AI:AM: Where's the Steering Wheel? My Agent Set the Password, Hidden Valence, Proofs Find Linux Bugs
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The episode examines how to give AI agents operational access while retaining human control, including real-world password lockouts and cyberattacks on supermarket refrigeration. It also discusses hidden valence in language models,…
Governing AI Agents: Alan Chan of GovAI on Monitoring, Agent IDs, Rogue Agents & Preparing for RSI
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Alan Chan and Nathan discuss governance and safety for autonomous AI agents, including real-time monitoring, traceable agent IDs, and safeguards for internet access. The description also highlights limits of chain-of-thought…
How Agents Decide: Goodfire's Eric Bigelow on Critical Tokens, Phase Shifts, & In-Context Learning
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The conversation examines how language-model reasoning may function as in-context learning from sampled tokens, with outcome distributions sometimes collapsing at critical tokens. It also explores the limits of chain-of-thought…
AI:AM: A Level We Shouldn't Pass? Notes from The Curve + Tokens vs. Salaries & Is SaaS Cooked?
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The episode ranges from frontier-lab leaders’ views on shortened AI timelines and limits on compute to the memory wall, AI chip design, and coding agents disrupting enterprise software. It also examines risks from agent swarms reaching c…
Software That Never Breaks: OutSystems CEO Woodson on Building Enterprise-Grade Apps at AI Speed
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OutSystems CEO Woodson Martin discusses how AI agents can build enterprise applications through an intermediate layer of abstract modeling and deterministic code generation, with role-based security for regulated industries. The…
One Brain, Any Body: Google DeepMind's Keerthana on Gemini Robotics 2, Cross-Embodiment & Humanoids
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The Cognitive Revolution examines One Brain, Any Body: Google DeepMind's Keerthana on Gemini Robotics 2, Cross-Embodiment &. The publisher describes it as: “Keerthana Gopalakrishnan, Research Lead for Gemini Robotics at Google D…
AI:AM: Was Trump-Xi Anything? What Counts as Utopia? + AWS GPUs Cost 3X & AI Diagnoses Rare Diseases
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The Cognitive Revolution examines AI:AM: Was Trump-Xi Anything What Counts as Utopia + AWS GPUs Cost 3X & AI Diagnoses Rare. The publisher describes it as: “Nathan Labenz and Prakash Narayanan examine rapid shifts in technology, d…
Obsolete or Irreplaceable? Garrison Lovely on Stopping the Race to Replace Human Labor
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The Cognitive Revolution examines Obsolete or Irreplaceable Garrison Lovely on Stopping the Race to Replace Human Labor. The publisher describes it as: “Author and journalist Garrison Lovely joins Nathan to discuss his book Obsolete and examine t…
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