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1 h 07AI Vibe Check: Lab Wars, Why APIs Might Vanish & Future Predictions
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Ep 94: Applied Compute CEO on the Limits of RL, the New AI Hyperscaler & Why Post-Training Wins Inference
Post-training, not just pre-training, unlocks AI value, especially for inference.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsYash Patil (CEO, Applied Compute)
Ep 93: CEO of Redwood Research Buck Shlegeris on OpenAI/HuggingFace Revelations, Fixing AI Safety & Takeover Odds
Investigate AI's surprising behavior and safety challenges with an independent researcher.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsBuck Shlegeris (CEO, Redwood Research)
AI Vibe Check: Chinese Open Models, Distillation & The Hugging Face Breach
China's AI progress, open model risks, and data value are dissected.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan Segall
Ep 92: xAI Co-Founder Unpacks the Future of Model Development
Ex-xAI co-founder details building AI infrastructure and bets on local hardware for personal AI.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsIgor Babuschkin (co-founder, River AI)
Ep 91: Top AI Analyst Unpacks Today's AI Hype Cycle
Analyst Benedict Evans grounds AI discussions in economic history, not platform comparisons.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsBenedict Evans (Analyst)
Ep 90: AI Pioneer Jürgen Schmidhuber on the State of AI Today
AI pioneer Jürgen Schmidhuber details hardware limits, open-source impact, and the path to AGI.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsJürgen Schmidhuber (AI Pioneer)
AI Vibe Check: Lab Wars, Why APIs Might Vanish & Future Predictions
AI experts dissect lab rivalries, open-weight model shifts, and API futures.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsAri Morcos (CEO, Datology AI), Rob Toews (Partner, Radical Ventures)
Ep 89: AI Research Legend’s Honest Assessment of Where We Are
AI's future hinges on moving beyond current models, says a transformer pioneer.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsLukasz Kaiser (AI Researcher)
Ep 88: Unpacking DeepMind's Quest for SuperIntelligence with Demis Hassabis' Biographer
Understand DeepMind's AI strategy and Demis Hassabis's unique path from a biographer's deep dive.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsSebastian Mallaby (Biographer)
Ep 87: Gemini Co-Lead on World Models, RL's Next Domains & Continual Learning
Google Gemini co-lead Oriol Vinyals discusses world models and the path to AGI.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsOriol Vinyals (VP of Research, Google DeepMind)
Ep 86: Yann LeCun on Leaving Meta, Breaking The LLM Paradigm, & Why Hinton is Wrong
LeCun argues LLMs are a dead end; JEPA offers a path to real-world AI.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsYann LeCun (Turing Award winner and former Chief AI Scientist, Meta)
Ep 85: Has AI Infra Stabilized, FM Vibe Shift, & What's Next for Coding Agents
AI engineers discuss coding agent infrastructure, Claude Code, and the future of AI development.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsShawn Wang (AI engineer, podcaster, operator, Cognition)
Ep 84: OpenAI’s Chief Scientist on Continual Learning Hype, RL Beyond Code, & Future Alignment Directions
OpenAI's Chief Scientist reveals AI's research acceleration and future alignment challenges.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsJakub Pachocki (Chief Scientist, OpenAI)
Ep 83: Owning the System of Record, AI-Native Org Charts, & Why ITSM is The Most Vulnerable Legacy Category
Learn how an AI-native company builds a system of record to disrupt enterprise software.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsJake Stauch (Founder, Serval)
Ep 82: Behind Legora's $550M Raise, Model Competition, Doubling Revenue Every Quarter, & US Expansion
AI apps need constant reinvention; Legora's CEO shares how they adapt and grow.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsMax Jungestål (CEO, Legora)
Ep 81: Ex-OpenAI Researcher On Why He Left, His Honest AGI Timeline, & The Limits of Scaling RL
Former OpenAI architect details AI scaling limits and the path to AGI, offering candid research insights.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsJerry Tworek (key architect, OpenAI)
AI Vibe Check: The Actual Bottleneck In Research, SSI’s Mystique, & Spicy 2026 Predictions
AI research faces compute bottlenecks, not idea shortages, with significant geopolitical and leadership shifts predicted.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsAri Morcos, Rob Toews
Ep 80: CEO of Surge AI Edwin Chen on Why Frontier Labs Are Diverging, RL Environments & Developing Model Taste
AI labs diverge on AGI paths; benchmarks mislead, human evaluation matters.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsEdwin Chen (founder and CEO, Surge AI)
Ep 79: OpenAI's Head of Product on How the Best Teams Build, Ship and Scale AI Products
OpenAI product lead details enterprise AI wins and scaling strategies with GPT 5.1.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsOlivier Godement (Head of Product for Business Products, OpenAI)
Ep 78: Jordan Schneider, Host of China Talk, on AI Race, Key Policy Decisions & Unpacking Geopolitical Chip Tension
China's AI race is market driven, not state controlled, with compute as the key bottleneck.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsJordan Schneider (Host, China Talk)
Ep 77: Anthropic’s Dianne Na Penn on Opus 4.5, Rethinking Model Scaffolding & Safety as a Competitive Advantage
Anthropic's Opus 4.5 launch reveals their strategic bets on AI agents and a focus on product innovation.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsDianne Na Penn (senior product leader, Anthropic)
Ep 76: Sora Creators Bill Peebles, Rohan Sahai & Thomas Dimson on Their Unexpected Viral Success
Sora creators reveal how they built a viral AI video app and their vision for AI as world simulators.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsBill Peebles (research lead, OpenAI), Rohan Sahai (product lead, OpenAI), Thomas Dimson (engineering/product lead, OpenAI)
AI Round Up: Ari Morcos from Datalogy AI and Rob Toews from Radical VC on Karpathy Reactions, OpenAI’s Dealmaking, & Bubble Reality Check
Experts debate AI's bubble, scaling, and the real value of frontier models versus alternatives.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsAri Morcos (Head of Research, Datology AI), Rob Toews (Radical Ventures)
AI Round Up: Ari Morcos from Datalogy AI and Rob Toews from Radical VC on AI Talent Wars, xAI’s $200B Valuation, & Google’s Comeback
Experts debate AI progress, talent wars, and the future of major AI labs like Google and xAI.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsAri Morcos (CEO, Datalogy AI), Rob Toews (partner, Radical Ventures)
Ep 75: Nano Banana’s Oliver Wang and Nicole Brichtova - Behind the Breakthrough as Gemini Tops the Charts
Google researchers reveal Nano Banana's secrets and the realistic future of AI image generation.
HostsJacob Effron, Jordan SegallGuestsNicole Brichtova (Google researcher, Google), Oliver Wang (Google researcher, Google)
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