Aidan Smith
Co-founder of Flapping Airplanes, an AI lab focused on data efficiency and training models to be more sample-efficient for applications like robotics and scientific discovery.
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Feb 10, 2026 • 30min
This Sequoia-backed lab thinks the brain is 'the floor, not the ceiling' for AI
Aidan Smith, former Neuralink engineer bringing neuroscience-inspired ideas to AI. Benjamin Spector, co-founder focused on creative, first-principles research and commercialization planning. Asher Spector, research-first builder working on data-efficient training. They discuss making models learn more like humans, bets behind a research-first lab, and what radical data efficiency could unlock for new AI capabilities.
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Jan 28, 2026 • 3h 32min
Netflix & AI Slop, Saudi Liquidity Crunch, Clawdbot Reactions | Mark Gurman, Miles Brundage, Aidan Smith & Asher Spector, Alex Dhillon, Mitchell Angove, Gabriel Stengel, Sierra Peterson
Mark Gurman, Apple insider who breaks product and strategy news. Miles Brundage, AI auditing expert pushing independent evaluations. Aidan Smith, co-founder of a data-efficient AI lab. Alex Dhillon, CEO fighting AI-driven impersonation. Gabriel Stengel, CEO building genAI for bankers. They debate Apple’s AI moves, independent AI audits, data-efficient training, AI impersonation defenses, and genAI in finance.
