Dwarkesh Patel

Mentioned in 35 analyzed podcast episodes across 8 shows

A podcaster and host of the Dwarkesh Podcast known for conducting in-depth technical interviews with major AI figures including Dario Amodei, Elon Musk, Ilya Sutskever, and Satya Nadella. Recognized for rigorous questioning and technical acumen in discussions spanning AI economics, scaling, chip infrastructure, and AGI preparation. Frequently appears as a guest analyst on other podcast networks discussing AI lab dynamics and industry developments.

Appears On

Dwarkesh Podcast The AI Daily Brief: Artificial Intelligence News and Analysis TBPN Platformer My First Million "The Cognitive Revolution" | AI Builders, Researchers, and Live Player Analysis The Artificial Intelligence Show Big Technology Podcast

Episode Appearances

Dwarkesh Podcast · Aug 11, 2026

Ryan Greenblatt – Human level AIs might build runaway superintelligences by 2032

“Host probing the plausibility of recursive self-improvement timelines and challenging the AI takeover threat model.”

Recursive Self-Improvement and AI Feedback LoopsFull Automation of AI R&DReward Hacking and Misalignment Escalation

Dwarkesh Patel

Episode Appearances

Ryan Greenblatt – Human level AIs might build runaway superintelligences by 2032

8 Predictions for the Era of Continual Learning

Why smarter AI models could drive up compute prices 10x

What a $30B Hedge Fund Implosion Really Means for AI

6 Questions Every Enterprise Has to Answer About AI

U.S. Bans New Chinese Humanoids, Zuck’s Op-Ed, eBay's $56M Lawsuit | Diet TBPN

Robot Bans, Zuck Op-Ed, eBay Settles | Joe Weisenthal, Jameson Detweiler, Stanley Tang, Amjad Masad, Adam Cohen

The best argument I’ve heard for why AI won't take your job with Box CEO Aaron Levie

David Reich – Why the Bronze Age was an inflection point in human evolution

Reiner Pope – The math behind how LLMs are trained and served

Jensen Huang – TPU competition, why we should sell chips to China, & Nvidia’s supply chain moat

Michael Nielsen – How science actually progresses

Dr. Alex Karp LIVE from AIPCon | Alex Karp, Dan Ives, Eric Brock, Casey Lane, Ted Mabrey

Elon’s recent podcast was business steroids

The Cournot Equation, Micron’s $200B Bet, Hollywood vs. Seedance 2.0 | Diet TBPN

Why No One Talks Cournot, Hollywood vs. Seedance 2.0, Micron’s $200B Bet | Jon Caramanica, Haseeb Qureshi, Spenser Skates, Celine Halioua, Ankur Goyal, Reed Duchscher

Dario Amodei — The highest-stakes financial model in history

The AI chip squeeze, Dirty Soda mania, OCC approves Palmer Luckey’s Erebor | Diet TBPN

Elon Musk - "In 36 months, the cheapest place to put AI will be space”

AMA Part 2: Is Fine-Tuning Dead? How Am I Preparing for AGI? Are We Headed for UBI? & More!

Pioneering PAI: How Daniel Miessler's Personal AI Infrastructure Activates Human Agency & Creativity

DOJ vs. Fed Chair, Apple Repositions Vision Pro, Ben Thompson Joins | Tyler Cowen, Harley Finkelstein, Andrew Feldman, Nathan Nwachuku, Anastasios Angelopoulos

Does Work Still Matter in the Age of AI?

The legacy and future of CES, Dwarkesh’s “Capital in the 22nd Century,” Ben Thompson’s “AI and the Human Condition” | Diet TBPN

Dan Wang's Annual Letter, Meta Acquires Manus, Nvidia's $20B Groq Deal | Justin Mares

Adam Marblestone – AI is missing something fundamental about the brain

#183: AI Job Automation, Is There an AI Bubble?, AI Political Divides, ChatGPT Turns 3, Claude Opus 4.5, Google vs. Nvidia & DeepSeek V3.2

Ilya Sutskever – We're moving from the age of scaling to the age of research

Satya Nadella — How Microsoft is preparing for AGI

#173: OpenAI Dev Day, AI Gets Political, Sora Copyright Drama Continues, Gemini Enterprise & AI’s Impact on Job Hunting

Fully autonomous robots are much closer than you think – Sergey Levine

How Hitler almost starved Britain – Sarah Paine

Evolution designed us to die fast; we can change that — Jacob Kimmel

China is killing the US on energy. Does that mean they’ll win AGI? — Casey Handmer

Why Can't AI Make Its Own Discoveries? — With Yann LeCun