Interview, Explained

In-depth breakdowns of tech interviews — section-by-section analysis with diagrams, quotes, and insights.

~48 min

The TWIML AI Podcast·2026-11-03

Richard Socher on Where AI Goes Superhuman First

Richard Socher· Founder

Richard Socher argues AI goes superhuman wherever a problem offers unlimited data, a simulation, or a fast verifier — so building a scientific discovery engine is less about smarter models than about engineering verifiable environments and the rewards inside them.

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~93 min

Latent Space·2026-09-14

Richard Socher on the Eureka machine that invents most everything

Richard Socher· Founder of Recursive, You.com and AIX Ventures

Richard Socher's new lab Recursive automates the one human step left in AI, research itself, to build a self-improving Eureka machine aimed at science, arguing that the real safety work is reward engineering and testing, and that we should regulate AI's specific applications rather than intelligence itself.

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