Cognitive Revolution

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The Cognitive Revolution is a podcast about AI where hosts Nathan Labenz and Erik Torenberg interview the builders on the edge of AI and explore the dramatic shift it will unlock over the next decades. If you love The Cognitive Revolution, head over to Moment of Zen (https://www.youtube.com/@MomentofZenPodcast) for weekly episodes from Erik Torenberg, Dan Romero, Antonio Garcia Martinez, and a revolving slate of guests talking tech, business, and AI.

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Building & Scaling the AI Safety Research Community, with Ryan Kidd of MATS

1:55:02

Cognitive Revolution

Building & Scaling the AI Safety Research Community, with Ryan Kidd of MATS

Ryan Kidd of MATS discusses high uncertainty around AGI timelines (median 2033), the paradoxical state of AI safety where frontier models display both surprising ethical alignment and concerning deception capabilities, and why MATS employs a portfolio strategy to develop talent across diverse research agendas—including long-term bets that could be compressed by future AI labor.

6 months ago · 10 points

Confronting the Intelligence Curse, w/ Luke Drago of Workshop Labs, from the FLI Podcast

1:18:40

Cognitive Revolution

Confronting the Intelligence Curse, w/ Luke Drago of Workshop Labs, from the FLI Podcast

Luke Drago introduces the 'intelligence curse'—an economic phenomenon analogous to the resource curse—where reliance on AI as the primary factor of production eliminates incentives to invest in human capital, potentially destroying the economic bargaining power that underpins democratic rights and individual agency while concentrating dangerous levels of power among those who control the technology.

6 months ago · 10 points