Chris Olah

Mentioned in 4 analyzed podcast episodes across 4 shows

A co-founder of Anthropic and pioneering researcher in mechanistic interpretability—the field he essentially invented. He's discussed in podcasts as a key figure in AI safety and interpretability research, and has been noted for his public positions on ethical issues including government civil rights violations.

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Hard Fork Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth The Political Scene | The New Yorker "The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis

Episode Appearances

Hard Fork · Mar 27, 2026

The Ezra Klein Show: How Fast Will A.I. Agents Rip Through the Economy?

“Mentioned for leading interpretability research at Anthropic”

AI Agents and Autonomous SystemsAI-Generated Code and Software DevelopmentEmergent AI Personalities and Self-Awareness

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Lenny's Podcast: Product | Career | Growth · Feb 19, 2026

Head of Claude Code: What happens after coding is solved | Boris Cherny

“Industry expert on mechanistic interpretability who invented the field at Anthropic”

AI-powered software developmentClaude Code adoption and impactAgentic AI vs conversational AI

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The Political Scene | The New Yorker · Feb 12, 2026

Can Anthropic Control What It's Building?

“Co-founder of Anthropic; considered godfather of mechanistic interpretability; previously at Google”

AI Safety and Alignment ResearchMechanistic Interpretability in Neural NetworksLarge Language Model Capability vs. Safety Trade-offs

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"The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis · Feb 1, 2026

The AI-Powered Biohub: Why Mark Zuckerberg & Priscilla Chan are Investing in Data, from Latent.Space

“Anthropic researcher mentioned for speaking against government civil rights violations”

AI-powered drug discoveryVirtual cell modelingPrecision medicine

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