Dwarkesh Podcast

Noam Brown – Agent swarms, alignment, & recursive self-improvement

September 17, 2026·1h 20m·6-min readinterviewtechnology
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Multi-agent AI systems, which parallelize cognitive work across thousands of agents, are enabling breakthroughs in complex problem-solving—like solving a Millennium Prize problem—but raise urgent questions about alignment, scalability, and whether current safety methods can keep pace with

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Noam Brown

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Noam BrownEliezer YudkowskyRobin HansonDaniel KokotajloEge ErdilRyan GreenblattJaime SevillaRon Minsky

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OpenAIJane Street

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