Who should I interview on my podcast?
Open to more AI, but also to random history/econ/etc professors that I might not have heard of before.
11:00 AM · May 25, 2026 · 352.5K Views
Andrew Wilson proposes a chalkboard lecture on deriving AI foundations from probability theory for Dwarkesh Patel's podcast
Dan Roy nominated David Duvenaud and Pushmeet Kohli.
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Andrew Gordon Wilson@andrewgwils
@dwarkesh_sp Happy to give a chalkboard lecture on how we can derive the foundations of AI from first principles using probability.
Dwarkesh Patel@dwarkesh_sp
Who should I interview on my podcast?
Open to more AI, but also to random history/econ/etc professors that I might not have heard of before.
35dViews 16KLikes 481Bookmarks 43
Matthew Yglesias@mattyglesias
@dwarkesh_sp See if you can get this Pope Leo guy
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Anna Riedl@AnnaLeptikon
Theodore M. Porter on the history of statistics, it's so good.
"The Rise of Statistical Thinking, 1820–1900 explores the history of statistics from the field’s origins in the nineteenth century through to the factors that produced the burst of modern statistical innovation in the early twentieth century. Theodore Porter shows that statistics was not developed by mathematicians and then applied to the sciences and social sciences. Rather, the field came into being through the efforts of social scientists, who saw a need for statistical tools in their examination of society. Pioneering statistical physicists and biologists James Clerk Maxwell, Ludwig Boltzmann, and Francis Galton introduced statistical models to the sciences by pointing to analogies between their disciplines and the social sciences. A new preface by the author looks at how the book has remained relevant since its initial publication, and considers the current place of statistics in scientific research."
https://press.princeton.edu/books/paperback/9780691208428/the-rise-of-statistical-thinking-1820-1900
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Sheel Mohnot@pitdesi
@dwarkesh_sp how about @johnarnold? Billionaire who made his money as an energy trader, originally at Enron. Now runs a major evidence-based philanthropy, also on the board of Meta
really interesting at markets/data/policy/risk/incentives.
35dViews 4.6KLikes 75Bookmarks 7
kache@yacineMTB
@dwarkesh_sp joseph suarez
Dwarkesh Patel@dwarkesh_sp
Who should I interview on my podcast?
Open to more AI, but also to random history/econ/etc professors that I might not have heard of before.
35dViews 6.2KLikes 93Bookmarks 2
Dan Williams@danwilliamsphil
@dwarkesh_sp Joseph Heath. Easily one of the most underrated, original, and insightful thinkers alive today; he hasn't done many podcasts or media appearances; and your audience would find him very interesting. Start with 'Why the culture wins' if you haven't read him before.
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teej dv 🔭@teej_dv
@dwarkesh_sp Maybe @ThePrimeagen , he's pretty old
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Dan Roy@roydanroy
@dwarkesh_sp Academia: I'd like to see @DavidDuvenaud. Industry: We need some positivity and so I suggest @pushmeet Kohli.
Dwarkesh Patel@dwarkesh_sp
Who should I interview on my podcast?
Open to more AI, but also to random history/econ/etc professors that I might not have heard of before.
35dViews 5.6KLikes 74Bookmarks 1
𝔐𝔽𝓩@mean_field_zane
@dwarkesh_sp Erik Hurst, Chang-Tai Hsieh, Rob Shimer, Harald Uhlig, @JesusFerna7026, Lars Peter Hansen.
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Nikita Mounier@nikitamounier
@dwarkesh_sp Micheal Pettis, best china economist i've seen and probably best view on what future global trade / capital flows will look like. called the chinese overproduction/involution crisis in 2024 https://themarket.ch/interview/michael-pettis-the-world-cannot-absorb-the-overproduction-of-china-ld.11630
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David Pfau@pfau
@dwarkesh_sp Michael Jordan (either one).
Dwarkesh Patel@dwarkesh_sp
Who should I interview on my podcast?
Open to more AI, but also to random history/econ/etc professors that I might not have heard of before.
35dViews 5.3KLikes 59Bookmarks 0
Just Another Pod Guy@TMTLongShort
@dwarkesh_sp Michael Every for macro grandstrategy
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Anna Riedl@AnnaLeptikon
@dwarkesh_sp Either of these two authors, if you haven't: @BobbyAzarian or @BrendanGrahamD1
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Papa Smurf@papasmurfffs
@dwarkesh_sp 1. @Plinz 2. @getjonwithit 3. Tony Blair 4. @TedSchwartz13 5. @stephen_wolfram 6. @DavidDeutschOxf round II 7. @willmacaskill round II 8. Sam Harris 9. @robinhanson round II
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davinci@leothecurious
@dwarkesh_sp check robert sapolsky, dileep george, or beren millidge
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djcows@djcows
@dwarkesh_sp get the pope on
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Vipul Vaibhaw@vaibhaw_vipul
@dwarkesh_sp @jorandirkgreef - blackboard style lecture.
You should see his presentations, it is crazy!
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0.005 Seconds (3/694)@seconds_0
@dwarkesh_sp @jsuarez for the cutting edge of non llm RL
Its ai that is mostly neglected by big labs and he is the frontier
35dViews 846Likes 16Bookmarks 2
₿enjamin@consciousrepo
@dwarkesh_sp @SamoBurja
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Werner Zagrebbi🇦🇿@zagrebbi
@dwarkesh_sp Alex Imas and Timur Kuran
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