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"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis

"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis

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Feeling the AGI with Flo Crivello

In this episode of the Cognitive Revolution, Nathan engages in a critical dialogue with Flo Crivello on the trajectory of AI development. They touch upon the imminent arrival of AGI, the potential risks of a US-China AI arms race, and the complexities of AI safety and international cooperation. Explore their perspectives on regulation, technological progression, and the ethical dilemmas facing the AI community. This conversation is essential for anyone interested in understanding the challenges at the intersection of AI technology and global politics. 🔥 Apply to join over 400 founders and Execs in the Turpentine Network: https://hmplogxqz0y.typeform.com/to/JCkphVqj SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ Recommended Podcast - The Riff with Byrne Hobart Byrne Hobart, the writer of The Diff, is revered in Silicon Valley. You can get an hour with him each week. See for yourself how his thinking can upgrade yours. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rANlV54GCARLgMOtpkzKt Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-riff-with-byrne-hobart-and-erik-torenberg/id1716646486 CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) Introduction (00:11:14) GPT-4.0 (00:14:56) AI arms race (00:18:23) Devon and GitHub workspaces (00:20:08) Sponsors: Oracle | Brave (00:22:16) The AGI discourse (00:25:29) The invisible protection (00:29:33) AI arms race (00:34:41) Stalling out (00:38:33) P(doom) (00:43:38) China (00:43:38) Sponsors: Squad | Omneky (00:45:24) Government (00:48:05) What should we do? (00:51:35) Open sourcing models (00:54:17) Manhattan Project for Alignment (00:57:26) Current State of Play (01:01:39) How much more mundane utility can we get? (01:04:54) How much of what we are building is future proof? (01:07:41) Adoption, acceleration, hyperscaling, pause (01:10:17) OpenAI leadership (01:14:32) Future of Live Players (01:17:38) Big Tech Singularity (01:21:30) AGI is Coming

Jun 8, 20241h 22m

Inside Google’s AI Studio with Logan Kilpatrick

Join us for an engaging chat with Logan Kilpatrick where we discuss the latest AI developments and Google's strategy in pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence. Learn about the competitive state of AI, the groundbreaking Gemini 1.5 Flash model, and get a glimpse into the future of AI fine-tuning. Gain insights on Google DeepMind's research and its impact, the differences between various Google AI products, and debunking AI rumors. Whether you're an AI enthusiast or a professional in the field, this conversation with an AI industry insider offers valuable perspectives on applying AI in business and understanding the rapid advancements in this dynamic sector. 🔥 Apply to join over 400 founders and Execs in the Turpentine Network: https://hmplogxqz0y.typeform.com/to/JCkphVqj SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ Recommended Podcast - The Riff with Byrne Hobart Byrne Hobart, the writer of The Diff, is revered in Silicon Valley. You can get an hour with him each week. See for yourself how his thinking can upgrade yours. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rANlV54GCARLgMOtpkzKt Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-riff-with-byrne-hobart-and-erik-torenberg/id1716646486 CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) Introduction (00:07:29) Google culture (00:11:01) DeepMind and Google (00:15:49) Native multimodality (00:18:17) Sponsors: Oracle | Brave (00:20:24) What to focus on (00:23:40) LMSYS leaderboard (00:27:46) Rumors (00:36:32) AI is too cheap to meter (00:39:17) Open AI Assistant (00:40:14) Sponsors: Squad | Omneky (00:41:59) Dogfooding (00:48:58) AI Studio (00:52:28) Native Multimodal (00:55:57) VideoFX (01:01:09) Competition (01:04:07) What to do with AGI (01:09:19) Closing

Jun 6, 20241h 9m

The Implications of AI on the Global Balance of Power with Alex Wang, Andrew Ng, Jack Clark and Cory Booker

Tune in to today's special episode airing a recent panel with the founders of Scale AI, Anthropic, and AI Fund who gathered in Washington DC to discuss China as an adversary. They argue that the papers out of Tsinghua University are just as impressive as those coming out of American universities. China is just as creative, but maybe even more motivated. While discussions of regulations have encompassed certain restraints, Alex Wang, Andrew Ng, and Jack Clark argue that we’re not moving fast enough (moderated by US senator Cory Booker). This session was recorded live at The Hill & Valley Forum in 2024, a private bipartisan community of lawmakers and innovators committed to harnessing the power of technology to address America's most pressing national security challenges. The Hill & Valley podcast is part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: www.turpentine.co 🔥 Apply to join over 400 founders and Execs in the Turpentine Network: https://hmplogxqz0y.typeform.com/to/JCkphVqj RECOMMENDED PODCAST - The Riff with Byrne Hobart Byrne Hobart, the writer of The Diff, is revered in Silicon Valley. You can get an hour with him each week. See for yourself how his thinking can upgrade yours. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rANlV54GCARLgMOtpkzKt Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-riff-with-byrne-hobart-and-erik-torenberg/id1716646486 SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ CHAPTERS: (00:00) Intro (03:29) Assembling the founders of Anthropic, Scale AI, and AI Fund (04:45) Predictions for AGI (08:21) Navigating AI innovation amidst regulation (16:15) Global AI competition and the urgency of Innovation (24:34) Empowering future generations

Jun 4, 202430 min

AI Scouting Report: NOT Investment Advice Edition

Tune in to this special episode of the Cognitive Revolution for AI scouting report. We cover the state of the art in AI applications for medicine, key AI concepts, and how these technologies could influence society. SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ RECOMMENDED PODCAST - The Riff with Byrne Hobart Byrne Hobart, the writer of The Diff, is revered in Silicon Valley. You can get an hour with him each week. See for yourself how his thinking can upgrade yours. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6rANlV54GCARLgMOtpkzKt Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-riff-with-byrne-hobart-and-erik-torenberg/id1716646486 CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) Introduction (00:06:13) Current State of the Art (00:08:34) Medicine (00:13:49) AI limitations (00:17:01) AI capabilities (00:17:02) Sponsors: Oracle | Brave (00:19:09) How AI works (00:24:05) Information processing (00:28:51) Curated data sets (00:32:52) Sponsors: Squad | Omneky (00:34:38) Transformer (00:37:11) Scaling (00:39:59) Emergence (00:44:03) Grokking (00:50:30) Best practices for business (00:53:38) Live Players (00:58:33) What to Watch (01:00:35) Final Thoughts

Jun 1, 20241h 1m

The AI Revolution in Biology: From Vaccines to Protein Engineering with Amelie Schreiber

In this groundbreaking episode of the Cognitive Revolution, we explore the intersection of AI and biology with expert Amelie Schreiber. Learn about the advances in drug design, protein network engineering, and the unfolding AI revolution in scientific discovery. Discover the implications for human health, longevity, and the future of biological research. Join us as we delve into an exciting conversation that may redefine our understanding of biology and medicine. Further links : Follow Amelie here : https://x.com/amelie_iska, https://huggingface.co/AmelieSchreiber Read Amelie's blog here : https://huggingface.co/blog/AmelieSchreiber/protein-optimization-and-design SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) Introduction (00:04:53) Introduction to Amelie Schreiber and the Podcast (00:08:59) Understanding Protein Interactions (00:11:45) Traditional Methods vs. AI Approaches (00:13:51) Molecular Dynamics and AI Models (00:18:02) AlphaFold and Protein Structure Prediction (00:18:43) Sponsors: Oracle | Brave (00:20:51) Protein Dynamics and New AI Models (00:32:36) Sponsors: Squad | Omneky (00:34:22) Challenges in Protein Interaction Models (00:44:44) Generalization and Data Splitting in AI Models (00:48:43) Advanced AI Models for Protein Complexes (00:52:25) Practical Applications of AI in Biochemistry (01:01:53) Designing Protein Sequences with Ligand and PNN (01:05:19) Binder Design and Fold Conditioning (01:08:48) Challenges and Bottlenecks in Drug Discovery (01:16:09) Adoption and Accessibility of New Technologies (01:21:04) Future Prospects and Ethical Considerations (01:37:08) The Role of AI Agents in Biological Research (01:40:18) Balancing Innovation and Safety in Biotechnology

May 25, 20241h 58m

Claude Interpreter: Taking Safe AI to Market with Alex Albert of Anthropic

Tune in as we explore the remarkable traits of Anthropic's Claude AI with Developer Relations Lead Alex Albert. Delve into the ethical considerations, responsible development standards, and the exceptional capabilities that set Claude apart. Gather insights on the AI industry's race to the top and find out about Anthropic's upcoming releases. Whether you're an AI enthusiast or a tech-savvy developer, this podcast offers a thought-provoking discussion on the future of ethical AI. SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) Introduction (00:06:15) Opus 3 (00:10:43) What are people not yet appreciating about the latest Claude models? (00:16:02) Why is Claude the best writer of all the language models? (00:18:38) Claude's subjective experience (00:18:39) Sponsors: Oracle | Brave (00:20:46) The moral status of Claude (00:25:24) The testing process (00:27:54) Anthropic's strategy (00:31:56) Sponsors: Squad | Omneky (00:33:42) Current state of competition (00:36:18) Convergence at the API level (00:42:32) Tool use (00:46:32) Fine-tuning (00:49:10) Best practices for app developers (00:56:09) Jailbreaking new models

May 22, 202457 min

OpenAI's Safety Team Exodus: Ilya Departs, Leike Speaks Out, Altman Responds - Zvi Analyzes Fallout

Dive into the intricacies of AI ethics and safety concerns as we dissect the recent resignations of AI Safety Team from OpenAI. In this stimulating conversation, we unpack the challenges of aligning leadership vision with safety culture, explore legal implications of non-disparagement clauses, and discuss the future of AI alignment and superintelligence. Tune in for a thought-provoking analysis on the responsible path forward in AI development. SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention "Turpentine" to skip the waitlist. Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) Introduction (00:04:46) Compute resources (00:08:15) The straw that broke the camels back (00:13:35) Sponsors: Oracle | Brave (00:15:42) Dwarkesh interview with John Schulman (00:19:14) What should we do? (00:22:47) Strengthening the bill (00:25:11) Non-Disparagement Clauses (00:30:48) Sponsors: Squad | Omneky (00:32:33) Safety measures (00:39:05) SOFONs (00:43:22) AI movie concept (00:47:24) Forking Paths (00:49:44) Simulation Hypothesis (00:53:56) Doomer

May 19, 202456 min

OpenAI and Google Race to "Her" - Is the Big Tech Singularity Near? Part 1 with Zvi Mowshowitz

Dive into a critical analysis of AI's rapidly evolving realm with Zvi Mowshowitz. Discover our take on Google's I-O event highlights, OpenAI's spring event, the big tech and startup AI dynamics, and the significant shifts in OpenAI's safety team. Gain insights into the competitive landscape, technological advancements, and strategic challenges that shape today's AI industry, as we explore the future's uncertainties and the potential for change. Part 2 is coming soon. SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention "Turpentine" to skip the waitlist. Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) Introduction (00:03:01) Welcome to the Cognitive Revolution (00:06:35) The Reality of AI Demos: Hype vs. Practicality (00:09:30) Integrations and Universal Assistants: The Future of AI (00:15:39) Sponsors: Oracle | Brave (00:17:47) The Ethical and Social Implications of AI (00:31:53) AI's Role in Addressing Loneliness and Social Engagement (00:33:24) Sponsors: Squad | Omneky (00:35:12) The Future of AI: Subscription Models and Ethical Considerations (00:44:13) Exploring AI's Ethical Balancing Act (00:46:14) The Ethics of Personal AI Relationships (00:52:13) The Future of AI: Customization and Personalization (00:56:02) The Role of Multiple AI Friends in a Diverse Ecosystem (01:00:23) The Impact of AI on Market Dynamics and Competition (01:11:22) Big Tech's Dominance and Startup Ecosystem Challenges (01:22:54) Navigating the Tech Landscape: Opportunities and Challenges (01:25:47) The Importance of Future-Proofing in AI Development (01:28:26) Legal and Compliance Challenges in AI Implementation (01:30:43) Venture Capital and AI: Navigating the Investment Landscape (01:40:56) The Future of Employment in the Age of AI (01:50:15) The Departures from OpenAI's Safety Team: Implications and Insights

May 18, 20242h 1m

The Open Source AI Question - Part 2 | Robert Wright & Nathan Labenz

Dive into an in-depth conversation with Nathan and Robert Wright as they discuss AI's transformative potential, mechanistic interpretability, and the sobering realities of AI alignment research. Learn about the defensive strategies and safety measures necessary for managing advanced AI risks in an open source world. Don't miss the insights on AI-powered VR, and be sure to check out part one on the non-zero feed. Checkout the Part 1 of the conversation here : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s8bgB8TCdBs SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention "Turpentine" to skip the waitlist. Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) Introduction (00:07:13) AI in Governance (00:11:08) Sci-fi doomer (00:13:58) Sponsors: Oracle | Brave (00:16:05) The frontier models (00:20:22) Emergent behavior (00:23:48) Theory of mind (00:28:09) Mechanistic interpretability (00:34:12) Sponsors: Squad | Omneky (00:38:12) AI Alignment Techniques (00:42:38) The Sweet Spot of AI

May 15, 202445 min

Governing Frontier AI, with CA Senator Scott Wiener, Author of SB 1047

Dive into the world of frontier AI development with California State Senator Scott Wiener's intricate detailing of SB 1047 bill. This podcast explores the delicate balance between accelerating AI innovation and ensuring stringent safety protocols, including potential implications for advanced AI models. Learn about the debates on government involvement, the need for independent third-party testing, and Senator Wiener's commitment to a measured approach to AI regulation. Join us for a thought-provoking discussion on the complexities of legislating emerging technologies. SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention "Turpentine" to skip the waitlist. Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) Introduction (00:05:47) Senator Scott Wiener (00:09:38) AI policy (00:13:56) AI worldview (00:16:20) Sponsors: Oracle | Brave (00:18:28) Burden on Developers (00:26:10) Developers reaction (00:28:43) Big tech companies opposing the bill (00:31:09) Open source models (00:34:57) Sponsors: Squad | Omneky (00:36:45) Illegal activities (00:41:15) Penalties (00:44:33) Third party testing (00:48:33) Transparency requirements for model development (00:53:07) Closing thoughts

May 9, 202453 min

TinyGPU, Massive Learning, with Adam Majmudar

Discover h​ow Adam Majmudar embarked on an exceptional journey to create the TinyGPU from scratch, with no experience in GPU design. This insightful podcast follows Adam's process from learning to implementation, highlighting the progressive contributions of countless engineers and the accelerating role of AI in the learning journey. Experience the unfolding of GPU architecture and gain a deeper appreciation for the technology driving today's AI advancements. RECOMMENDED PODCAST: The AI Daily Brief If you’re looking for an edge to stay up to date on everything AI, subscribe to Nathaniel Whittemore's AI Daily Brief which delivers tight episodes covering all things AI from legislation to new technologies to the philosophical debates around generalized intelligence. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7gKwwMLFLc6RmjmRpbMtEO Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ai-daily-brief-formerly-the-ai-breakdown/id1680633614 SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention "Turpentine" to skip the waitlist. Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) Introduction (00:04:34) Intro (00:07:42) Learning Resources (00:12:11) What is the process of getting your chip back? (00:14:38) What is the scope of the project? (00:17:18) Sponsors: Oracle | Brave (00:19:25) Prioritization (00:23:19) Memory management (00:33:19) What instructions to include? (00:38:03) Sponsors: Squad | Omneky (00:40:42) Registers (00:48:29) Memory Limitations (00:57:51) Compute Pattern (01:01:14) Dispatcher (01:07:50) How does it get translated into hardware? (01:21:07) Compute Core Execution (01:24:57) The Fetcher (01:27:07) Memory controllers (01:37:49) Simulating the design (01:41:09) What did you learn? (01:50:36) Conclusion

May 6, 20241h 51m

Emergency Pod: Examining SB 1047, California's Proposed AI Legislation

Dive into the nuanced debate over California's SB 1047 AI legislation with Nathan Calvin, Dean Ball, and Steve Newman. Our expert panel discussion explores the bill's intent, dispels misconceptions, and debates its potential impact on technology and regulation. Learn about AI's tail risks, the role of government, and hear suggestions for improving the legislation. Share your thoughts and join the conversation around shaping a positive AI future. You can reach out and share your thoughts by using the contact form here : https://www.cognitiverevolution.ai/contact/ RECOMMENDED PODCAST: The AI Daily Brief If you’re looking for an edge to stay up to date on everything AI, subscribe to Nathaniel Whittemore's AI Daily Brief which delivers tight episodes covering all things AI from legislation to new technologies to the philosophical debates around generalized intelligence. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7gKwwMLFLc6RmjmRpbMtEO Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ai-daily-brief-formerly-the-ai-breakdown/id1680633614 SPONSORS: The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention "Turpentine" to skip the waitlist. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) Introduction (00:05:45) Opinions (00:11:57) The Bill (00:17:05) Elevated discussion (00:18:51) Sponsors: Brave | Omneky (00:20:18) AI Doctor (00:22:55) Centralized Regulator (00:26:29) SB 1047 (00:27:47) Critical infrastructure (00:31:51) Should we regulate? (00:39:00) Sponsors: Squad (00:40:28) Safety standards for training (00:46:09) What is 10^26 flops? (00:52:10) Regulating general purpose technology (00:53:42) AI regulation (00:58:31) Societal adaptation (01:01:18) AI safety (01:04:20) AI regulations (01:07:19) The current state of the industry (01:10:08) What industry wants changed (01:25:42) Safety is hard to legislate (01:33:06) How to decide the trajectory of AI? (01:45:52) Testing, Transparency, Whistleblower Provision (01:55:17) Closing thoughts

May 4, 20241h 59m

Infinite AI Interns: How Young Professionals Can Win in an AI-Powered World

Join us as we explore the future of work in the age of artificial intelligence. Nathan shares essential strategies for college students, especially in computer science, to succeed in a landscape dominated by AI tools. Discover the most important skills to develop, how to use AI for efficiency, and insights into AI-driven task automation. Get valuable advice on incorporating AI into your work and resources for beginning your journey into AI professionalism. RECOMMENDED PODCAST: The AI Daily Brief If you’re looking for an edge to stay up to date on everything AI, subscribe to Nathaniel Whittemore's AI Daily Brief which delivers tight episodes covering all things AI from legislation to new technologies to the philosophical debates around generalized intelligence. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7gKwwMLFLc6RmjmRpbMtEO Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ai-daily-brief-formerly-the-ai-breakdown/id1680633614 SPONSORS: The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention "Turpentine" to skip the waitlist. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) Introduction (00:05:18) AI Closing in on Human Experts (00:08:48) Limitations of Current AI (00:13:16) AI's Speed and Availability Advantages (00:16:26) AI's Evolutionary Advantages (00:19:01) Viewing AI as Entry-Level Employees (00:20:38) Sponsors: Brave | Omneky (00:22:05) Modes of AI Production (00:25:09) Agent Mode: The Best of Both Worlds (00:30:08) Prompting Techniques (00:32:17) AI Coding Assistants (00:37:01) Automating Processes with AI (00:37:55) Sponsors: Squad (00:39:23) University Curriculum and AI Tools (00:44:50) AI-Generated Music and Video Editing (00:46:04) Introduction to AI Tools (00:47:11) Devon AI Agent (00:49:26) Waymark AI Evaluation Example (00:52:51) Setting the Context (00:54:30) Mantras for AI Adoption (00:56:48) Recommended AI Thought Leaders (00:59:53) Setting up AI Training (01:04:25) Avoiding Over-engineering Solutions

May 3, 20241h 5m

The State of AI, from the 80,000 Hours Podcast

Dive into the accelerating world of artificial intelligence with our latest podcast episode. We discuss the latest AI advancements and the challenges leaders face in keeping up, potential societal backlashes, and regulatory concerns. Explore the possibilities and immerse yourself in a strategic AI scouting report from our conversation with the 80,000 Hours podcast. Listen now for insights on AI's role in various sectors and the necessity for informed discourse. RECOMMENDED PODCAST: The AI Daily Brief If you’re looking for an edge to stay up to date on everything AI, subscribe to Nathaniel Whittemore's AI Daily Brief which delivers tight episodes covering all things AI from legislation to new technologies to the philosophical debates around generalized intelligence. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7gKwwMLFLc6RmjmRpbMtEO Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ai-daily-brief-formerly-the-ai-breakdown/id1680633614 SPONSORS: The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention "Turpentine" to skip the waitlist. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) Introduction to the Interview with Nathan LeBenz (00:05:50) Exploring AI's Capabilities and Ethical Considerations (00:14:43) Sponsors: Brave | Omneky (00:16:10) AI's Impact on Medicine and Healthcare Innovations (00:36:29) Sponsors: Squad (00:37:56) Predictions and Expectations for Next-Gen AI Applications (00:57:33) Exploring the Frontier of AI and Robotics (00:58:57) The Leap in AI: From Language Models to Physical Robots (01:00:21) GPT-4's Remarkable Achievements and Future Prospects (01:03:55) Navigating the Discourse on AI Safety and Regulation (01:12:53) The Polarization of AI Discourse: A Deep Dive (01:16:17) The Impact of Social Media on AI Conversations (01:34:53) Exploring the Dynamics of AI Regulation and Public Perception (01:49:27) Navigating AI's Rapid Progress and Public Perception (01:50:55) Current State of AI Legislation and Industry Response (01:53:31) The Challenge of Regulating AI and Ensuring Safety (02:03:37) The Impact of AI on Information and Social Dynamics (02:19:18) AI in Warfare: Ethical Considerations and Future Prospects (02:27:25) Recommendations for Keeping Up with AI Developments (02:33:45) Final Thoughts and Advice for AI Enthusiasts and Professionals

May 1, 20242h 38m

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

In this episode from new podcast Emergent Behavior, host @Ate-a-Pi interviews the co-founders of Prophetic AI to learn how they're using AI to facilitate lucid dreaming. Prophetic had come up in the recent Cognitive Revolution conversation with Dean W. Ball about brain computer interfaces, and Nathan had them on the list of companies to invite on the show, so it was really fun to discover that Ate-a-Pi had already done an interview with them right around the same time. -- Subscribe to Emergent Behavior: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2KfbuKL7iqIfbpY31PHtEg Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/emergent-behavior/id1735023473 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@EmergentBehaviorPod & Check out Nathan's new chatbot on www.cognitiverevolution.ai -- RECOMMENDED PODCAST: The AI Daily Brief If you’re looking for an edge to stay up to date on everything AI, subscribe to Nathaniel Whittemore's AI Daily Brief which delivers tight episodes covering all things AI from legislation to new technologies to the philosophical debates around generalized intelligence. Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/7gKwwMLFLc6RmjmRpbMtEO Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-ai-daily-brief-formerly-the-ai-breakdown/id1680633614 -- SPONSORS: The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. -- TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Intro (00:43) Diving Deep with Prophetic AI (02:18) Exploring Lucid Dreaming with Halo (05:08) The Technical Marvel Behind Halo (07:25) A Deep Dive into Lucid Dreaming Experiences (13:15) Sponsor: Brave | Omneky (14:42) Do All People Have Lucid States? (32:19) Sponsor: Squad (41:05) Building the Neural Model for Dream Control (43:15) Exploring the Intersection of EEG, fMRI, and Ultrasound in Lucid Dreaming (43:48) The Journey from Open Source Data to Targeted Brain Stimulation (47:08) Collaboration with the Donders Institute and the Future of Lucid Dreaming Research (48:40) The Role of Machine Learning and AI in Enhancing Data Collection and Analysis (50:04) From Theory to Practice: Implementing Transcranial Focused Ultrasound (TFUS) (53:51) Personalizing the Lucid Dreaming Experience through Reinforcement Learning (1:16:18) Looking Ahead: The Potential and Challenges of Neurostimulation Technology (1:22:55) Addressing the Skeptics: The Debate Over Natural vs. Technologically Induced Lucid Dreaming

Apr 29, 20241h 27m

Merging Man and Machine? The Neurotech Frontier with Dean W. Ball

In this podcast, we dive into the fascinating world of brain-computer interfaces with Dean W. Ball. We learn about the latest technologies, from non-invasive EEG and ultrasound stimulation to invasive Neuralink implants. We also discover the state-of-art tools, technical challenges, and the big questions around thought dimensionality, ethical considerations, and the societal impact of brain reading and writing. SPONSORS: The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ Plumb is a no-code AI app builder designed for product teams who care about quality and speed. What is taking you weeks to hand-code today can be done confidently in hours. Check out https://bit.ly/PlumbTCR for early access. Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. CHAPTERS: (00:00:00) Introduction (00:04:00) Background (00:06:50) Journey to Neurotech Interest (00:07:56) Concept of Human-Machine Merge (00:12:01) Impact of Language Models (00:15:53) Sponsors: Brave / Omneky (00:17:20) Adoption of AI Tools like ChatGPT (00:22:33) Neural Technologies as Sensor Fusion (00:26:03) Brain Signals and EEG Devices (00:29:09) Electrodes and Electrical Field Measurement (00:37:04) Sponsors: Plumb / Squad (00:39:01) Neurofeedback and Brain Training (00:48:44) The Rise of Neural Networks (00:57:29) Shared Latent Space for Brain Signals (01:09:18) Trajectory of Brain-Computer Interface (01:14:44) Near-Term Possibilities (01:26:25) Limitations of Brain-Computer Interfaces (01:38:31) Stimulating Brain Activity (01:46:08) Policy Considerations (01:52:02) Solved World and Artificial Constraints (02:04:27) Acclimating to Merge Technology (02:08:33) Advice for Understanding Neural Interfaces

Apr 26, 20242h 9m

Automating Circuit Board Design Using Reinforcement Learning w Sergiy Nesterenko, Founder of Quilter on Autopilot

In this episode from the Autopilot podcast, Sergiy Nesterenko, founder of Quilter (backed by Benchmark), discusses designing PCB circuitboards end-to-end using reinforcement learning. "Autopilot" host Will Summerlin and Nesterenko cover how current PCB boards are designed and how Quilter’s tech stack enables faster board design, what better circuit boards enable in the future, their GTM and where they are seeing most market pull right now, and much more. Subscribe to Autopilot: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6YQZkKHN7EP2yWedAvSxBC?si=18377c69a2804333&nd=1&dlsi=18fee5e95b284d02 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/autopilot-with-will-summerlin/id1738163836 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@AutopilotwithWillSummerlin Check out Nathan's new chatbot on www.cognitiverevolution.ai SPONSORS: The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ Plumb is a no-code AI app builder designed for product teams who care about quality and speed. What is taking you weeks to hand-code today can be done confidently in hours. Check out https://bit.ly/PlumbTCR for early access. Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. LINKS: Quilter: https://www.quilter.ai/ Autopilot Ventures: https://www.apv.vc/ X/SOCIAL: @labenz (Nathan) @WSummerlinAI (Will) @sergiynest (Sergiy) @quilterai (Quilter) TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Intro & Sergiy’s Background (04:31) What Sergiy learned from SpaceX (05:53) Founding thesis of Quilter and Quilter’s journey (06:57) Where would one find circuit boards? (08:11) What is the process of designing a circuit board? (09:39) Design process today with Quilter (14:34) Sponsor: Omneky (16:01) Quilter’s thesis and designing more complex circuits (18:25) How much are humans currently paid for board design (19:41) Labor dynamics in board design (20:30) Do most companies have board designers in-house? (21:14) Incentive structure (22:44) What does a high-performance circuit board look like vs low-performance? (26:37) Quilter’s technology stack (29:15) Sponsor: Plumb | Squad (31:15) How Quilter can grow with scale? (33:50) Where is circuit manufacturing happening (37:17) What other parts of knowledge work can be solved with reinforcement learning (41:03) GTM and who Quilter is selling to (42:48) Pricing (44:04) Where Quilter is seeing the most market pull right now (45:21) What makes Quilter an exciting company to work at or invest (47:14) The effects of closed research in private companies for the industry (49:25) Open source vs closed source (51:14) What Sergiy would advise to himself in his early founder (53:59) What drew Sergiy to working with Benchmark (56:19) Wrap

Apr 25, 202457 min

Robotics Research Update, with Keerthana Gopalakrishnan and Ted Xiao of Google DeepMind

Google DeepMind researchers Keerthana Gopalakrishnan and Ted Xiao discuss their latest breakthroughs in AI robotics. Including models that enable robots to understand novel objects, learn from human demonstrations, and operate under ethical constraints. The conversation covers six groundbreaking papers that showcase rapid progress towards general-purpose robotics. SPONSORS: The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ Plumb is a no-code AI app builder designed for product teams who care about quality and speed. What is taking you weeks to hand-code today can be done confidently in hours. Check out https://bit.ly/PlumbTCR for early access. Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. CHAPTERS : (00:00) Introduction (04:44) The Future of Robotics (14:40) Sponsors : Brave / Omneky (16:04) Inputs and Outputs (24:03) A Leap Towards Generalist Robots (32:08) Sponsors : Plumb / Squad (33:52) Learning in Robotics (41:12) Learning from On-the-Fly Examples (41:57) Annotating Robot Actions (50:17) Scaling and Safety (01:03:05) Learning to Learn Faster (01:08:43) Zero-Shot Learning (01:15:15) Future Directions

Apr 22, 20241h 24m

AI Inference: Good, Fast, and Cheap, with Lin Qiao & Dmytro Ivchenko of Fireworks AI

In this episode, we delve into the intricate world of AI inference with cofounders of Firework AI. Discover the strategies behind optimizing AI performance, the importance of balancing latency and throughput, and the nuances of different AI architectures from GPT-3 to Stable Diffusion. Learn about their partnership with Stability AI, their unique focus on reducing total cost of ownership, and their vision for a seamless developer experience. RECOMMENDED PODCAST: How Do You Use ChatGPT with Dan Shipper. Dan Shipper talks to programmers, writers, founders, academics, tech executives, and others to walk through all of their ChatGPT use cases (including Nathan!). They even use ChatGPT together, live on the show. Listen to How Do You Use ChatGPT? from Dan Shipper and the team at Every, wherever you get your podcasts: https://link.chtbl.com/hdyuchatgpt SPONSORS: Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Plumb is a no-code AI app builder designed for product teams who care about quality and speed. What is taking you weeks to hand-code today can be done confidently in hours. Check out https://bit.ly/PlumbTCR for early access. Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. CHAPTERS : (00:00:00) Introduction (00:08:34) Compute Stack (00:19:23) Fireworks Product Philosophy (00:24:11) Sponsors : Brave / Omneky (00:25:40) Fine-tuning Strategy (00:38:40) Sponsors : Plumb / Squad (00:40:33) NVIDIA Stack Overview (00:47:14) TensorFlow Triton Service (00:55:25) Reduced Precision Advantages (01:03:57) Different Deployment Scenarios (01:08:27) Seeking Intuition on Sharding (01:19:28) Announcing Stability AI Partnership (01:32:00) Closing Remarks

Apr 20, 20241h 42m

Reading Minds from Shared Latent Space

In this episode, we explore the cutting-edge world of AI-powered brain imaging with the MindEye2 Project. Discover how researchers are reconstructing images from fMRI data, offering unprecedented insights into the human mind. We discuss the implications for neuroscience, clinical diagnosis, and the future of AI-assisted brain decoding. RECOMMENDED PODCAST: How Do You Use ChatGPT with Dan Shipper. Dan Shipper talks to programmers, writers, founders, academics, tech executives, and others to walk through all of their ChatGPT use cases (including Nathan!). They even use ChatGPT together, live on the show. Listen to How Do You Use ChatGPT? from Dan Shipper and the team at Every, wherever you get your podcasts : https://link.chtbl.com/hdyuchatgpt SPONSORS: Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Plumb is a no-code AI app builder designed for product teams who care about quality and speed. What is taking you weeks to hand-code today can be done confidently in hours. Check out https://bit.ly/PlumbTCR for early access. Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. CHAPTERS: (00:00) Introduction (07:24) Evolution of Brain Decoding Tech (10:33) From MindEye1 to MindEye2 (14:12) Sponsor: Omneky (14:43) Foundation Models for Enhanced AI (26:49) Future of Image Reconstruction from Brain Data (34:10) Sponsors: Brave / Plumb / Squad (44:23) Evaluating AI-Generated Reconstructions (48:10) Understanding Semantic Info in the Brain (51:47) Potential and Ethics of Brain Data Usage (57:13) Foundation Models in Neuroscience (01:02:46) Future of Brain-Computer Interfaces

Apr 17, 20241h 34m

Interfacing with AI, with Linus Lee of Notion

In this episode, Linus Lee, AI product leader at Notion, joins us to discuss his groundbreaking projects and unique approach to exploring AI systems. He shares his toolkit and insights on language model capabilities, along with his vision for the future of AI, which is centered on amplifying human intelligence. Linus inspires listeners to engage deeply with AI and to steer its development in ways that enhance human creativity and agency. RECOMMENDED PODCAST: How Do You Use ChatGPT Dan Shipper talks to programmers, writers, founders, academics, tech executives, and others to walk through all of their ChatGPT use cases (including Nathan!). They even use ChatGPT together, live on the show. Listen to How Do You Use ChatGPT? from Dan Shipper and the team at Every, wherever you get your podcasts. https://link.chtbl.com/hdyuchatgpt SPONSORS: Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Plumb is a no-code AI app builder designed for product teams who care about quality and speed. What is taking you weeks to hand-code today can be done confidently in hours. Check out https://bit.ly/PlumbTCR for early access. Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to https://choosesquad.com/ and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. CHAPTERS : (00:00) Introduction (10:16) AI and Creativity (14:37) Sponsor: Omneky (14:57) AI Research Development (20:05) Bridging Modalities (32:38) Sponsor: Brave / Plumb / Squad (35:36) Transformer Models and Techniques (52:32) Personal AI Research Setup (58:55) Leveraging Language Models for Coding (01:02:05) AI Model Development and Notion AI (01:22:05) Future of AI Models and App Development (01:32:51) Emerging Trends in AI

Apr 15, 20241h 46m

Data, data, everywhere - enough for AGI?

In this podcast, Nathan and Nick dive deep into the data requirements for achieving Artificial General Intelligence. They explore the current paradigms, the role of data in approximating intelligence, and the scaling trends for GPT models. The discussion covers various datasets, from email and Twitter to YouTube and genomic data, as they analyze the feasibility of reaching the target of 100 trillion high-quality tokens. While the bull case suggests an abundance of data, the bear case highlights the limits on high-quality data, prompting a fascinating exploration of what makes data good for AI and the potential for AI to generate its own data. Sponsors Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off https://www.omneky.com/ The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to http://choosesquad.com/ and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. Plumb is a no-code AI app builder designed for product teams who care about quality and speed. What is taking you weeks to hand-code today can be done confidently in hours. Check out https://bit.ly/PlumbTCR for early access. Chapters (00:00) Introduction (05:04) Scaling Hypothesis of Intelligence (07:32) Is There Enough High Quality Data? (10:19) Algorithms Impacting Data Requirements (17:42) Sponsor : Omneky (18:04) Estimating High Quality Token Requirements (24:07) Astronomy and YouTube Data Scale (29:42) Genomics Data (37:58) Sponsors : Brave / Plumb / Squad (41:16) Code Datasets and Synthetic Data (45:48) The Bear Case: Quality and Usability of Data (50:54) Investment Trends and Compute Efficiency (54:19) Training Run (57:21) Synthetic Data Generation and Self-Play

Apr 13, 20241h 1m

Inside China's AI Ecosystem: A View From Beijing

In this episode, we explore the Chinese AI ecosystem with 'L-squared,' an anonymous tech worker based in Beijing. We discuss major players, model quality, public engagement, regulation, and the US 'chip ban.' Discover the similarities and differences between US and Chinese AI landscapes, and gain a nuanced perspective on the current state of AI in China. USEFUL RESOURCES: Testing Chinese models: Yi-34B-Chat (made by Kai-Fu Lee's team 01.AI) can be tried out via Replicate (https://replicate.com/01-ai/yi-34b-chat) or Hugging Face. You can also use the ChatGLM playground (https://open.bigmodel.cn/trialcenter) and Baidu's ERNIE (https://yiyan.baidu.com/) without a Chinese SIM card. Benchmarking models: SuperCLUE is one of the most prominent benchmarks - the latest results are on GitHub (https://github.com/CLUEbenchmark/SuperCLUE) and the paper explaining the methodology is here (https://arxiv.org/abs/2307.15020). Regulation: Explainer (https://carnegieendowment.org/2023/07/10/china-s-ai-regulations-and-how-they-get-made-pub-90117) from Matt Sheehan; piece (https://www.chinatalk.media/p/how-tight-ai-regs-hurt-chinese-firms) on how genAI regs are affecting Chinese companies. US-China competition: Jeff Ding's work (https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09692290.2023.2173633) on the diffusion deficit in S&T; Bloomberg piece (https://www.bloomberg.com/graphics/2023-china-huawei-semiconductor/) on Huawei's semiconductor development efforts. Staying up to date: Sign up to alerts from CSET's Scout tool (https://scout.eto.tech/); subscribe to Concordia AI's AI safety (https://aisafetychina.substack.com/) in China newsletter (disclaimer: I used to work at Concordia!) A 2016 profile (https://chinai.substack.com/p/chinai-37-happy-20th-anniversary) on Microsoft Research Asia by Wang Jingjing, covered in Jeff Ding's ChinAI newsletter SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, instead of...does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off http://www.omneky.com/ The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to choosesquad.com and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. Plumb is a no-code AI app builder designed for product teams who care about quality and speed. What is taking you weeks to hand-code today can be done confidently in hours. Check out https://bit.ly/PlumbTCR for early access. TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Introduction (07:24) China's AI Ecosystem (13:40) Public AI Engagement (17:33) Sponsors : OCI / Omneky (18:50) AI Tools Comparison (35:37) Sponsors : Brave / Squad / Plumb (39:14) AI Regulatory Maze (51:02) AI Performance, Censorship (55:28) Chinese AI Regulations (01:04:37) Tech, Research Role (01:12:11) Global AI Ecosystem (01:23:22) Cultural AI Perspectives (01:29:14) AI Safety, Cooperation

Apr 10, 20241h 36m

The AI Email Assistant I've Been Waiting for, with Andrew Lee of Shortwave

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Andrew Lee, founder of Shortwave, an AI-powered email app that describes itself as “the smartest email app on planet earth.” They discuss Shortwave’s RAG stack, how the AI assistant works, the models Shortwave is using, and much more. This is truly a masterclass in RAG app development. Sponsors : Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Plumb is a no-code AI app builder designed for product teams who care about quality and speed. What is taking you weeks to hand-code today can be done confidently in hours. Check out https://bit.ly/PlumbTCR for early access. Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to choosesquad.com and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) - Intro (01:07) - Shortwave: AI-Powered Email (06:22) - Genesis of Shortwave (15:25) - Sponsors: Oracle / Omneky (16:46) - Data Processing Pipeline (21:57) - Choosing a Vector Database (26:34) - How the AI Assistant Works (36:24) - Sponsors: Brave / Plumb / Squad (40:53) - Fine-Tuning & Hosting Models (45:11) - Email Automation (47:55) - Email Retrieval (51:44) - Optimizing AI Performance (53:20) - Safety & Embedded Ethics (01:04:51) - Strategic Product Launches (01:09:58) - Inbox Management (01:12:24) - The Future of Collaborative AI (01:18:54) - Scaling Personalized Outreach (01:26:04) - Closing Thoughts & What's Next

Apr 8, 20241h 25m

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

In this episode, we dive deep into the inner workings of large language models with Professor David Bau and grad students Koyena Pal and Eric Todd from Northeastern University. Koyena shares insights from her Future Lens paper, which shows that even mid-sized language models think multiple tokens ahead. Eric discusses the fascinating concept of Function Vectors - complex patterns of activity spread across transformer layers that enable in-context learning. Professor Bau connects the dots between these projects and the lab's broader interpretability research agenda, identifying key abstractions that link low-level computations to higher-level model behaviors. SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive ODF is where top founders get their start. Apply to join the next cohort and go from idea to conviction-fast. ODF has helped over 1000 companies like Traba, Levels and Finch get their start. Is it your turn? Go to http://beondeck.com/revolution to learn more. Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Plumb is a no-code AI app builder designed for product teams who care about quality and speed. What is taking you weeks to hand-code today can be done confidently in hours. Check out https://bit.ly/PlumbTCR for early access. Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to choosesquad.com and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Intro (04:03) Reverse Engineering AI (10:10) Factual Knowledge Localization (16:34) Sponsors: Oracle | Omneky | On Deck (18:27) Future Lens Paper Intro (23:54) Choosing GPT-J (26:54) Vocabulary Prediction (30:36) Sponsors: Brave | Plumb | Squad (33:13) Fixed Prompt (35:57) Soft Prompt (41:32) Future Lens Results Analysis (51:50) Tooling & Open Source Code (56:07) Larger Models & Mamba Probes (1:04:10) Function Vectors Paper (1:09:39) Extracting & Patching Vectors (1:13:30) Encoding Task Understanding (1:15:36) Expert Models Implications (1:18:09) Conclusion

Apr 5, 20241h 19m

Unbounded AI-Assisted Research with Elicit Founders Andreas Stuhlmüller and Jungwon Byun

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Elicit co-founders Andreas Stuhlmüller and Jungwon Byun to discuss their mission to make AI-assisted research more accessible and reliable. Learn about their unique approach to task decomposition, which allows language models to accurately tackle complex research questions. We delve into the company's tech stack, their transition from nonprofit to startup, and their dedication to creating trustworthy AI tools for high-stakes applications. Join us for an exploration of the future of AI in research. The Cognitive Revolution is part of the Turpentine podcast network. Learn more: www.turpentine.co HELPFUL LINKS: Elicit : https://elicit.com/ Andreas Stuhlmüller : https://twitter.com/stuhlmueller Jungwon Byun : https://twitter.com/jungofthewon SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive ODF is where top founders get their start. Apply to join the next cohort and go from idea to conviction-fast. ODF has helped over 1000 companies like Traba, Levels and Finch get their start. Is it your turn? Go to http://beondeck.com/revolution to learn more. Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://bit.ly/BraveTCR Plumb is a no-code AI app builder designed for product teams who care about quality and speed. What is taking you weeks to hand-code today can be done confidently in hours. Check out https://bit.ly/PlumbTCR for early access. Head to Squad to access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to choosesquad.com and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:30) Intro (00:05:05) What is Elicit? (00:06:03) Vision for Elicit (00:10:10) Making research transparent (00:11:58) How to use it? (00:15:27) Sponsors: Oracle | On Deck | Omneky (00:18:21) Task Decomposition (00:23:48) Defining the task (00:26:30) Eliciting fine-grained evaluations (00:28:06) Hallucination rates (00:30:22) Models in play (00:31:30) Sponsors: Brave | Plumb | Squad (00:34:26) Shipping a new feature every week (00:36:10) What was not possible a year ago? (00:38:26) Chain of thought (00:43:47) Tactically, how to structure the chain of thought (00:45:21) Data sets and fine-tuning (00:51:23) Scaffolding (00:53:22) Translating structure into more compute (00:54:27) Infrastructure for investigating papers in detail (00:59:50) Emphasis on high-value use cases over speed (01:00:33) Balancing long-term safety and misuse concerns (01:02:36) Monitoring research progress for negative impact (01:06:05) Evolving user base and usage patterns (01:06:52) Biomedicine as a key domain for Elicit (01:08:57) Expanding results and depth of processing (01:11:40) Reorganizing information for better understanding (01:13:12) Habit formation and frequency of use (01:14:43) The concept of an AI bundle subscription (01:18:09) Nonprofit to Commercial Venture (01:20:08) Nonprofit Team and Commercial Mission (01:20:39) Hiring Needs at Elicit

Apr 3, 20241h 23m

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

In this second part of a two episode series, Nathan and AI scout Jason Meaux provide a sweeping overview of the first 90 days of Mamba-inspired research. They discusstMamba's application to computer vision, experiments in extending effective context length, the potential problem of internal rotting states, and the use of hybrid SSMs in biology.Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api LINKS: Show Notes and Paper Links: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NK_a3deVL_aczORmSRw8LyujNPotpO7Kd90sIRj9Qx0/edit?usp=sharing Nathan's original Mamba Deep Dive Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3b3zeDVU6fE2yV9vdNVLqX?si=dc7a885d601d4a58 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/emergency-pod-mamba-memory-and-the-ssm-moment/id1669813431?i=1000639397566 X/SOCIAL: @labenz (Nathan) SPONSORS: ORACLE | OMNEKY | BRAVE | ON DECK | SQUAD Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api ODF is where top founders get their start. Apply to join the next cohort and go from idea to conviction-fast. ODF has helped over 1000 companies like Traba, Levels and Finch get their start. Is it your turn? Go to http://beondeck.com/revolution to learn more. 💥 Access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to choosesquad.com and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) - Episode Start (00:01:14) - Nathan and Jason’s Bet (00:04:51) - U-Mamba (00:15:10) - Sponsors: Oracle | Omneky (00:06:08) - Swin U-Mamba (00:18:59) - Vision Mamba (00:24:30 - VMamba (00:27:26) - VM-UNet (00:30:37) - Sponsors: Brave | On Deck (00:35:15) - SegMamba (00:36:59) - Vivim (00:37:31) - Mamba Morph (00:39:01) - Graph Mamba (00:43:15) - Long Mamba (00:59:54) - Evo and StripedHyena The Cognitive Revolution is produced by Turpentine: a media network covering technology, business, and culture. Producer: Vivian Meng Editor: Graham Bessellieu For sponsor or guest inquiries, email: [email protected]

Mar 30, 20241h 20m

Mamba-Palooza: 90 Days of Mamba-Inspired Research with Jason Meaux: Part 1

In this first part of a two episode series, Nathan and AI scout Jason Meaux provide a sweeping overview of the first 90 days of Mamba-inspired research. They discuss the mechanistic underpinnings of Mamba architecture, Mamba's context capabilities, multi-modal applications in image segmentation and computer vision tasks, and much more. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api RECOMMENDED PODCAST: Autopilot explores the adoption and rollout of AI in the industries that drive the economy and the dynamic founders bringing rapid change to slow-moving industries. From law, to hardware, to aviation, Will Summerlin interviews founders backed by Benchmark, Greylock, and more to learn how they're automating at the frontiers in entrenched industries. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6YQZkKHN7EP2yWedAvSxBC?si=18377c69a2804333 Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/autopilot-with-will-summerlin/id1738163836 LINKS: Show Notes and Paper Links: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1NK_a3deVL_aczORmSRw8LyujNPotpO7Kd90sIRj9Qx0/edit?usp=sharing Nathan's original Mamba Deep Dive Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3b3zeDVU6fE2yV9vdNVLqX?si=dc7a885d601d4a58 Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/emergency-pod-mamba-memory-and-the-ssm-moment/id1669813431?i=1000639397566 X/SOCIAL: @labenz (Nathan) SPONSORS: ORACLE | OMNEKY | SQUAD | BRAVE Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com 💥 Access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to choosesquad.com and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api ODF is where top founders get their start. Apply to join the next cohort and go from idea to conviction-fast. ODF has helped over 1000 companies like Traba, Levels and Finch get their start. Is it your turn? Go to http://beondeck.com/revolution to learn more.

Mar 30, 20241h 16m

Exploitable by Default: Vulnerabilities in GPT-4 APIs and “Superhuman” Go AIs with Adam Gleave of Far.ai

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Adam Gleave, founder of Far AI, for a masterclass on AI exploitability. They dissect Adam's findings on vulnerabilities in GPT-4's fine-tuning and Assistant PIs, Far AI's work exposing exploitable flaws in "superhuman" Go AIs through innovative adversarial strategies, accidental jailbreaking by naive developers during fine-tuning, and more. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api RECOMMENDED PODCAST: Autopilot explores the adoption and rollout of AI in the industries that drive the economy and the dynamic founders bringing rapid change to slow-moving industries. From law, to hardware, to aviation, Will Summerlin interviews founders backed by Benchmark, Greylock, and more to learn how they're automating at the frontiers in entrenched industries. Listen on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6YQZkKHN7EP2yWedAvSxBC?si=18377c69a2804333 Listen on Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/autopilot-with-will-summerlin/id1738163836LINKS: LINKS: Far AI: https://far.ai/author/adam-gleave/ X/SOCIAL: @labenz (Nathan) @ARGleave (Adam) @FARAIResearch (Far.AI) SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api ODF is where top founders get their start. Apply to join the next cohort and go from idea to conviction-fast. ODF has helped over 1000 companies like Traba, Levels and Finch get their start. Is it your turn? Go to http://beondeck.com/revolution to learn more. 💥 Access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to choosesquad.com and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) Episode Preview (00:01:25) The alarming reality of AI exploits: from accidental jailbreaking to malicious attacks. (00:16:45) The Assistants API: a new frontier for AI exploitation. (00:41:54) The ethical dilemma of AI security research and disclosure. (00:51:36) Exploring AI vulnerabilities: a deep dive into GPT-4's exploits. (00:51:47) The challenge of AI robustness and the 'Accidental Jailbreaking' phenomenon. (00:52:39) Navigating the Assistants API: security risks and malicious exploits. (00:53:27) The robustness tax: balancing AI safety with performance. (01:07:42) Unveiling flaws in superhuman Go-playing AIs: a gray-box investigation. (01:36:50) Empirical scaling laws for adversarial robustness: a future focus. (01:41:53) Closing remarks and opportunities at FAR AI The Cognitive Revolution is produced by Turpentine: a media network covering technology, business, and culture. Producer: Vivian Meng Editor: Graham Bessellieu For sponsor or guest inquiries, email: [email protected]

Mar 27, 20241h 43m

S1 Ep 115Surveying 2,700+ AI Researchers on the Industry's Future with Katja Grace of AI Impacts

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Katja Grace, Cofounder and Lead Researcher at AI Impacts. They discuss the survey Katja and team conducted including over 2,700+ AI researchers, the methodology for the research, and the results’ implications for policymakers, the public, and the industry as a whole. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api LINKS: - Thousands of AI Authors on the Future of AI: https://aiimpacts.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/04/Thousands_of_AI_authors_on_the_future_of_AI.pdf -AI Impacts Site: https://aiimpacts.org/about/ -Linus episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wdmvtVTZDqE&pp=ygUJbGludXMgbGVl X/SOCIAL: @labenz (Nathan) @KatjaGrace (Katja) @AIImpacts SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api ODF is where top founders get their start. Apply to join the next cohort and go from idea to conviction-fast. ODF has helped over 1000 companies like Traba, Levels and Finch get their start. Is it your turn? Go to http://beondeck.com/revolution to learn more. This show is produced by Turpentine: a network of podcasts, newsletters, and more, covering technology, business, and culture — all from the perspective of industry insiders and experts. We’re launching new shows every week, and we’re looking for industry-leading sponsors — if you think that might be you and your company, email us at [email protected]. 💥 Access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to choosesquad.com and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. Producer: Vivian Meng Editor: Graham Bessellieu

Mar 21, 20241h 29m

Envisioning a Positive AI Future, with Tim Reutemann, Author of Liquid Reign

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Tim Reutemann, author of “Liquid Reign”. They discuss liquid democracy, reshaping political participation using AI and biometrics, and practical advances in technology and their impacts on identity verification, rehabilitation, and gaming. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api LINKS: Liquid Reign Book: https://www.amazon.ca/Liquid-Reign-Tim-Reutemann/dp/1981029176 Tim Reutemann's Medium: https://tim-reutemann.medium.com/ Audrey Tang: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audrey_Tang X/SOCIAL: @labenz (Nathan) @TimReutemann (Tim) SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api ODF is where top founders get their start. Apply to join the next cohort and go from idea to conviction-fast. ODF has helped over 1000 companies like Traba, Levels and Finch get their start. Is it your turn? Go to http://beondeck.com/revolution to learn more. 💥 Access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to choosesquad.com and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) - Exploring the power of your vote in a futuristic AI world. (00:01:25) - Imagining a positive future with advanced AI. (00:02:35) - Diving into 'Liquid Reign’: A vision of AI-transformed society. (00:05:58) - The journey of writing 'Liquid Reign’: From thought experiment to novel. (00:09:07) - The mechanics of liquid democracy and AI integration. (00:15:59) - Sponsors: Oracle | Omneky (00:12:51) - Unpacking the technology stack behind the futuristic society. (00:16:00) - Exploring the progress and challenges in AI and cryptography. (00:25:28) - Switzerland’s unique way of getting citizens involved in democracy (00:28:45) - Sponsors: Brave | On Deck (00:47:58) - The future of open source and security in an AI-driven world. (00:52:02) - Exploring the depths of cybersecurity and paranoia. (00:52:47) - The future of human-computer interfaces: Chips, VR, and beyond. (00:54:11) - The ethical dilemma of invasive technologies. (00:56:45) - The evolution of VR: From gaming to rehabilitation. (01:30:48) - Navigating the complexities of AI and privacy. (01:37:27) - Envisioning a positive future: The role of AI in society.

Mar 16, 20241h 44m

AI and the Practice of Law: from CaseText to CoCounsel, with Pablo Arredondo, VP of CoCounsel for Thomson Reuters

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Pablo Arredondo, VP of CoCounsel for Thomson Reuters. They discuss the evolution of legal research, how GPT-4 has changed legal practices, security and privacy in AI driven legal services, and more. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api X/SOCIAL: @labenz (Nathan) @tweetatpablo (Pablo) @casetext LINKS: Casetext: https://casetext.com/ Cognitive Revolution (new feed): https://cognitiverevolution.ai/ SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api ODF is where top founders get their start. Apply to join the next cohort and go from idea to conviction-fast. ODF has helped over 1000 companies like Traba, Levels and Finch get their start. Is it your turn? Go to http://beondeck.com/revolution to learn more. 💥 Access global engineering without the headache and at a fraction of the cost: head to choosesquad.com and mention “Turpentine” to skip the waitlist. TIMESTAMPS (00:00:00) Episode preview (00:01:42) The evolution of legal research: From books to AI (00:02:19) The game-changing impact of GPT-4 on legal practices (00:04:01) Exploring the future of legal AI with Pablo Arredondo (00:04:34) The birth and evolution of CaseText (00:07:06) Revolutionizing legal research with AI and large language models (00:14:42) The leap to GPT-4: A new era for legal tech (00:16:42) Navigating the challenges and opportunities of AI in law (00:27:41) The continuous evolution of AI in legal tech (00:43:46) The importance of rigorous testing in AI deployment (00:45:19) The importance of testing in legal tech (00:45:46) Merging with Thomson Reuters: A new era of quality control (00:46:49) Harnessing GPT-4 for legal document review (00:48:27) Innovations in legal tech: Beyond GPT-4 (00:49:00) The evolution of legal research and document management (00:49:54) Exploring the potential of AI in legal firms (00:51:37) Security and privacy in AI-driven legal services (00:52:43) The future of vector databases in legal tech (00:54:10) AI-assisted legal assistance: A new frontier (00:58:41) The pricing strategy and market response to AI legal tools (01:10:18) The future of law and AI integration (01:23:18) Reflections on being acquired by Thomson Reuters (01:26:07) Closing thoughts: The impact of LLMs on justice

Mar 14, 20241h 28m

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

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Itamar Friedman, CEO of Codium AI, the company on the mission to create the code integrity paradigm. They discuss harnessing LLMs for code integrity, task decomposition, workflow engineering, and much more. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api X/SOCIAL: @labenz (Nathan) @itamar_mar (Itamar) @CodiumAI (Sodium) LINKS: Codium: https://www.codium.ai/ Cognitive Revolution Feed: https://cognitiverevolution.ai/ SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api ODF is where top founders get their start. Apply to join the next cohort and go from idea to conviction-fast. ODF has helped over 1000 companies like Traba, Levels and Finch get their start. Is it your turn? Go to http://beondeck.com/revolution to learn more. TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) Episode Preview (00:06:32) The evolution of AI in software development: beyond code generation (00:09:51) The shift towards code integrity and its impact (00:14:23) Unveiling Alpha Codium: A leap in AI-assisted code integrity (00:16:53) The broader impact of AI on software development processes (00:17:11) Sponsor break: Oraclel | Omneky (00:18:52) The future of AI in coding: enhancements, testing, and more (00:24:41) AI's role in enhancing code quality and developer efficiency (00:43:38) Exploring the challenges of large codebases (00:44:03) The impact of LLM context growth on code understanding (00:45:19) Innovative approaches to data retention and context computation (00:46:08) Deep dive into repo analysis and future directions (00:42:31) Personal experiences and the quest for efficient code management (00:48:26) Dynamic graph strategies and future features in IDEs (00:49:10) From code testing to advanced flow engineering: a new paradigm (00:52:37) Unveiling Alpha Codium: A leap in coding challenge solutions (01:07:31) Reflecting on workflows (01:23:30) Final thoughts and recommendations for AI enthusiasts The Cognitive Revolution is produced by Turpentine: a media network covering technology, business, and culture. Producer: Vivian Meng Editor: Graham Bessellieu For sponsor or guest inquiries, email: [email protected]

Mar 12, 20241h 25m

The Example Engine: How Exa Is Creating the AI Librarian for the Web with Will Bryk, CEO of Exa

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Will Bryk, CEO of Exa.ai. They discuss how Exa enables complex, research-based searches that differ from traditional keyword-based search, how their AI uses neural and non-neural methods, why they are using their own vector database, and more. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api LINKS: - Exa.ai: https://exa.ai/ X/SOCIAL: @WilliamBryk (William) @labenz (Nathan) @ExaAILabs (Exa) SPONSORS: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. OCI has four to eight times the bandwidth of other clouds; offers one consistent price, and nobody does data better than Oracle. If you want to do more and spend less, take a free test drive of OCI at https://oracle.com/cognitive Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api ODF is where top founders get their start. Apply to join the next cohort and go from idea to conviction-fast. ODF has helped over 1000 companies like Traba, Levels and Finch get their start. Is it your turn? Go to http://beondeck.com/revolution to learn more. TIMESTAMPS (00:00:00) - Preview (00:01:52) - Exploring the landscape of information retrieval tools (00:14:19) - Exa: AI librarian for the web (00:15:32) - Sponsors: Oracle | Omneky (00:16:57) - AI Project Ideas (00:22:26) - What does search built for AI mean? (00:25:40) - Ranking with neural and non-neural methods (00:30:50) - Sponsors: Brave | On Deck (00:33:13) - Best practices for Exa prompting (00:34:01) - The power of keyword search (00:37:26) - Breaking down complex queries (00:34:37) - The evolution of search engines (00:39:53) - The business side of Exa (00:40:17) - The challenges of building a web scale index (00:39:53) - The business side of Exa (00:50:59) - Vector DBs (00:58:17) - Wrap This show is produced by Turpentine: a network of podcasts, newsletters, and more, covering technology, business, and culture — all from the perspective of industry insiders and experts. We’re launching new shows every week, and we’re looking for industry-leading sponsors — if you think that might be you and your company, email us at [email protected].

Mar 5, 20241h 6m

Amazing Answers: Richard Socher on how You.com is Reimagining Search with AI

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Richard Socher, CEO and Founder of You.com, a personalized AI search assistant. They discuss the rise of the AI chatbot paradigm and how that's changed the game for search, You.com's various modes, with particular emphasis on Genius mode and above all Research mode, and much more. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api LINKS: - You.com: https://you.com/ -Richard Socher's site: https://www.socher.org/ SPONSORS: The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you're looking for an ERP platform ✅ head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive and download your own customized KPI checklist. X/SOCIAL: @labenz @RichardSocher (Richard) @YouSearchEngine @CogRev_Podcast TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Preview (01:38) Interview with Richard Socher: AI pioneer (02:26) Exploring the You.com product (02:55) The AI Bundle (05:23) Richard Socher's journey in deep learning (16:43) You.com comparison to competitors (31:16) The future of AI search engines (41:38) The changing landscape of search engines (41:44) The impact of chatbots and AI on search (42:16) How the market will shape up (43:33) The power of open source (01:02:32) The role of AI in advancing science (51:42) The future of AI: philosophical and practical considerations (55:06) The future of AI: risks and regulations (01:11:07) The future of AI: agency and emergence (01:26:57) The future of AI: retrieval, memory, and online learning This show is produced by Turpentine: a network of podcasts, newsletters, and more, covering technology, business, and culture — all from the perspective of industry insiders and experts. We’re launching new shows every week, and we’re looking for industry-leading sponsors — if you think that might be you and your company, email us at [email protected].

Feb 29, 20241h 32m

Is AGI Far? With Robin Hanson, Economist at George Mason University and Researcher at Future of Humanity Institute

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Robin Hanson, associate professor of economics at George Mason University and researcher at Oxford’s Future of Humanity Institute. They discuss the comparison of human brains to LLMs and legacy software systems, what it would take for AI and automation to significantly impact the economy, our relationships with AI and the moral weight it has, and much more. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api LINKS: Robin’s Book, The Age of Em: https://ageofem.com/ Robin’s essay on Automation: https://www.overcomingbias.com/p/no-recent-automation-revolutionhtml Robin’s Blog: https://www.overcomingbias.com/ AI Scouting Report: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0hvtiVQ_LqQ&list=PLVfJCYRuaJIXooK_KWju5djdVmEpH81ee&pp=iAQB Dr. Isaac Kohane Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pS5Vye671Xg SPONSORS: The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you're looking for an ERP platform ✅ head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive and download your own customized KPI checklist. X/SOCIAL: @labenz @robinhanson (Robin) @CogRev_Podcast TIMESTAMPS (00:00) Preview (07:10) Why our current time is a “dream time” and the move back to a Malthusian world (13:30) What sort of world should we be striving for? (13:40) Sponsor - Brave (17:50) Distinguishing value talk from factual talk (18:00) Comparing and contrasting Ems to LLMs (22:30) The comparison of human brains to legacy software systems (30:52) Sponsor - Netsuite (41:01) AIs in medicine (53:30) A several century innovation pause (55:30) Achieving full human level AI in the next 60-90 years (1:03:55) Chess and routine benchmarks not a good predictor of AI performance in the economy (1:07:44) Reaching and exceeding human-level AI in the next 1000 years (1:11:40) Losing technologies tied to scale economies (1:12:00) Why AI is hard to maintain in the long run (1:12:20) Standard deviation in automation (1:14:05) Computing power grows exponentially but automation grows steadily (1:15:50) AI art generation and deepfakes (01:21:42) The economics of AI-powered coding (1:33:51) Merging LLMs (1:36:02) Rot in software and the human brain (1:40:18) Parallelism in LLMs and brain design (1:41:00]) Moral weight for AIs, enslavement, and cooperation with AI (1:47:10) What would change Robin’s mind about the future (1:49:18) Wrap This show is produced by Turpentine: a network of podcasts, newsletters, and more, covering technology, business, and culture — all from the perspective of industry insiders and experts. We’re launching new shows every week, and we’re looking for industry-leading sponsors — if you think that might be you and your company, email us at [email protected].

Feb 27, 20241h 50m

Looking Up the AI Exponential with Azeem Azhar of the Exponential View

In this conversation, Nathan is joined by Azeem Azhar, founder and writer of the Exponential View. They discuss why startups are likely to drive the true disruption in the industry, what forward thinking leaders are doing today to retrain their teams for AI, why Azeem agrees with Sam Altman’s comments that AGI will likely arrive soon, new governance mechanisms for the AI age, and more. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api LINKS: Exponential View: https://www.exponentialview.co/ Exponential Age, written by Azeem Azhar: https://www.amazon.com/Exponential-Age-Digital-Revolution-Rewire/dp/1635769094 X/SOCIAL: @azeem @labenz (Nathan) @CogRev_Podcast SPONSORS: The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you're looking for an ERP platform ✅ head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive and download your own customized KPI checklist. TIMESTAMPS: (02:34) The Great Embedding: predictions for the future of AI (14:37) - Sponsor: Brave (22:53) The future of AI in medicine (25:57) The role of AI in customer service and data entry (28:05) - Sponsors: Netsuite | Omneky (40:45) The concept of transition and the role of big banks and tech companies (42:13) The adoption of AI in large companies and its impact (44:47) The potential disruption of industries by AI (47:12) The future of AI: Opportunities and challenges (01:18:02) The benefits and challenges of bot-to-bot communication (01:20:54) The future of AI: Opportunities and threats (01:22:53) The role of governance in AI development (01:39:39) The role of trust and responsibility in AI development (01:46:57) The importance of public trust in AI technology (01:51:16) The need for checks and balances in AI development (01:53:42) The role of government and academia in AI development This show is produced by Turpentine: a network of podcasts, newsletters, and more, covering technology, business, and culture — all from the perspective of industry insiders and experts. We’re launching new shows every week, and we’re looking for industry-leading sponsors — if you think that might be you and your company, email us at [email protected].

Feb 23, 20242h 0m

OpenAI Sora, Google Gemini, and Meta with Zvi Mowshowitz

In this episode, Zvi Mowshowitz returns to the show to discuss OpenAI’s Sora model, Google’s Gemini announcement, Anthropic’s Sleeper Agents, and other live player analysis. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api Definitely also take a moment to subscribe to Zvi's blog Don't Worry About the Vase (https://thezvi.wordpress.com/) - Zvi is an information hyperprocessor who synthesizes vast amounts of new and ever-evolving information into extremely clear summaries that help educated people keep up with the latest news. LINKS: -Zvi’s Blog: https://thezvi.substack.com/ - Waymark The Frost Episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c1pPiGD7cBw -Anthropic Sleeper Agents: https://www.anthropic.com/news/sleeper-agents-training-deceptive-llms-that-persist-through-safety-training SPONSORS: The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you're looking for an ERP platform ✅ head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive and download your own customized KPI checklist. X/Social: @TheZvi (Zvi) @labenz (Nathan) @CogRev_Podcast TIMESTAMPS: (00:04:37) - Zvi’s feedback on the type of content the show should create (00:05:33) - Zvi’s experience with Gemini (00:09:42) - Speculating on Google Gemini’s launch timing (00:12:54) - Advantages of Gemini (00:16:11) - Sponsors: Brave (00:25:00) - Speculating on Gemini 1.5 and market dynamics for foundational models. (00:28:18) How long context windows change things (00:30:57) - Sponsor: Netsuite | Omneky (00:41:06) - LLM Leaderboards (00:43:37) - Physics world modelling in OpenAI Sora (00:57:25) - Object permanence in Sora (01:04:40) - Experiments Zvi would run on Sora (01:06:21) - Superalignment and Anthropic Sleeper Agent (01:10:47) - When do agents actually start to work? (01:16:00) - Raising the standard for AI app developers (01:22:07) - Dangers of open soure development (01:30:53) - The future of compact models (01:33:58) - Superalignment (01:53:00) - Meta (01:54:20) - Mistral’s hold over the regulatory environment (02:04:16) - The Impact of Chip Bans on AI Development This show is produced by Turpentine: a network of podcasts, newsletters, and more, covering technology, business, and culture — all from the perspective of industry insiders and experts. We’re launching new shows every week, and we’re looking for industry-leading sponsors — if you think that might be you and your company, email us at [email protected].

Feb 21, 20242h 18m

AI Friends, Real Relationships with Eugenia Kuyda, Replika's Founder & CEO

Note: This conversation contains themes of suicidal ideation, in the context of academic research. Please watch from (21:41) onwards if you would like to skip past this content. In this conversation, Nathan sits down with Eugenia Kuyda, Replika's Founder and CEO. They discuss recent research published in Nature conducted by Stanford on Replika user interactions, how Replika is providing their users with a relationship they can trust and confide in, what Eugenia has found surprising about the evolution of how people are interacting with their Replikas, and much more. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api LINKS Loneliness and suicide mitigation for students using GPT3-enabled chatbots: https://www.nature.com/articles/s44184-023-00047-6 Eugenia Kuyda Part 1 on The Cognitive Revolution: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SFKA7T-v6WE SPONSORS: The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you're looking for an ERP platform ✅ head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive and download your own customized KPI checklist. X/Social: @ekuyda (Eugenia) @labenz (Nathan) @CogRev_Podcast Timestamps: (00:00) Preview and summary (06:41 The evolution of Replika (08:11) Definining the main goal of Replika (09:54) Nature published study by Stanford on Replika and mental health (14:20) Methodology for the research on Replika users (15:19) Sponsor - Brave Search API (19:46) Replika providing people with a relationship they can trust and confide in (23:20) How people are relating and reacting to their AI Replikas (25:49) Stuffed animal analogy (28:20) What people come to Replika for (30:29) Sponsor - Netsuite | Omneky (32:03) How malleable are people’s expectations for their Replika? (36:54) The evolution of how people are interacting with Replika (44:49) Putting Replika on device (46:59) Underappreciated or developed aspects of AI development (56:11) The relationship people have with their Replika is a moat (1:08:46) Building AI to memorialize people after they passed: what are the ethics? This show is produced by Turpentine: a network of podcasts, newsletters, and more, covering technology, business, and culture — all from the perspective of industry insiders and experts. We’re launching new shows every week, and we’re looking for industry-leading sponsors — if you think that might be you and your company, email us at [email protected].

Feb 16, 20241h 13m

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

In this episode, a16z partners Justine Moore and Anish Acharya join Nathan to discuss the AI Abundance Agenda, their latest thesis for consumer AI. They discuss the intersection of weird and working, and their investment pillars in AI for creativity and productivity, companionship, and wellness and growth. Looking for a search API? Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api LINKS: Read a16z’s AI Abundance Agenda here: https://gamma.app/docs/a16z-Consumer-Abundance-Agenda-ieotbnzbxj81biu?mode=doc SUBREDDITS MENTIONED: Justine's Deep Dive on AI Subreddits: https://twitter.com/venturetwins/status/1734614118294868115 r/LocalLLaMA: https://www.reddit.com/r/LocalLLaMA/ r/ComfyUI: https://www.reddit.com/r/comfyui/ r/StableDiffusion: https://www.reddit.com/r/StableDiffusion/ r/aivideo: https://www.reddit.com/r/aivideo/ SPONSORS: The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you're looking for an ERP platform ✅ head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive and download your own customized KPI checklist. X/Social: @labenz (Nathan) @venturetwins (Justine) @illscience (Anish) @a16z TIMESTAMPS: 00:00) Intro and summary (06:29) Introduction to the Abundance Agenda (09:21) AI reducing administrative overhead (09:40) Relationships and companionship (10:30) Wellness and personal growth (11:24 The intersection of weird and working: why weird sometimes works (13:24) How AI helps the pro consumer (15:17) Sponsor | Brave Search API (20:47) Where do Justine and Anish discover new AI products (23:25) The best AI subreddits (27:16) High NPS churn vs Low NPS Churn (28:30) AI Bundle: how it would work (29:34) Sponsor | Netsuite + Omneky (32:01) AI CMO or AI operated back office (33:40) Best AI image to video products (34:53) Why there aren’t currently APIs for AI video products (39:12) AI email composition will be tackled by an incumbent rather than a startup (39:47) The rise of voice-first due to AI (40:40) Startups vs incumbents - 80:20 value capture for startups (41:41) Salesforce vs a startup AI CRM (45:07) Creating artistically opinionated models using fine tuning (47:42) Why isn’t there a push for AI doctors? (51:46) AI mental health apps (55:00) Frameworks for designing non-predatory AI (56:51) Proxy metric for evaluating companion AI products (59:48) Media literacy and intuition for the next generation around AI (1:00:20) Request for startups from Justine and Anish This show is produced by Turpentine: a network of podcasts, newsletters, and more, covering technology, business, and culture — all from the perspective of industry insiders and experts. We’re launching new shows every week, and we’re looking for industry-leading sponsors — if you think that might be you and your company, email us at [email protected].

Feb 13, 20241h 2m

Dr. Michael Levin on Embodied Minds and Cognitive Agents

In this episode, Dr Michael Levin, Distinguished Professor of Biology at Tufts University, joins Nathan to discuss embodied minds, his research into limb regeneration and collective intelligence, cognitive light cones, and much more. Michael and the Levin Lab work at the intersection of biology, artificial life, bioengineering, synthetic morphology, and cognitive science. LINKS: The Levin Lab and Dr. Michael Levin’s research: https://drmichaellevin.org/resources/ Dr Michael Levin’s blog: https://thoughtforms.life/about/ Tufts University Faculty Profile: https://as.tufts.edu/biology/people/faculty/michael-levin Michael Levin @ Wyss Institute: https://wyss.harvard.edu/team/associate-faculty/michael-levin-ph-d/ Dr. Levin’s Research on Limb Regeneration: https://news.uchicago.edu/how-bioelectricity-could-regrow-limbs-and-organs SPONSORS: The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you're looking for an ERP platform ✅ head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive and download your own customized KPI checklist. X/SOCIAL @labenz (Nathan) @drmichaellevin (Michael) @CogRev_Podcast Timestamps: (00:00) Preview (01:07) Intro and summary (05:40) Xenobots, anthrobots and the other creatures created by Mike Levin (09:39) Bioelectric memory rewriting (15:01) Sponsor | BraveSearch API (16:09) The difficulty of conducting simulations, which involve running forward passes to predict and alter electrical patterns (20:30) The concept of backpropagation and mode switching in AI models (23:06) Why humans do not regenerate their limbs (37:10) Sponsor | Netsuite (39:40) Learning from small and biological systems onto the concept of possible emergence (45:16) The criticality of multiple scale questions and would a single scale? (55:49) The concept of the cognitive light cone (59:43) Advice on habits of mind and suggestions for inspiration on the AI side (1:13:36) Mike's suggested directions for the AI developers (1:24:49) Wrap & Sponsor | Omneky This show is produced by Turpentine: a network of podcasts, newsletters, and more, covering technology, business, and culture — all from the perspective of industry insiders and experts. We’re launching new shows every week, and we’re looking for industry-leading sponsors — if you think that might be you and your company, email us at [email protected].

Feb 9, 20241h 25m

A Brief History of Biological and Artificial Intelligence with Max Bennett

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Max Bennett, author of the book: A Brief History of Intelligence. They discuss the five major breakthroughs in evolution that resulted in human brains and cognition. They delve deeper into the workings of each breakthrough, the evolution of intelligence, and how AI can benefit from understanding these principles. If you need an ecommerce platform, check out our sponsor Shopify: https://shopify.com/cognitive for a $1/month trial period. We're hiring across the board at Turpentine and for Erik's personal team on other projects he's incubating. He's hiring a Chief of Staff, EA, Head of Special Projects, Investment Associate, and more. For a list of JDs, check out: eriktorenberg.com. LINKS: A Brief History of Intelligence: https://a.co/d/6VPWTf7 SPONSORS: The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you're looking for an ERP platform ✅ head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive and download your own customized KPI checklist. X/SOCIAL: @labenz (Nathan) @maxsbennett (Max) @CogRev_Podcast TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Intro (06:00) Max's background on commercializing AI in technology (09:53) AI has taught us a lot of our intuitions are wrong (11:22) Why we're better off avoiding defining intelligence (14:38) The Five Breakthrough Model - steering, reinforcing, simulating, mentalizing, and speaking (15:43) Sponsor - Brave Search API | Shopify (18:20) The story of the first breakthrough - Steering (21:40) Evolution doesn't have forethought and every generation has to survive (23:05) The study of nematodes - how did this first brain emerge? (27:10) yet in bilaterians, but the idea is you classify things in the world into good and bad. (33:00) Netsuite by Oracle | Omneky (36:16) The story of the second breakthrough - Reinforcing (1:32:44) The story of the fourth breakthrough - Mentalizing (1:45:57) The story of the fourth breakthrough - Speaking (pls listen to the audio book / read the book) (1:46:46) How evolutionary paradigms will shape up in the future (1:55:03) A unified theory of value or moral patienthood that can be applied to the five breakthroughs (1:59:21) Wrap + Sponsor | Omneky This show is produced by Turpentine: a network of podcasts, newsletters, and more, covering technology, business, and culture — all from the perspective of industry insiders and experts. We’re launching new shows every week, and we’re looking for industry-leading sponsors — if you think that might be you and your company, email us at [email protected].

Feb 7, 20241h 57m

AI & Identity, from East & West, with Yohei Nakajima GP at Untapped Capital and BabyAGI Creator

In today's episode Yohei Nakajima, GP at Untapped Capital and Creator of BabyAGI, returns to the show. Together with Nathan, they watch Yohei’s TEDAI Talk, unpacking themes on collective intelligence, identity, and how AI can help us better understand one another. If you need an ecommerce platform, check out our sponsor Shopify: https://shopify.com/cognitive for a $1/month trial period. We're hiring across the board at Turpentine and for Erik's personal team on other projects he's incubating. He's hiring a Chief of Staff, EA, Head of Special Projects, Investment Associate, and more. For a list of JDs, check out: eriktorenberg.com. -- LINKS: - Yohei's TEDAI Talk: https://www.ai-event.ted.com/panelists/yohei-nakajima - Listen to Yohei Nakajima Part 1 on The Cognitive Revolution here: https://www.cognitiverevolution.ai/ai-agents-vc-insights-on-ai-and-building-in-public-with-yohei-nakajima-creator-of-babyagi/ SPONSORS: The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api Shopify is the global commerce platform that helps you sell at every stage of your business. Shopify powers 10% of ALL eCommerce in the US. And Shopify's the global force behind Allbirds, Rothy's, and Brooklinen, and 1,000,000s of other entrepreneurs across 175 countries.From their all-in-one e-commerce platform, to their in-person POS system – wherever and whatever you're selling, Shopify's got you covered. With free Shopify Magic, sell more with less effort by whipping up captivating content that converts – from blog posts to product descriptions using AI. Sign up for $1/month trial period: https://shopify.com/cognitive Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you're looking for an ERP platform ✅ head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive and download your own customized KPI checklist. X/SOCIALS: @labenz (Nathan) @yoheinakajima (Yohei) @CogRev_Podcast TIMESTAMPS: (06:39) Yohei's AI Creation Process (09:50) Differences between models (15:46) Sponsor - Brave Search API | Shopify (20:10) Knowledge Graphs (24:30) Shift to philosophical discussion (27:40) GPT Store (30:28) Sponsor - NetSuite | Omneky (35:40) Eastern Philosophy and Identity (36:22) How different societies will relate to Ai (37:00) Appreciate how much philosophy is embedded into language (39:03) Japan's policy towards AI and individual privacy (40:15) Eastern philosophy view of the brain (40:51) AI is a tool much like real intelligence (42:20) AI in China (42:46) Collective, extended cognition (44:10) Emergence in ants (44:51) Language model performance in different languages (47:06) Nationalism and AI (48:31) Tokenization, unicode, and cost structure between languages (56:54) Accepting, not understanding (59:24) AI bridging connection This show is produced by Turpentine: a network of podcasts, newsletters, and more, covering technology, business, and culture — all from the perspective of industry insiders and experts. We’re launching new shows every week, and we’re looking for industry-leading sponsors — if you think that might be you and your company, email us at [email protected].

Feb 1, 20241h 2m

Ignore Previous Instructions and Listen To This Interview with Sander Schulhoff, CEO of Learnprompting.org

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Sander Schulhoff, Cofounder and CEO of Learnprompting.org. They discuss the business model, the keys to prompting that every user of language models should know, negative prompting, prompt hacking, and more. If you need an ecommerce platform, check out our sponsor Shopify: https://shopify.com/cognitive for a $1/month trial period. LINKS: - Learnprompting.org: https://learnprompting.org/ - Learnprompting.org Prompt Hacking: https://learnprompting.org/docs/category/-prompt-hacking - Ignore This Title and Hackaprompt: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.16119 SPONSORS: The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your AI models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api Shopify is the global commerce platform that helps you sell at every stage of your business. Shopify powers 10% of ALL eCommerce in the US. And Shopify's the global force behind Allbirds, Rothy's, and Brooklinen, and 1,000,000s of other entrepreneurs across 175 countries.From their all-in-one e-commerce platform, to their in-person POS system – wherever and whatever you're selling, Shopify's got you covered. With free Shopify Magic, sell more with less effort by whipping up captivating content that converts – from blog posts to product descriptions using AI. Sign up for $1/month trial period: https://shopify.com/cognitive Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you're looking for an ERP platform ✅ head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive and download your own customized KPI checklist. X/SOCIALS: @labenz (Nathan) @SanderSchulhoff @learnprompting @CogRev_Podcast TIMESTAMPS: (04:50) What is Learnprompting.org (06:30) Learnprompting.org's adoption stats and the transition from open source to a business (10:21) Are we done with prompt engineering or is there more to be discovered? The key 2-3 things every user of GPT should know (19:11) The format trick (21:32) Role casting / persona prompting (24:44) Does the level of vocabulary you bring to a LM impact its performance (26:10) Contrastive chain of thought (28:30) Language models responding well to negative instructions (32:29) Benchmarking techniques (34:00) Answer engineering (37:29) Debugging a prompt (41:13) Sander's favourite models today Best practices for image prompting - maybe cut out (48:50) Productivity improvement with language models (51:25) Tips for coding with prompts (56:06) The current state of prompt engineering and how it'll evolve (58:30) 2024 will be the year of agents and Sander's favourite agents (59:57) How will agents impact the future of prompt engineering (1:04:10) How to start agent engineering (Adversarial attacks (1:19:40) Model to model hijacking (1:25:24) Chinese character attack (1:28:33) Taxonomy of attacks This show is produced by Turpentine: a network of podcasts, newsletters, and more, covering technology, business, and culture — all from the perspective of industry insiders and experts. We’re launching new shows every week, and we’re looking for industry-leading sponsors — if you think that might be you and your company, email us at [email protected].

Jan 30, 20241h 44m

The Pixel Revolution Part 2 with Suhail Doshi, Founder of Playground AI

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Suhail Doshi, founder of Playground AI. They discuss the current state of AI image generation, how Suhail is building Playground while the technology for vision and image generation is still maturing, thought to image reconstruction, and more. If you need an ecommerce platform, check out our sponsor Shopify: https://shopify.com/cognitive for a $1/month trial period. We're hiring across the board at Turpentine and for Erik's personal team on other projects he's incubating. He's hiring a Chief of Staff, EA, Head of Special Projects, Investment Associate, and more. For a list of JDs, check out: eriktorenberg.com. -- LINKS: - Playground AI: https://playgroundai.com/ SPONSORS: The Brave search API can be used to assemble a data set to train your A I models and help with retrieval augmentation at the time of inference. All while remaining affordable with developer first pricing, integrating the Brave search API into your workflow translates to more ethical data sourcing and more human representative data sets. Try the Brave search API for free for up to 2000 queries per month at https://brave.com/api Shopify is the global commerce platform that helps you sell at every stage of your business. Shopify powers 10% of ALL eCommerce in the US. And Shopify's the global force behind Allbirds, Rothy's, and Brooklinen, and 1,000,000s of other entrepreneurs across 175 countries.From their all-in-one e-commerce platform, to their in-person POS system – wherever and whatever you're selling, Shopify's got you covered. With free Shopify Magic, sell more with less effort by whipping up captivating content that converts – from blog posts to product descriptions using AI. Sign up for $1/month trial period: https://shopify.com/cognitive Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you're looking for an ERP platform ✅ head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive and download your own customized KPI checklist. X/SOCIALS: @labenz (Nathan) @Suhail @CogRev_Podcast TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Episode Preview (00:44) The current state of AI image generation (08:04) Are we currently at a GPT-2 level for image gen? (15:40) Sponsor - Brave Search API | Shopify (20:46) Shortcomings and use cases for GPT-4V (22:46) Benefits of vision vs language (28:30) Trajectory for what Playground will build next (33:28) Sponsor - NetSuite by Oracle | Omneky (34:48) How will the image generation experience change over time (40:06) Thought to image reconstruction (47:49) What if OpenAI fully focused on image (50:09) Lack of training data in vision and the use of synthetic data (51:30) Multimodal models increasing performance (55:03) Images are information rich but lack the right annotation (57:00) Building Playground while vision technology is maturing (1:03:25) What should the rules for generative AI be? (1:09:19) Parallel to the music industry and streaming for rev share (1:12:21) What are the minimum standards that AI application developers should be expected to uphold? (1:16:48) Wrap This show is produced by Turpentine: a network of podcasts, newsletters, and more, covering technology, business, and culture — all from the perspective of industry insiders and experts. We’re launching new shows every week, and we’re looking for industry-leading sponsors — if you think that might be you and your company, email us at [email protected].

Jan 26, 20241h 16m

NYTimes vs OpenAI: Generative AI and the Law with Cecilia Ziniti, Founder and CEO of GC AI

In this episode, Nathan sits down with tech lawyer Cecilia Zeniti, Founder & CEO of GC AI, the AI for in-house counsel. They discuss the origins of IP law in the US Constitution to promote creativity, the "fair use doctrine" and how OpenAI could argue ChatGPT is transformative, Google's patenting strategy around the transformer, and much more. If you need an ecommerce platform, check out our sponsor Shopify: https://shopify.com/cognitive for a $1/month trial period. LINKS: GC AI: https://getgc.ai/ Cecilia's Twitter/X: https://twitter.com/CeciliaZin SPONSORS: Shopify is the global commerce platform that helps you sell at every stage of your business. Shopify powers 10% of ALL eCommerce in the US. And Shopify's the global force behind Allbirds, Rothy's, and Brooklinen, and 1,000,000s of other entrepreneurs across 175 countries.From their all-in-one e-commerce platform, to their in-person POS system – wherever and whatever you're selling, Shopify's got you covered. With free Shopify Magic, sell more with less effort by whipping up captivating content that converts – from blog posts to product descriptions using AI. Sign up for $1/month trial period: https://shopify.com/cognitive Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you're looking for an ERP platform ✅ head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive and download your own customized KPI checklist. X/SOCIALS: @labenz (Nathan) @CeciliaZin (Cecilia) @CogRev_Podcast TIMESTAMPS: (00:04:30) - Introduction to Intellectual Property law (00:07:30) - Overview of main types of intellectual property - patents, trademarks, copyrights (00:10:30) - Could Google have patented the transformer? Google’s patent strategy (00:16:30) - Claim construction and its parallel to LLMs (00:17:17) - Sponsor: Shopify (00:18:46) - Practical impact of open source on ability to enforce IP rights (00:21:47) - Litigation, internal data privacy, and communication (00:24:30) - Copyright law and fair use doctrine for transformative works (00:30:22) - Sponsor: Netsuite | Omneky (00:31:42) - Big tech company lawsuits when money starts shifting between incumbents and newcomers (00:34:10) - When judges like a technology… (00:34:57) - Scraping and LinkedIn’s suit (00:38:50) - NYTimes vs OpenAI (00:40:00) - Copyright, creators, and music industry licensing (00:42:35) - Transformative nature of work and “fair use” (00:50:29) - Limits on getting injunctions and ongoing royalties from courts (00:56:39) - Legalities of other modalities, like DALL-E images of copyrighted IP (01:01:00) - OpenAI’s opt-out for licensing on the text modality (01:03:58) - OpenAI’s weak to strong generalization (01:07:00) - Pharmaceuticals and software, AI doctors, public good balancing (01:10:40) - Why licensed professionals aren’t pushing back against AI (01:15:36) - Duty to use tools for efficiency to a client (01:17:04) - Impact of open source and ability to find someone to sue (01:20:30) - Forward-looking thoughts on what IP laws should be for AI (01:27:38) - Overview of Cecilia's company GC AI for lawyers This show is produced by Turpentine: a network of podcasts, newsletters, and more, covering technology, business, and culture — all from the perspective of industry insiders and experts. We’re launching new shows every week, and we’re looking for industry-leading sponsors — if you think that might be you and your company, email us at [email protected].

Jan 23, 20241h 30m

The Quest for Autonomous Web Agents with Div Garg, Cofounder and CEO of MultiOn

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Div Garg, founder of Multion, to discuss the current state and future outlook of AI agents. They discuss benchmarking real-world tasks, the promise and perils of consumer AI adoption, predictions that 2024 may be a breakout year for personal bots, and more. If you need an ecommerce platform, check out our sponsor Shopify: https://shopify.com/cognitive for a $1/month trial period. We're hiring across the board at Turpentine and for Erik's personal team on other projects he's incubating. He's hiring a Chief of Staff, EA, Head of Special Projects, Investment Associate, and more. For a list of JDs, check out: eriktorenberg.com. -- LINKS: MultiOn: https://www.multion.ai/ Part 1 with Div Garg: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PR2Mdlx5eik SPONSORS: Shopify is the global commerce platform that helps you sell at every stage of your business. Shopify powers 10% of ALL eCommerce in the US. And Shopify's the global force behind Allbirds, Rothy's, and Brooklinen, and 1,000,000s of other entrepreneurs across 175 countries.From their all-in-one e-commerce platform, to their in-person POS system – wherever and whatever you're selling, Shopify's got you covered. With free Shopify Magic, sell more with less effort by whipping up captivating content that converts – from blog posts to product descriptions using AI. Sign up for $1/month trial period: https://shopify.com/cognitive Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you're looking for an ERP platform ✅ head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive and download your own customized KPI checklist. X/SOCIALS: @labenz (Nathan) @divgarg9 @MultiON_AI (MultiOn) @CogRev_Podcast TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) - Episode Preview (00:06:06) - Current state of AI agents - still early with chat abilities, but logical reasoning lacking (00:12:32) - Estimated timeline for usable everyday AI agents - focused on adoption and reliability (00:17:41) - Architectures beyond language models - action transformers and process optimization (00:22:00) - Context limits of current AI models - efficient context compression is key (00:25:00 - Managing memory and knowledge retrieval in agents (00:29:40) - MultiOn's own model creation (00:30:16) - Sponsors: Netsuite | Omneky (00:49:00) - Maturing agent capabilities beyond language with planning systems (00:32:00) - Benchmarking agent capabilities on real-world website tasks (00:59:30) - Inspiration from computer OS thread scheduling and coordination (01:02:30) - Expanding agents to mobile for voice commands and authentication (01:06:47) - AI agents complementing vs substituting human roles (01:09:00) - Removing repetitive "digital chores" to change job landscapes (01:11:36) - Sourcing high-quality demonstrator data at scale (01:13:00) - Privacy protections when collecting user data This show is produced by Turpentine: a network of podcasts, newsletters, and more, covering technology, business, and culture — all from the perspective of industry insiders and experts. We’re launching new shows every week, and we’re looking for industry-leading sponsors — if you think that might be you and your company, email us at [email protected].

Jan 20, 20241h 43m

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

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Juan Sequeda, Principal Scientist and Head of AI Lab at data.world. They discuss how knowledge graphs can be your organization's "brain" for AI, integrating structured and unstructured data, benchmarking enterprise AI systems, and more. If you need an ecommerce platform, check out our sponsor Shopify: https://shopify.com/cognitive for a $1/month trial period. We're hiring across the board at Turpentine and for Erik's personal team on other projects he's incubating. He's hiring a Chief of Staff, EA, Head of Special Projects, Investment Associate, and more. For a list of JDs, check out: eriktorenberg.com. --- LINKS: Data.world: https://data.world/ SPONSORS: Shopify is the global commerce platform that helps you sell at every stage of your business. Shopify powers 10% of ALL eCommerce in the US. And Shopify's the global force behind Allbirds, Rothy's, and Brooklinen, and 1,000,000s of other entrepreneurs across 175 countries.From their all-in-one e-commerce platform, to their in-person POS system – wherever and whatever you're selling, Shopify's got you covered. With free Shopify Magic, sell more with less effort by whipping up captivating content that converts – from blog posts to product descriptions using AI. Sign up for $1/month trial period: https://shopify.com/cognitive Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you're looking for an ERP platform ✅ head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive and download your own customized KPI checklist. X/SOCIALS: @labenz (Nathan) @juansequeda (Juan) @datadotworld (data.world) @CogRev_Podcast TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) - Introduction to Juan Sequeda and data.world (00:01:11) - Discussion on data and generative ai (00:06:15) - Data.world's origins as an open data catalog platform ("Github for data") (00:09:35) - Using knowledge graphs and semantics to integrate and query data (00:12:52) - Main use cases for data catalogs: search/discovery, governance, data operations (00:15:00) - The process of building knowledge graphs automatically from data (00:24:29) - AI for unlocking and capturing tribal business knowledge (00:34:24) - Understanding the data landscape in enterprises (00:38:32) - The emergence of knowledge engineers and data product managers (00:40:44) - The consumer experience in data.world (00:45:36) - The importance of context in data analysis (00:46:58) - The role of AI in improving data analysis (00:48:08) - The importance of accuracy and explainability in data analysis (00:50:08) - Question cataloging in data analysis (00:51:44) - The future potential of "chat with your data" interfaces (01:18:02) - Finetuning with data vs metadata (01:29:24) - Future of enterprise data teams This show is produced by Turpentine: a network of podcasts, newsletters, and more, covering technology, business, and culture — all from the perspective of industry insiders and experts. We’re launching new shows every week, and we’re looking for industry-leading sponsors — if you think that might be you and your company, email us at [email protected].

Jan 18, 20241h 53m

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

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Gabe Gomes, Assistant Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, and researcher behind Coscientist: the first non-organic, intelligent being to design, plan, and execute a chemistry experiment. They discuss how Coscientist allows scientists to use natural language to control remote experiments on Emerald Cloud Lab, how it will democratize scientific knowledge, and accelerate the pace of research. If you need an ecommerce platform, check out our sponsor Shopify: https://shopify.com/cognitive for a $1/month trial period. We're hiring across the board at Turpentine and for Erik's personal team on other projects he's incubating. He's hiring a Chief of Staff, EA, Head of Special Projects, Investment Associate, and more. For a list of JDs, check out: eriktorenberg.com. LINKS: Autonomous Chemical Research with Large Language Models: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06792-0 --- SPONSORS: Shopify is the global commerce platform that helps you sell at every stage of your business. Shopify powers 10% of ALL eCommerce in the US. And Shopify's the global force behind Allbirds, Rothy's, and Brooklinen, and 1,000,000s of other entrepreneurs across 175 countries.From their all-in-one e-commerce platform, to their in-person POS system – wherever and whatever you're selling, Shopify's got you covered. With free Shopify Magic, sell more with less effort by whipping up captivating content that converts – from blog posts to product descriptions using AI. Sign up for $1/month trial period: https://shopify.com/cognitive Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you're looking for an ERP platform ✅ head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive and download your own customized KPI checklist. X/SOCIALS: @labenz (Nathan) @gabepgomes (Gabe) @CogRev_Podcast TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) - Episode Intro (00:05:00) - Introduction Gabe Gomes, his research (00:15:02) - Emerald Cloud Labs for remote chemical experimentation (00:15:18) - Sponsor: Shopify (00:22:40) - How AI is addressing the pain point of chemistry research (00:29:12) - Sponsors: Netsuite | Omneky (00:31:00) - Democratizing science and access to chemistry techniques (00:38:00) - Modular CoScientist architecture (00:46:00) - The power of CoScientist to address more than just chemistry (01:17:00) - The explosion of the context window (01:30:00) - AI Safety (01:45:00) - How is Copilot already helping expedite chemistry and scientific research? This show is produced by Turpentine: a network of podcasts, newsletters, and more, covering technology, business, and culture — all from the perspective of industry insiders and experts. We’re launching new shows every week, and we’re looking for industry-leading sponsors — if you think that might be you and your company, email us at [email protected].

Jan 12, 20241h 51m

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

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Dan O’Connell, Chief Strategy Officer at Dialpad. They discuss building their own language models using 5 billion minutes of business calls, custom speech recognition models for every customer, and the challenges of bringing AI into business. If you need an ecommerce platform, check out our sponsor Shopify: https://shopify.com/cognitive for a $1/month trial period. We're sharing a few of Nathan's favorite AI scouting episodes from other shows. Today, Shane Legg, Cofounder at Deepmind and its current Chief AGI Scientist, shares his insights with Dwarkesh Patel on AGI's timeline, the new architectures needed for AGI, and why multimodality will be the next big landmark. If you need an ecommerce platform, check out our sponsor Shopify: https://shopify.com/cognitive for a $1/month trial period. We're hiring across the board at Turpentine and for Erik's personal team on other projects he's incubating. He's hiring a Chief of Staff, EA, Head of Special Projects, Investment Associate, and more. For a list of JDs, check out: eriktorenberg.com. --- SPONSORS: Shopify is the global commerce platform that helps you sell at every stage of your business. Shopify powers 10% of ALL eCommerce in the US. And Shopify's the global force behind Allbirds, Rothy's, and Brooklinen, and 1,000,000s of other entrepreneurs across 175 countries.From their all-in-one e-commerce platform, to their in-person POS system – wherever and whatever you're selling, Shopify's got you covered. With free Shopify Magic, sell more with less effort by whipping up captivating content that converts – from blog posts to product descriptions using AI. Sign up for $1/month trial period: https://shopify.com/cognitive Omneky is an omnichannel creative generation platform that lets you launch hundreds of thousands of ad iterations that actually work customized across all platforms, with a click of a button. Omneky combines generative AI and real-time advertising data. Mention "Cog Rev" for 10% off www.omneky.com NetSuite has 25 years of providing financial software for all your business needs. More than 36,000 businesses have already upgraded to NetSuite by Oracle, gaining visibility and control over their financials, inventory, HR, eCommerce, and more. If you're looking for an ERP platform ✅ head to NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive and download your own customized KPI checklist. X/SOCIAL: @labenz (Nathan) @dialdoc (Dan) @dialpad @CogRev_Podcast (Cognitive Revolution) TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) - Introduction and Welcome (06:50) - Interview with Dan O'Connell, Chief AI and Strategy Officer at Dialpad (07:13) - The Functionality and Utility of Dialpad (17:20) - The Development of Dialpad's Large Language Model Trained on 5Billion Minutes of Calls 19:56 The Future of AI in Business (22:21) - Sponsor Break: Shopify (23:56) - The Challenges and Opportunities of AI Development (31:17 ) - Prioritizing latency, capacity, and cost when evaluating AI (39:41) - Most Loved AI Features in Dialpad (42:01) - The Role of AI in Quality Assurance (43:10) - The Future of Transcription Accuracy (44:06) - The Importance of Speech Recognition in Business (46:59) - Personalizing AI for Better Business Interactions (47:01) - The Role of AI in Content Generation (52:47) - The Challenges and Opportunities of AI in Sales and Support This show is produced by Turpentine: a network of podcasts, newsletters, and more, covering technology, business, and culture — all from the perspective of industry insiders and experts. We’re launching new shows every week, and we’re looking for industry-leading sponsors — if you think that might be you and your company, email us at [email protected].

Jan 9, 20241h 22m