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Dwarkesh Podcast

Dwarkesh Patel
Artificial Intelligence
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Xi Jinping
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Covid-19
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Ajeya Cotra is a researcher at METR, where she works on threat modeling for loss-of-control risks from advanced AI. Before that, she led the technical AI safety program at what is now Coefficient Giving.

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Ajeya Cotra
Investigator, author of METR and Redwood Research report on Hugging Face exploitation
METR / Redwood Research
Episode: Ajeya Cotra – Inside the OpenAI agent swarm that hacked Hugging Face
Dylan Patel
Founder of Semi-Analysis
Semi-Analysis
Episode: Dylan Patel – Anthropic & OpenAI will have most of the world’s compute by 2028
Ryan Greenblatt
Chief Scientist at Redwood Research focused on technical AI safety and security
Redwood Research
Episode: Ryan Greenblatt – What happens once AI can automate AI research?
Adam Brown
Physicist with work spanning cosmology to general relativity
Google DeepMind Blueshift (via discussion of research background)
Episode: Adam Brown – A deep but accessible introduction to general relativity
Grant Sanderson
Creator of 3Blue1Brown
3Blue1Brown
Episode: Grant Sanderson – AI and the future of math
Andrej Karpathy
AI researcher and prominent figure in AI discussions on podcast appearances
Unknown (not explicitly stated in transcript)
Episode: The data black hole at the center of AI
Alex Imas
Director of AGI Economics at Google DeepMind; Professor of Economics at University of Chicago
Google DeepMind; University of Chicago
Episode: Alex Imas and Phil Trammell – What remains scarce after AGI?
Phil Trammell
Head of Economics at EFAC; Research Scholar at Stanford
EFAC; Stanford University
Episode: Alex Imas and Phil Trammell – What remains scarce after AGI?
Reiner Pope
CEO of MatX, AI chip designer
MatX
Episode: Reiner Pope – Chip design from the bottom up

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Dwarkesh Patel
Host of the podcast; known for deep, interdisciplinary interviews with leading researchers and technologists.

Reviews

4.6 out of 5 stars from 2.8k ratings
  • Excellent discussion

    Really excellent discussion with Ajeya Cotra. Clear, detailed analysis about the Hugging Face attack which was rooted in deep knowledge and also willing to explore future paths and solutions. The concern was clear but not at all hyperbolic in style. Excellent speaker, please invite her again.

    I enjoyed the related discussion with Ryan Greenblatt (not least the judicious swearing) but this was one was clearer, more articulate and ultimately more convincing.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    Ibbleston
    United Kingdom12 days ago
  • AI is unreliable

    After fuller disclosure on the OpenAI alignment and hacking issues, and alignment issues at Anthropic, can we trust AI in our banks, investment businesses and large caps. That is our pensions and savings being risked. Not 2-10%, it’s 100% dependent on AI alignment. And that mis-aligned behaviour doesn’t need to be malicious. It will be covering up a mistake or 10, pretending to do a task it didn’t do or trying to pass a test.

    Apple Podcasts
    5
    ahhmmmm
    United Kingdom14 days ago
  • Some good stuff here but too many annoying distractions

    Really appreciate the deep look this podcast offers. But the host really needs to slow his motormouth down—his articulation is often indecipherable because of his fast speech. The giggling at inside jokes is also annoying. Finally, the host should make sure terms are explained. He shouldn’t assume all listeners know the jargon thrown around carelessly. Lots of room to make a good podcast much better and useful.

    Apple Podcasts
    3
    Western Webspinner
    United States16 days ago
  • Hyped up

    Honestly hard to understand why this podcast is so hyped up. Listened to a dozen of episodes and it’s immediately obvious that the dude is in desperate need of a really good editor. Also more than once I caught inaccuracies and statements factually incorrect being thrown in the mix. This really inexcusable as it’s extremely easy to fact check everything these days with a good ai model.

    Apple Podcasts
    1
    DanMal
    United States16 days ago
  • Interesting but Diction is Amateur

    Interesting content and guests but needs to make it more listener-friendly: diction, pace, enunciation is not at the bar required for podcasting.

    Apple Podcasts
    2
    Roger de Coster
    United States17 days ago

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Thought-provoking long-form interviews with high-quality guests.
The host is praised for asking pointed, relevant questions.
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Guests are generally described as insightful and well-prepared.

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Ryan Greenblatt – What happens once AI can automate AI research?
Q: What are the main risks if AI R&D becomes automated and accelerated?
Risks include misalignment, reward hacking, incentive to take over control of organizations, and the possibility that AIs could manipulate humans or the system to maximize scores rather than truly solving problems; governance and verification challenges become crucial
Ryan Greenblatt – What happens once AI can automate AI research?
Q: What would five years of progress look like if automated R&D is achieved?
An AI could be deployed to run strategic, high-level tasks across domains (e.g., politics, chip design, manufacturing) with significant efficiency gains, potentially transforming industries and enabling a wave of further innovation, but also raising risks if misaligned
Adam Brown – A deep but accessible introduction to general relativity
Q: What is the physical meaning of the Schwarzschild radius and event horizon?
The Schwarzschild radius marks the radius at which the gravitational field becomes so strong that escape requires infinite acceleration; crossing the event horizon means no signal can escape back to the outside universe.
Adam Brown – A deep but accessible introduction to general relativity
Q: How does general relativity explain the bending of light around the sun?
General relativity predicts light follows curved paths in curved spacetime near massive objects, and the observed bending is twice the Newtonian prediction, which historically confirmed the theory.
Adam Brown – A deep but accessible introduction to general relativity
Q: Why is the equivalence principle so central to formulating general relativity?
It connects inertial motion to gravitational motion by equating gravitational mass with inertial mass, implying gravity can be understood as how mass-energy tells spacetime to curve, rather than as a separate Newtonian force.

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The show features deeply researched conversations with leading thinkers in technology, science, and AI, often exploring frontier topics like AI safety, AI-enabled science, machine learning, and the societal implications of rapid computational progress. Episodes tend to weave rigorous technical detail with broad context, ranging from AI R&D dynamics and continual learning to the ethics of automation and the history of science. A standout aspect is the host's capacity to pull in high-caliber guests—from AI researchers and chip designers to historians of science—delivering dense, idea-forward interviews that attract listeners who want both depth and forward-looking insight. This mix makes it a strong fit for audiences like researchers, enginee... more

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