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Eric Jang

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Heard in 7 episodes across 7 shows since May 2026

Eric Jang is an AI researcher and engineer known for his work on large-scale machine learning projects, including building AlphaGo from scratch. He currently leads Sophont AI, a startup focused on developing ambitious medical AI applications such as diagnostics and drug discovery.

Episodes

7
across 7 shows

First heard

May 2026

Guest appearances

1

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What Eric Jang has said on podcasts

35 statements

  1. on KataGoPositiveMay 15, 2026· Dwarkesh Podcast

    KataGo reduced training compute for strong Go bots by approximately forty times.

    “achieved a 40x reduction in compute needed to train a really strong GoBot”

    Listen at 1:49

    Open the episode · Eric Jang – Building AlphaGo from scratch
  2. on LLM coding for Go AIPositiveMay 15, 2026· Dwarkesh Podcast

    LLM coding has reduced AlphaGo-like implementation costs from millions to thousands of dollars.

    “what took a whole team of research scientists at DeepMind and millions of dollars of research and compute can now be done for a few thousand dollars of rented computer”

    Listen at 2:05

    Open the episode · Eric Jang – Building AlphaGo from scratch
  3. on Human Go playersPositiveMay 15, 2026· Dwarkesh Podcast

    Human Go players use an implicit value function to evaluate whether a board position is winnable.

    “humans as implicitly having a neural network called a value function that basically takes in a board state and then it kind of evaluates key win”

    Listen at 25:21

    Open the episode · Eric Jang – Building AlphaGo from scratch
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Episodes

7 episodes featuring Eric Jang, newest first

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