
Deeply researched interviews www.dwarkesh.com
| Publishes | Twice monthly | Episodes | 120 | Founded | 6 years ago |
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| Number of Listeners | Categories | ScienceTechnology | |||

Dylan Patel, founder of SemiAnalysis, provides a deep dive into the 3 big bottlenecks to scaling AI compute: logic, memory, and power.
And walks through the economics of labs, hyperscalers, foundries, and fab equipment manufacturers.
Learned a ton ... more
Read the full essay here: www.dwarkesh.com/p/dow-anthropic
Timestamps
(00:00:00) - Anthropic vs The Pentagon
(00:04:16) - The overhangs of tyranny
(00:05:54) - AI structurally favors mass surveillance
(00:08:25) - Alignment...to whom?
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Renaissance history is so much wilder and weirder than you would have expected. Very fun chatting with Ada Palmer (historian, novelist, and composer based at the University of Chicago).
Some especially fascinating things I learned from the conversat... more
Dario Amodei thinks we are just a few years away from AGI — or as he puts it, from having “a country of geniuses in a data center”. In this episode, we discuss what to make of the scaling hypothesis in the current RL regime, why task-specific RL migh... more
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More AI shilling, bubble inflating, and platforming of fraudsters.
Honestly, feels like a nepo-baby was gifted a generous annuity and a podcast without working one iota for it.
I had a lot of respect for Dwarkesh and his willingness to engage in difficult conversations with his guests but he fell far short on the Elon interview. He let’s Elon go on and on about the importance of being “rigorously truth seeking” and instead of challenging Elon on a single instance of his long history of spreading misinformation, Dwarkesh only manages to muster a bro-y joke about how Elon must “know people” if he needs to get some regulations handled.
I get that this isn’t a politica... more
When Dwarkesh hasn’t published, I wait anxiously for the next knowledge bomb to drop.
The range of topics and depth is really unique and in some ways sets the bar for interviewing these types of people imho
Thanks Dwarkesh!
That’s the only suggestion I have - you just talk at a speed that feels like 10x. Not sure if you are always in some sort of rush.
Maybe practice some discipline and stop cutting off the PHD HISTORIANS that are trying to explain things? Just a suggestion. It is straight up infuriating to try listening to an eloquent person like Paine or Kotkin get cut off by some vapid disagreement or statement.
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YouTube | #164 | |
Spotify | #5 | |
Apple Podcasts | #238 |
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This podcast features in-depth interviews with thought leaders and experts primarily in the fields of technology and science. The discussions often center around artificial intelligence, its implications for society, and the underlying principles governing its development and ethical considerations. The host skillfully navigates complex topics, ensuring that the audience gains valuable insights on trends, challenges, and the future of AI and related technologies. Unique aspects of this podcast include its emphasis on high-information-density content, diverse expert perspectives, and a drive for fostering critical discussions around pressing global issues such as geopolitics, history, and the ethical ramifications of technological advancemen... more
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2. Arthur Kroeber
3. Sarah Paine
4. Tyler Cowen
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6. David Reich
7. Leopold Aschenbrenner
8. Demis Hassabis
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