{"podcast":{"title":"Unsupervised Learning with Jacob Effron","slug":"unsupervised-learning-with-jacob-effron-6041643","podcast_index_feed_id":6041643,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/dOSE_bdP","website_url":"https://unsupervised-learning.simplecast.com","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/ff0dbf2f-5711-4964-9172-807c39ca4824/be7895b2-4fcc-4f70-9864-584710596b1d/3000x3000/redpoint-unsupervised-learning-logo.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Redpoint Ventures","episode_count":98,"summary":"We probe the sharpest minds in AI in search for the truth about what’s real today, what will be real in the future and what it all means for businesses and the world. If you’re a builder, researcher or investor navigating the AI world, this podcast will help you deconstruct and understand the most important breakthroughs and see a clearer picture of reality. Follow this show and consider enabling notifications to stay up to date on our latest episodes. Unsupervised Learning is a podcast by Redpoint Ventures, an early-stage venture capital fund that has invested in companies like Snowflake, Stripe, and Mistral. Hosted by Redpoint investor Jacob Effron alongside Patrick Chase, Jordan Segall and Erica Brescia.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T00:20:35.953212+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unsupervised-learning-with-jacob-effron-6041643"},"episode":{"title":"Ep 84: OpenAI’s Chief Scientist on Continual Learning Hype, RL Beyond Code, & Future Alignment Directions","slug":"ep-84-openai-s-chief-scientist-on-continual-learning-hype-rl-beyond-code-future-alignment-directions","published_at":"2026-04-09T13:25:11+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unsupervised-learning-with-jacob-effron-6041643/ep-84-openai-s-chief-scientist-on-continual-learning-hype-rl-beyond-code-future-alignment-directions","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unsupervised-learning-with-jacob-effron-6041643","url":"https://unsupervised-learning.simplecast.com/episodes/ep-84-openais-chief-scientist-on-continual-learning-hype-rl-beyond-code-future-alignment-directions-l43Yra90","audio_url":"https://cdn.simplecast.com/media/audio/transcoded/b3414ac6-61c8-4752-8722-491e1457c3bf/2c08ad29-5b79-42c0-a40a-6c1af4327f2f/episodes/audio/group/e877d39c-130c-4301-a631-aa7ef0a93964/group-item/8e0caf31-dcb2-4cdd-9f8a-78f2a86c7a87/128_default_tc.mp3?aid=rss_feed&feed=dOSE_bdP","summary":"Jakub Pachocki, OpenAI's Chief Scientist, sits down with Jacob to cover the full arc of where AI research stands today and where it's headed. The conversation spans the explosive growth of coding agents and what it signals about near-term AI capability, the use of math and physics benchmarks as proxies for general intelligence, how reinforcement learning is being extended beyond easily-verified domains toward longer-horizon tasks, and what it means to run a research organization at the precise moment the models themselves are starting to accelerate the research. Jakub shares a candid take on the competitive landscape, why chain-of-thought monitoring is one of the most promising tools in the alignment toolkit, and — with unusual directness — why the concentration of power enabled by highly automated AI organizations is a societal problem that doesn't yet have an obvious solution.","meta_description":"Jakub Pachocki, OpenAI's Chief Scientist, sits down with Jacob to cover the full arc of where AI research stands today and where it's headed. The conversa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3526,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/unsupervised-learning-with-jacob-effron-6041643/episodes/ep-84-openai-s-chief-scientist-on-continual-learning-hype-rl-beyond-code-future-alignment-directions/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/unsupervised-learning-with-jacob-effron-6041643/ep-84-openai-s-chief-scientist-on-continual-learning-hype-rl-beyond-code-future-alignment-directions.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}