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Cognitive Revolution "How AI Changes Everything"· Sep 15, 2026PodcastA Frontier Pause Would Help. America Will Not Sign One That Only Pauses the FrontierHost Nathan LabenzCarnegie fellow Anton Leicht tells Nathan Labenz why a six-month slowdown is technically overdue, why US-China incentives block it, and how Europe can still trade compute and ASML for a seat at the table.
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Matthew Berman· Sep 15, 2026Dario Amodei’s AI Pacing Proposal and the Debate over Concentrated PowerMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman reviews a frontier-AI safety plan, weighs international coordination and warns that regulation could reinforce incumbent control.
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Theo - t3․gg· Sep 13, 2026Dario Amodei’s Three-Part Proposal to Pace AI DevelopmentTheo Browne · T3Theo Browne examines a proposal for embedded evaluators, coordination among democracies and eventual international agreements.
3:15:53ENCognitive Revolution "How AI Changes Everything"· Sep 10, 2026PodcastThe Goal Is Pax Robotica, Not Winning the AI RaceHost Nathan LabenzAfter two weeks in China, Nathan Labenz argues the United States should trade chips for robots, keep a shared AI paradigm, and aim for mutual abundance instead of another sword of Damocles.
20:46ENMatthew Berman· Aug 26, 2026Open-Weight AI Models: Token Share, Spending and Strategic TradeoffsMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman examines a Vercel AI Gateway snapshot and argues that model usage and spending can tell very different stories.
15:37ENMatthew Berman· Aug 4, 2026Matthew Berman on Qwen3.8-Max, AI Costs and Open-Weight CompetitionMatthew Berman · Forward FutureA 2026 review of reported benchmark results and research demonstrations leads to questions about deployment economics and geopolitical dependence.
54:57ENMatthew Berman· Jul 29, 2026Open-Weight AI: Competition, Safety and the Debate over AnthropicMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman argues for broad access to AI models, weighs the economics and security arguments, and responds to Dario Amodei’s position on open weights.
2:23:43ENCognitive Revolution "How AI Changes Everything"· Jul 27, 2026PodcastHe Bought an Android, Two SIMs, and Left Claude Watching His InboxHost Nathan LabenzNathan Labenz asked a dozen friends how to visit China and got two irreconcilable answers.
27:13ENMatthew Berman· Jul 21, 2026Kimi K3 and the Debate Over Open-Weight AIMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman examines model economics, competition and security arguments after Moonshot AI’s Kimi K3 announcement.
12:12ENMatthew Berman· Jul 18, 2026Kimi K3: Coding Benchmarks, Cost and the Open-Weight AI RaceMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman examines Kimi K3’s early benchmark results, its cost per task and a Rubik’s Cube simulator, while weighing their limits.
0:42ENMatthew Berman· Jul 15, 2026DeepSeek and Zhipu Reportedly Explore Custom AI ChipsMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman discusses 2026 reports of Chinese model developers pursuing their own processors and the strategic appeal of controlling more of their AI infrastructure.
1:03ENMatthew Berman· Jul 15, 2026Reported Chinese AI Export Discussions and a Strategic DebateMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman considers reported restrictions on overseas access to Chinese AI models and questions whether limiting their distribution would serve China’s interests.
19:49ENMatthew Berman· Jun 26, 2026Matthew Berman on Restricted AI Model Releases and the Risk of Concentrated PowerMatthew Berman · Forward FutureA June 2026 commentary argues that limited previews for frontier models could disadvantage startups and independent developers.
1:42:54ENMatthew Berman· May 12, 2026AI and Cybersecurity: Matthew Berman’s Warnings, Predictions and Open QuestionsMatthew Berman · Forward FutureA livestream reviews reported AI-assisted threats and debates whether stronger defensive models can keep pace with attackers.
17:26ENMatthew Berman· Apr 29, 2026Matthew Berman on Funding US Open-Weight AI in Competition With ChinaMatthew Berman · Forward FutureBerman argues that open models face a financing problem and proposes public support, hardware-backed development and specialized models.
1:35ENMatthew Berman· Apr 27, 2026DeepSeek V4 and the Cost of Frontier AI ModelsMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman argues that an open-weight Chinese model could put price pressure on US AI providers. The comparison depends on the workload, evaluation and cost assumptions.
17:21ENMatthew Berman· Apr 25, 2026DeepSeek V4, Model Efficiency and the US–China AI DebateMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman examines DeepSeek’s April 2026 V4 preview and argues that efficient open-weight models raise questions for American AI providers and policymakers.
13:28ENMatthew Berman· Feb 25, 2026Anthropic’s Distillation Allegations and the Debate Over AI Training DataMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman examines Anthropic’s allegations against three Chinese AI labs, the criticism of its own training practices, and the geopolitical claims surrounding the dispute.
1:34:42ENCognitive Revolution "How AI Changes Everything"· Feb 13, 2026PodcastA $500 Kernel, a Ten-Month Village, and the Temper of AgentsHost Nathan LabenzJames Zou, Sam Hammond, and Shoshannah Tekofsky on science agents, America's knowledge-work bet, and what models actually do when you leave them alone.
1:43:19ENCognitive Revolution "How AI Changes Everything"· Dec 19, 2025PodcastA $100 Million Super PAC Named Him Public Enemy Number One. Donations Went Up.Host Nathan LabenzIn the second half of Cognitive Revolution’s year-end live show, Assemblymember Alex Bores, former White House adviser Dean Ball, and forecaster Peter Wildeford argue over state AI laws, chip sales to China, and what 2026 will actually feel like.
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Unsupervised Learning: With Jacob Effron· Dec 5, 2025PodcastChina's AI Labs Went From 15 to Six. The Compute Gap Is 15-to-1.Host Jacob EffronJordan Schneider tells Unsupervised Learning that Chinese models were a private-capital story, that Beijing still thinks in hardware, and that the West's real edge is chips it can serve — not a state master plan.
2:49:12ENCognitive Revolution "How AI Changes Everything"· Oct 18, 2025PodcastWhy China's Master Plan for AI Never Mentions AGIHost Nathan LabenzBeijing-based Concordia AI CEO Brian Tse on China's safety rules, chip strategy, and why the two ecosystems look more alike than Washington assumes.
2:04:27ENCognitive Revolution "How AI Changes Everything"· Aug 23, 2025PodcastA 10% Chance of an AI-Enabled Coup in the Next 30 YearsHost Nathan LabenzTom Davidson maps three ways superintelligent systems could help a head of state or a lab CEO lock in power—and argues the window for building safeguards is short.
3:17:35ENCognitive Revolution "How AI Changes Everything"· Aug 13, 2025PodcastTen Thousand Comments and 76 Spare Gigawatts: Four Months Writing America's AI Action PlanHost Nathan LabenzDean W. Ball spent four months as the White House's senior AI adviser, then left as the Action Plan landed — and explains how a to-do list got written inside a building that cannot run ChatGPT.Load moreShowing 24 of 53