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Scaling Laws explores (and occasionally answers) the questions that keep OpenAI’s policy team up at night, the ones that motivate legislators to host hearings on AI and draft new AI bills, and the ones that are top of mind for tech-savvy law and policy students. Co-hosts Alan Rozenshtein, Professor at Minnesota Law and Research Director at Lawfare, and Kevin Frazier, AI Innovation and Law Fellow a... more

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Courtney Cox, Associate Professor of Law at Fordham Law School, joins Kevin Frazier, AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the University of Texas School of Law and a Senior Editor at Lawfare, to discuss her forthcoming article, Hardwiring Hercules?.

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Nils Tracy, founder of Authorship, joins Kevin Frazier, the AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the University of Texas School of Law and a Senior Editor at Lawfare, to detail the challenges and solutions to deploying AI in highly sensitive contexts.

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Joe Seddon, Founder and CEO of Zero Gravity, joins Kevin Frazier, director of the AI Innovation and Law Program at the University of Texas School of Law and a senior fellow at the Abundance Institute, to discuss AI, social mobility, higher education,... more

Adi Tantravahi, founder of Cofactor, joins Kevin Frazier, the AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the University of Texas School of Law and a Senior Editor at Lawfare, to talk about how AI can help cut through the administrative red tape that underlies a... more

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Recent Guests

Adi Tantravahi
Founder of Cofactor
Cofactor
Episode: Founders & Founders: Adi Tantravahi of Cofactor
Andy Masley
Data center policy writer and commentator, Substack author
Independent commentator on data centers
Episode: All Things Data Centers with Andy Masley
Cory Doctorow
Science fiction novelist and technology journalist, author of The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI
Episode: Lawfare Daily: 'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI’—A Conversation with Cory Doctorow
Dhruv Diddi
Founder of Solo Tech
Solo Tech
Episode: Founders & Founders: Dhruv Diddi of Solo Tech
Robert Wright
Journalist and author of The God Test, publisher of the Nonzero newsletter
Nonzero / The God Test
Episode: "The God Test": AI as Cosmic Reckoning, with Robert Wright
Seth Benzell
Economist, co-host of Justified Posteriors
Justified Posteriors
Episode: Justified Posteriors join Scaling Laws: Two economists and two lawyers walk into a podcast studio
Andrey Fradkin
Economist, co-host of Justified Posteriors
Justified Posteriors
Episode: Justified Posteriors join Scaling Laws: Two economists and two lawyers walk into a podcast studio
Janel Thamkul
Former Frontier Council member at Anthropic; former Google Research leader
Anthropic, Google
Episode: Lawyering on the Frontier with Janel Thamkul
Christoph Winter
Founding director of LawAI and assistant professor of law and AI at the University of Cambridge
LawAI / University of Cambridge
Episode: Radical Optionality: Governing Transformative AI, with Christoph Winter and Charlie Bullock

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Kevin Frazier
Host of Scaling Laws; AI Innovation and Law Fellow at the University of Texas; Senior Editor at Lawfare
Alan Rozenshtein
Host of Scaling Laws; affiliated with Lawfare and law policy education

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4.5 out of 5 stars from 47 ratings
  • Goofy

    Not up to the standards of the other Lawfare pods.

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    mhaliett
    United States5 months ago
  • Best of a bad lot

    The episode with Francis Shen of Neurolaw is excellent. Lots to disagree with. Specifically the idea of experimentally implementing surveillance before there’s general recognition that police and prosecutors AND THE DAMN FEDS are more interested in reducing crime than persecuting people (who are criminals to be sure, but that’s just an excuse for sadism). But both discussants recognize the problem and I salute you!

    I subscribed immediately after the trailer but pretty quickly left because of to... more

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    Standards Geek
    Japan6 months ago
  • The great team from Lawfare takes their admirable expertise in law and national security and then talks to some not always very technical people about tech stuff that is largely out of Lawfare's area of expertise.

    There's a nugget of a good idea here because most tech people who can talk credibly about the tech side have no idea what they are talking about when they try to talk about public policy and social impacts to deal with this stuff. But starting with some credulous guessing and then app... more

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    wrosecrans
    8 months ago
  • Scaling Laws formerly Arbiters of Truth

    Episodes of Scaling Laws begin 2025.07.02. Any review/rating before this date presumably applied to AoT. I’m just noting this for the record b/c the current featured review was authored in 2024.

    (Also noted for the record: Hook ‘Em, Horns! 🙃)

    Apple Podcasts
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    Suzushka
    United Statesa year ago
  • Can't believe they gave doxxer/journalist/Karen Taylor Lorenz a platform.

    Can't believe they gave doxxer/journalist/Karen Taylor Lorenz a platform. Shame.

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    jaiboregio78
    United States3 years ago

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Strong, clear perspectives on AI governance and safety from credible guests.
Some listeners want deeper practitioner interaction and more edge-case tech detail.
Enduring value from rigorous, interview-driven format with expert guests.
Thoughtful, high-signal policy discussions that connect tech and law.

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Lawfare Daily: 'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI’—A Conversation with Cory Doctorow
Q: Do you think AI will fundamentally replace many jobs in the near future or will it primarily augment them?
AI is more likely to augment many roles while also displacing some tasks; the balance depends on cost structures, the pace of automation, and how organizations choose to implement AI with human supervision and decision-making constraints.
Lawfare Daily: 'The Reverse Centaur's Guide to Life After AI’—A Conversation with Cory Doctorow
Q: What is the Reverse Centaur concept and why is it important for understanding AI labor?
The Reverse Centaur describes a scenario where workers serve the machines rather than the other way around, highlighting how capital and automation can push labor to its limits and reshape incentives around productivity, control, and value extraction.
"The God Test": AI as Cosmic Reckoning, with Robert Wright
Q: Why critique the China-centric AI narrative and promote international cooperation?
Wright argues that national work alone cannot secure safety or progress, and that transparent, collaborative international governance is essential to slow, manage, and share benefits of AI advancement.
"The God Test": AI as Cosmic Reckoning, with Robert Wright
Q: What about the risk of autonomous AI and how should policy respond?
They acknowledge significant near-term risks from autonomous AI and suggest that regulation and slow, thoughtful governance are necessary to prevent misuse and unintended consequences.
Founders & Founders: Adi Tantravahi of Cofactor
Q: What are the broader implications of AI in healthcare administration?
If deployed effectively, AI can reduce administrative labor, lower costs, and help keep rural hospitals open, but it also faces regulatory and contract-based barriers that could limit AI use unless addressed.

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Frequently Asked Questions About Scaling Laws

What is Scaling Laws about and what kind of topics does it cover?

The show features in-depth conversations at the intersection of AI, policy, and law with frequent policy researchers, industry leaders, and legal experts who work on governance, regulation, and practical deployment of AI. Episodes repeatedly center on frontier AI governance, AI safety practices, algorithmic auditing, and the economics of AI adoption, often pairing practitioners with scholars to explore how laws and institutions should adapt to rapid technological change. A standout pattern is the emphasis on flexible, scalable governance approaches, cross‑sector collaboration, and the social implications of AI—from workforce impacts to digital safety—along with rigorous, question-driven dialogue that aims to translate complex policy ideas i... more

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