The Cognitive Revolution
Erik Torenberg and Nathan Labenz
Deep dives into AI research and development with experts from companies like DeepMind and Criteo.
Why we picked this
We picked The Cognitive Revolution for its host’s willingness to work through live problems on tape. Where most AI shows stick to funding rounds and model releases, this one tests claims against reality—running the same medical data through multiple models to compare outputs, or pressing a DeepMind engineer on internal distillation pipelines. The host is an AI consultant who uses the tools he covers, so the show operates from the friction of actual use, not just observation. The result is a feed that treats AI as a developing technology to be evaluated, not a hype cycle to be amplified.
Recent episodes
Alignment with Awakening: Davidad on Moral Realism, AI Wisdom, & why His p(Doom) is Down to 5%
Jul 12, 20262h 23m
AI:AM Highlights: Exploring the J-Space, AI Superforecasters, SambaNova's Chips, & LTX Video Gen
Jul 9, 20262h 7m
Intelligence on the Edge: Liquid AI's Ramin Hasani on the Search for Device-Native Foundation Models
Jul 4, 20261h 47m
1000 Designs a Day: Neural Concept's Thomas von Tschammer on AI-Native Engineering
Jul 1, 20261h 29m
AI:AM #4: Cameron on Model Consciousness, Duvenaud's Gradual Disempowerment, swyx's AI-Eng Alpha
Jun 27, 20261h 56m
The God We Deserve: Nonzero's Robert Wright on AI as Humanity's Ultimate Test
Jun 23, 20262h 29m
AI:AM #3: Zvi on Fable, the Cases For & Against the Ban, + AI for Math, Logistics & More
Jun 21, 20262h 14m
Dean Ball, on Joining OpenAI: New Power Centers, Frontier AI Policy, & Main Character Energy
Jun 20, 20262h 39m
Radically Better Reasoning: Elicit's Andreas Stuhlmüller & Jungwon Byun on World Models for Research
Jun 17, 20261h 46m
AI in the AM — Week 2 Highlights (June 2026)
Jun 13, 20261h 44m
Babysitting the Machine: Glean's Rebecca Hinds on the Hidden Human Labor of AI at Work
Jun 10, 20261h 46m
AI in the AM — Week 1 Highlights (June 2026)
Jun 6, 20261h 22m
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