6. 2026-10-28 · 1 hr 51 min

    Joel Predd, Ben Boudreaux, and Matt Chessen of RAND's Center for the Geopolitics of AGI join Nathan to discuss their framework for maintaining freedom of action on the path to superintelligence. Analyzing seven…

  7. 2026-10-24 · 1 hr 30 min

    Hosts Nathan Labenz and Prakash Narayanan examine whether capital, physical infrastructure, or regulation will set the pace of artificial intelligence. Zvi Mowshowitz evaluates aggressive recursive self-improvement…

  8. 2026-10-20 · 1 hr 5 min

    Alex Rives, Head of Science at Biohub and former lead of the ESM protein language model project, joins Nathan to discuss Biohub's mission to construct a predictive world model of life. Supported by an expanded $1.8…

  9. 2026-10-17 · 1 hr 27 min

    Nathan Labenz and Prakash Narayanan examine how to grant AI agents operational access without losing human control, framed by real-world friction like autonomous password lockouts and cyberattacks on French supermarket…

  10. 2026-10-14 · 2 hr 19 min

    GovAI Research Fellow Alan Chan joins Nathan to examine the governance and safety infrastructure required for autonomous AI agents, spanning real-time monitoring, agent identifiers, and the risks of automating AI R&D.…

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Turpentine
Oldest episode in feed
02/2023 · over 3 years
Typical length
1 hr 40 min
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Episodic Newest first, episodes stand alone

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