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#392 – Joscha Bach: Life, Intelligence, Consciousness, AI & the Future of Humans Aug 01, 2023

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Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and philosopher. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/joscha-bach-3-transcript

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OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(06:26) – Stages of life
(18:48) – Identity
(25:24) – Enlightenment
(31:55) – Adaptive Resonance Theory
(38:42) – Panpsychism
(48:42) – How to think
(56:36) – Plants communication
(1:14:31) – Fame
(1:40:09) – Happiness
(1:47:26) – Artificial consciousness
(1:59:35) – Suffering
(2:04:19) – Eliezer Yudkowsky
(2:11:55) – e/acc (Effective Accelerationism)
(2:17:33) – Mind uploading
(2:28:22) – Vision Pro
(2:32:36) – Open source AI
(2:45:29) – Twitter
(2:52:44) – Advice for young people
(2:55:40) – Meaning of life

#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine Jul 24, 2023

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Mohammed El-Kurd is a Palestinian writer and poet. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/mohammed-el-kurd-transcript

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Books Mentioned:
The Hundred Years’ War on Palestine (book): https://amzn.to/3K7ZtsE

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(10:41) – Palestine
(35:09) – Hate
(48:40) – Antisemitism
(56:37) – Peace in the Middle East
(1:03:34) – West Bank
(1:13:43) – Hamas
(1:23:31) – Two-state solution
(1:39:21) – Jerusalem
(1:46:04) – Role of the US
(1:47:54) – Ghassan Kanafani
(1:58:39) – 2024 Elections
(1:59:48) – Poetry
(2:09:08) – Language
(2:17:36) – Hope

#390 – Yuval Noah Harari: Human Nature, Intelligence, Power, and Conspiracies Jul 17, 2023

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Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher, and author of Sapiens, Homo Deus, 21 Lessons for the 21st Century, and Unstoppable Us. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/yuval-noah-harari-transcript

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Homo Deus (book): https://amzn.to/44MzwXu
21 Lessons for the 21st Century (book): https://amzn.to/3Dfkz4D
Unstoppable Us (book): https://amzn.to/3NYyBg5

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(08:36) – Intelligence
(27:31) – Origin of humans
(37:53) – Suffering
(58:35) – Hitler
(1:17:07) – Benjamin Netanyahu
(1:35:30) – Peace in Ukraine
(1:52:20) – Conspiracy theories
(2:06:59) – AI safety
(2:21:16) – How to think
(2:31:00) – Advice for young people
(2:33:41) – Love
(2:43:50) – Mortality
(2:48:14) – Meaning of life

#389 – Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel, Palestine, Power, Corruption, Hate, and Peace Jul 12, 2023

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Benjamin Netanyahu is the Prime Minister of Israel. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/benjamin-netanyahu-transcript

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Netanyahu’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/netanyahu
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:22) – Hate
(14:02) – Judicial reform and protests
(22:38) – AI
(32:40) – Competition
(39:21) – Power and corruption
(46:32) – Peace
(1:01:05) – War in Ukraine
(1:05:01) – Abraham Accords
(1:09:02) – History
(1:13:48) – Survival

#388 – Robert F. Kennedy Jr: CIA, Power, Corruption, War, Freedom, and Meaning Jul 06, 2023

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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is an activist, lawyer, author, and candidate for the President of the Unites States. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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TRANSCRIPT:
https://lexfridman.com/robert-f-kennedy-jr-transcript/

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Robert’s Campaign Website: https://www.kennedy24.com

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(09:05) – US history
(13:21) – Freedom
(15:16) – Camus
(18:38) – Hitler and WW2
(27:50) – War in Ukraine
(51:11) – JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis
(1:16:19) – JFK assassination conspiracy
(1:25:53) – CIA influence
(1:34:52) – 2024 elections
(1:46:36) – Jordan Peterson
(1:48:18) – Anthony Fauci
(1:51:44) – Big Pharma
(2:11:24) – Peter Hotez
(2:17:05) – Exercise and diet
(2:19:30) – God

#387 – George Hotz: Tiny Corp, Twitter, AI Safety, Self-Driving, GPT, AGI & God Jun 30, 2023

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George Hotz is a programmer, hacker, and the founder of comma-ai and tiny corp. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/george-hotz-3-transcript

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George’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/realgeorgehotz
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Tiny Corp’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/__tinygrad__
Tiny Corp’s Website: https://tinygrad.org/
Comma-ai’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/comma_ai
Comma-ai’s Website: https://comma.ai/
Comma-ai’s YouTube (unofficial): https://youtube.com/georgehotzarchive
Mentioned:
Learning a Driving Simulator (paper): https://bit.ly/42T6lAN

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(08:04) – Time is an illusion
(17:44) – Memes
(20:20) – Eliezer Yudkowsky
(32:45) – Virtual reality
(39:04) – AI friends
(46:29) – tiny corp
(59:50) – NVIDIA vs AMD
(1:02:47) – tinybox
(1:14:56) – Self-driving
(1:29:35) – Programming
(1:37:31) – AI safety
(2:02:29) – Working at Twitter
(2:40:12) – Prompt engineering
(2:46:08) – Video games
(3:02:23) – Andrej Karpathy
(3:12:28) – Meaning of life

#386 – Marc Andreessen: Future of the Internet, Technology, and AI Jun 22, 2023

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Marc Andreessen is the co-creator of Mosaic, co-founder of Netscape, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/marc-andreessen-transcript

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Marc’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/pmarca
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Marc’s YouTube channel: https://youtube.com/@a16z
Andreessen Horowitz: https://a16z.com
Why AI will save the world (essay): https://a16z.com/2023/06/06/ai-will-save-the-world
Books mentioned:
1. When Reason Goes on Holiday (book): https://amzn.to/3p80b1K
2. Superintelligence (book): https://amzn.to/3N7sc1A
3. Lenin (book): https://amzn.to/43L8YWD
4. The Ancient City (book): https://amzn.to/43GzReb

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(05:01) – Google Search
(12:49) – LLM training
(25:20) – Truth
(31:32) – Journalism
(41:24) – AI startups
(46:46) – Future of browsers
(53:09) – History of browsers
(59:10) – Steve Jobs
(1:13:45) – Software engineering
(1:21:00) – JavaScript
(1:25:18) – Netscape
(1:30:22) – Why AI will save the world
(1:38:20) – Dangers of AI
(2:08:40) – Nuclear energy
(2:20:37) – Misinformation
(2:35:57) – AI and the economy
(2:42:05) – China
(2:46:17) – Evolution of technology
(2:55:35) – How to learn
(3:03:45) – Advice for young people
(3:06:35) – Balance and happiness
(3:13:11) – Meaning of life

#385 – Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia Jun 18, 2023

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Jimmy Wales is the co-founder of Wikipedia. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/jimmy-wales-transcript

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Jimmy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales
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Donate to Wikipedia: https://donate.wikimedia.org
WT.Social: https://wt.social/

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(05:10) – Origin story of Wikipedia
(11:14) – Design of Wikipedia
(18:07) – Number of articles on Wikipedia
(24:18) – Wikipedia pages for living persons
(45:11) – ChatGPT
(58:42) – Wikipedia’s political bias
(1:04:46) – Conspiracy theories
(1:17:51) – Facebook
(1:26:09) – Twitter
(1:46:45) – Building Wikipedia
(2:01:18) – Wikipedia funding
(2:12:38) – ChatGPT vs Wikipedia
(2:17:19) – Larry Sanger
(2:22:51) – Twitter files
(2:25:43) – Government and censorship
(2:40:07) – Adolf Hitler’s Wikipedia page
(2:51:49) – Future of Wikipedia
(3:03:51) – Advice for young people
(3:11:13) – Meaning of life

#384 – Matthew McConaughey: Freedom, Truth, Family, Hardship, and Love Jun 13, 2023

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Matthew McConaughey is an Oscar-winning actor and author of Greenlights. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Matthew’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/McConaughey
Matthew’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/officiallymcconaughey/
Matthew’s YouTube: https://youtube.com/@MatthewMcConaughey
Greenlights (book): https://greenlights.com/
Roadtrip (course): https://artoflivinevent.com/roadtrip

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(05:57) – Relationships
(10:44) – Dreams
(22:56) – Fear of death
(34:40) – Overcoming pain
(57:45) – Amazon rainforest
(1:04:29) – AI
(1:17:45) – Truth
(1:25:50) – Ego
(1:33:34) – Dallas Buyers Club
(1:40:03) – True Detective
(1:48:49) – Yellowstone
(1:53:51) – Texas
(1:55:43) – Politics
(2:00:29) – Interstellar
(2:03:26) – Aliens
(2:10:23) – Advice for young people
(2:18:42) – Meaning of life

#383 – Mark Zuckerberg: Future of AI at Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp Jun 08, 2023

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Mark Zuckerberg is CEO of Meta. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Mark’s Facebook: https://facebook.com/zuck
Mark’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/zuck
Meta AI: https://ai.facebook.com/
Meta Quest: https://www.meta.com/quest/

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(05:38) – Jiu-jitsu competition
(23:01) – AI and open source movement
(35:32) – Next AI model release
(47:48) – Future of AI at Meta
(1:08:25) – Bots
(1:23:53) – Censorship
(1:38:34) – Meta’s new social network
(1:45:20) – Elon Musk
(1:49:25) – Layoffs and firing
(1:56:55) – Hiring
(2:02:48) – Meta Quest 3
(2:09:45) – Apple Vision Pro
(2:16:00) – AI existential risk
(2:22:23) – Power
(2:25:55) – AGI timeline
(2:33:17) – Murph challenge
(2:38:33) – Embodied AGI
(2:41:39) – Faith

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