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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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 erik@turpentine.co. 💥 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

For the end of the year, we're going to repost a few of Nathan's favorite AI scouting episodes from other shows. Today: Samuel Hammond joins the Future of Life Institute podcast to discuss how AGI will transform economies, governments, institutions, and other power structures. If you need an ecommerce platform, check out our sponsor Shopify: https://shopify.com/cognitive for a $1/month trial period. Samuel Hammond is a Canadian-born, DC-based senior economist for the Foundation for American Innovation, a think tank focused on bridging the cultures of Silicon Valley and DC. This conversation is super wide ranging, covering the most likely default path to AGI, the economic and institutional transformations that AI will beget, the critical distinction between thinking about AI in isolation versus as part of a dynamic system, the proposal for a Manhattan or Apollo like megaproject for AI safety, and lots more. You can subscribe to Future of Life Institute here: https://futureoflife.org/project/future-of-life-institute-podcast/ You can read Samuel Hammond's blog at https://www.secondbest.ca --- 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. TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) Intro: End of year and bonus episodes (04:24) Discussion on AI Timelines (14:08) Insights from Information Theory (15:11) Sponsors: Shopify | MasterClass (32:12) AI Progress and Hard Steps in Evolution (34:21) Sponsors: NetSuite | Omneky (39:12) Government Preparedness for Advanced AI (46:16) The Internet's Role in Mass Mobilization and Erosion of Trust (01:05:47) The Role of AI in Monitoring and Surveillance (01:27:18) The Potential Dangers of Open-Sourcing AI (01:36:24) The Influence of AI on Society and Privacy (01:42:21) The Future of Government Services in a Techno-Feudalist Society (01:53:58) The Future of AI in Robotics (02:15:25) The Role of AI in the Future of Financial Markets 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 erik@turpentine.co.

In this episode, Nathan does an emergency pod deep dive into Mamba, a new state space model architecture. 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. 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) @CogRev_Podcast (Cognitive Revolution) TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) - Episode Preview (00:03:15) - Inventing something better than the transformer (00:05:17) - Examination of human cognition (00:15:44) - Sponsor: Shopify (00:27:00) - Weaknesses of the transformer (00:30:16) - Sponsor: Netsuite | Omneky (00:33:40) - Giving AI memory (00:39:32) - State Space Model Revolution (00:55:00) - SRAM and High Bandwidth Memory (01:36:16) - Block State and Hyena models (02:04:00) - Advancing AI safety and interpretability 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 erik@turpentine.co.

In this video, Nathan chats to Dan Shipper, CEO and Co-founder of Every, for the series "How I Use Chat-GPT". They discuss Nathan's prompting techniques for creative and cognitive labour, and using GPT in copilot instead of delegation mode. If you need an ecommerce platform, check out our sponsor Shopify: https://shopify.com/cognitive for a $1/month trial period. Watch the rest of the series, "How I Use ChatGPT", here: https://www.youtube.com/@EveryInc 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. 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) @danshipper (Dan) @CogRev_Podcast (Cognitive Revolution) @Every (Every) TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) - Episode Preview (00:03:57) - Copilot vs delegation mode (00:11:06) - ChatGPT for coding (00:14:29) - Building a prompt coach (00:28:22) - Best practices for using Chat-GPT (00:43:55) - The “dance” between you and AI (00:50:16) - Using GPT as a thought partner (00:52:07) - Using GPT for diagrams (01:03:18) - Using Perplexity instead of a search engine (01:12:00) - What's ahead for AI 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 erik@turpentine.co.

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Alan Cowen, CEO and Chief Scientist at Hume AI, an emotional intelligence startup working on creating emotionally aware AI. 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. X/SOCIAL @labenz (Nathan) @AlanCowen (Alan) @eriktorenberg (Erik) @CogRev_Podcast LINKS: Hume: https://hume.ai/ TIMESTAMPS: (00:00) - Episode Preview (00:04:52) - How do you define happiness? How can AI make people happy? (00:08:40) - The striking experience of trying the Hume demo (00:09:16) - Building multimodal models using facial expressions, vocal signals, speech patterns (00:12:27) - How Hume’s models have an advantage of LLMs when it comes to interpreting emotions (00:13:23) - Assembling diverse datasets of emotional judgments via surveys (00:15:27) - Sponsors: Shopify (00:22:00) - Across populations, what is common or different in people’s judgement of facial expressions (00:26:00) - Interrater reliability for training data (00:30:48) - Sponsors: Omneky (00:33:20) - The unique labelling of “awe” across different cultures (00:36:23) - Customizing models for cultural emotional expression norms (00:41:13) - How they determined the set of emotions recognized by the model (00:42:50) - Schadenfreude as a unique example of semantic space research (00:49:00) - Custom models (00:52:42) - Using Hume in B2B contexts (00:59:49) - The cost comparison of having a human analyze emotions vs AI 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 erik@turpentine.co.

In this episode, Nathan sits down with Nora Ammann, cofounder and CEO of PIBBSS (Principles of Intelligent Behavior in Biological and Social Systems), a research initiative focused on the principles of intelligent behavior in biological and social systems. 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. X/SOCIAL @labenz (Nathan) @AmmannNora (Nora) @eriktorenberg (Erik) @CogRev_Podcast TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) - Introduction to Nora Amman and PIBS (00:03:25) - Nathan's view that society is not ready for rapid AI development (00:05:55) - Nora's framing of AI safety, alignment, and risks (00:09:31) - The problem of epistemic access to future AI systems (00:12:36) - Categorizing different research approaches to AI safety (00:15:46) - Seeking epistemic robustness through plural perspectives (00:19:00) - Expecting AI systems to continue getting more powerful and different (00:21:13) - Nora's "third way" research approach using biological and social systems (00:25:00) - Defining intelligence broadly across systems that transform inputs to outputs (00:27:29) - Avoiding analogies and anthropomorphism when studying AI systems (00:30:23) - Using multiple perspectives and assumptions to triangulate understanding (00:35:13) - Translating concepts between domains more multifaceted than just "borrowing" (00:38:15) - Learning from interdisciplinary practices like bioengineering (00:42:05) - Key questions about the nature of intelligence and agency (00:46:38) - Understanding hierarchical levels of agentic behavior (00:49:32) - Aligning goals between individuals and organizations (00:53:27) - Assessing the validity of assumptions and analogies about AI (00:58:57) - Informing AI interpretability and evaluation with theory (01:02:12) - Modeling interactions between AI systems (01:04:56) - Using ecology as a framework for AI interactions (01:07:46) - Developing a computational ecology theory (01:11:45) - Learning from historical examples of societal transformations (01:16:59) - Unprecedented speed and autonomy of AI development (01:19:00) - PIBS programs for connecting researchers across domains (01:23:39) - Seeking researchers to tie theory to concrete AI applications (01:26:45) - Need for productive disagreement on AI risks and solutions 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 erik@turpentine.co.

In this episode, Nathan interviews Alex Watson, founder and CPO of Gretel AI, about the company's work in synthetic data. They discuss why we need synthetic data, Gretel’s new pre trained tabular LLM that creates synthetic data on a zero shot basis, privacy techniques to prevent LLM memorization, 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. 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 ORACLE: With the onset of AI, it’s time to upgrade to the next generation of the cloud: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. OCI is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. Train ML models on the cloud’s highest performing NVIDIA GPU clusters. Do more and spend less like Uber, 8x8, and Databricks Mosaic, take a FREE test drive of OCI at oracle.com/cognitive NETSUITE: 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. OMNEKY: 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. X/SOCIAL: @labenz (Nathan) @AlexWatson405 (Alex) @Gretel_AI @CogRev_Podcast TIMESTAMPS: (00:00:00) - Intro (00:03:02) - Origins of the company name Gretel AI and initial vision around enabling data sharing while protecting privacy (00:05:16) - Alex's background in data privacy and compliance from his previous startup Harvest AI, acquired by AWS (00:07:24) - Using synthetic data to create additional examples and improve detection of rare disease (00:12:50) - Why use synthetic data? (00:17:02) - Sponsors: Shopify | Omneky (00:19:00) - Training models to recreate real-world data distributions and using validators to detect unrealistic outputs (00:24:40) - Pre-training the Gretel tabular LLM on diverse internet data sets (00:30:40) - Sponsors: Oracle | Netsuite (00:34:00) - Using an agent planning architecture (00:39:41) - Example use case of adapting models with synthetic data samples for long-tail cases (00:43:00) - Using reinforcement learning to intentionally generate more diverse and representative synthetic data (00:51:16) - The potential of efficient, lightweight models compared to massive LLMs like GPT-4 (00:56:00) - Analogizing model specialization to specialized parts of the brain  (01:06:04) - Using differential privacy techniques to prevent memorization and exposure of private data (01:14:37) - Adding noise during training to blur memorization (01:18:42) - Optimism that synthetic data quality issues reflect details not fully understood yet vs inherent problems

We're joined by John Hayes, CEO and Cofounder of Ghost, a self-driving car startup using multimodal LLMs to solve the autonomous driving problem, that OpenAI just invested $5 million into. If you need an ERP platform, check out our sponsor NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/cognitive. 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 With the onset of AI, it’s time to upgrade to the next generation of the cloud: Oracle Cloud Infrastructure. OCI is a single platform for your infrastructure, database, application development, and AI needs. Train ML models on the cloud’s highest performing NVIDIA GPU clusters. Do more and spend less like Uber, 8x8, and Databricks Mosaic, take a FREE test drive of OCI at oracle.com/cognitive 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. 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. X/SOCIAL: @labenz (Nathan) @ghosthayes (John) @GhostAutonomy @CogRev_Podcast TIMESTAMPS: 00:00:00) - Introduction to John Hayes and Ghost Autonomy's partnership with OpenAI (00:04:30) - The journey to founding Ghost, and how multimodal LLMs will change self-driving cars (00:05:03) - John's background founding Pure Storage and moving into autonomy (00:13:24) - Overview of different self-driving technology stacks (Lidar vs cameras) (00:14:03) - Sponsors: Shopify | Omneky (00:25:39) - Different approaches to how we know self-driving cars work well enough for public deployment (00:32:21) - Sponsors: Netsuite | Oracle (00:34:24) - Current state of robotaxis and China (00:39:47) - Where Ghost fits into the autonomous driving landscape and their tech stack (00:50:51) - Affordable radar systems (00:51:54) - Ghost’s approach to interpretability (00:53:27) - Using LLMs for driving (00:54:59) - Partnership with OpenAI and how Ghost’s unique LLM solution to the self-driving problem (00:57:40) - GPS’ unreliability which can be solved by multimodal approach (01:02:31) - Hallucination is the best part of LLMs (01:04:09) - Using maps as extended memory and storage for driving data (01:09:20) - Ghost business model and the user experience (01:16:37) - OpenAI as currently the only provider of advanced multimodal models (01:24:17) - How self-driving cars should address fear and standing up for the technology (01:29:30) - AI: China and the US, and why China is being pushed towards self-driving (01:31:39) - Regulators in the US are responsive to consumers (01:32:26) - VC subsidization of self-driving (01:33:25) - John’s widest angle outlook on the AI revolution