Nathan Lambert(@natolambert):New podcast with @datagenproc of @EpochAIResearch digging into the open questions determining the future of frontier AI! We cover: 00:00 Predictions for RSI 18:15 The role of robotics in an AI acceleration 24:20 How far behind are Chinese models? 27:39 Does distillation explain the gap? 40:58 What Chinese job postings reveal about their labs 48:13 Are open or closed models safer? 58:10 How Epoch AI ticks 1:00:55 What a frontier post-training recipe looks like He's one of the people who gives the best feedback on my writing, so I was stoked to have him on.

2026.09.22 13:43

New podcast with @datagenproc of @EpochAIResearch digging into the open questions determining the future of frontier AI! We cover: 00:00 Predictions for RSI 18:15 The role of robotics in an AI acceleration 24:20 How far behind are Chinese models? 27:39 Does distillation explain the gap? 40:58 What Chinese job postings reveal about their labs 48:13 Are open or closed models safer? 58:10 How Epoch AI ticks 1:00:55 What a frontier post-training recipe looks like He's one of the people who gives the best feedback on my writing, so I was stoked to have him on.