Paul Litvak
Special guest
Paul Litvak, Ph.D., is the founder and executive director of The Robyn Dawes Institute. He previously led machine-learning teams at Airbnb and worked as a data scientist at Google and Facebook. Paul co-founded Rhythmic Health, a biosensing startup, where he led product. He earned his Ph.D. in Behavioral Decision Research from Carnegie Mellon University.
Paul Litvak has been a guest on 1 episode.
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Episode 126: Using AI to Improve Science (with Paul Litvak)
January 10th, 2026 | 1 hr 14 mins
ai, dead goose, meta-science, p-curve, robin dawes
Paul Litvak joins the show to talk about how AI tools can help us measure research quality and assess evidence in the scientific literature. His first project is a way to extract test statistics and p-values from papers automatically, with no manual coding needed. We also talk about legendary researcher Robin Dawes (for whom Paul's non-profit is named) and Paul's exit from academia. Plus, Yoel reveals a shameful secret about his use of AI.