Lex Fridman Podcast

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#162 – Jim Keller: The Future of Computing, AI, Life, and Consciousness Feb 18, 2021

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Jim Keller is a legendary microprocessor engineer, previously at AMD, Apple, Tesla, Intel, and now Tenstorrent. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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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
(07:02) – Good design is both science and engineering
(13:03) – Javascript
(17:09) – RISC vs CISC
(21:09) – What makes a great processor?
(22:38) – Intel vs ARM
(24:27) – Steve Jobs and Apple
(27:05) – Elon Musk and Steve Jobs
(32:50) – Father
(36:33) – Perfection
(42:48) – Modular design
(48:22) – Moore’s law
(55:20) – Hardware for deep learning
(1:02:14) – Making neural networks fast at scale
(1:09:51) – Andrej Karpathy and Chris Lattner
(1:14:05) – How GPUs work
(1:18:12) – Tesla Autopilot, NVIDIA, and Mobileye
(1:22:52) – Andrej Karpathy and Software 2.0
(1:29:13) – Tesla Dojo
(1:31:49) – Neural networks will understand physics better than humans
(1:34:02) – Re-engineering the human brain
(1:38:56) – Infinite fun and the Culture Series by Iain Banks
(1:40:50) – Neuralink
(1:46:13) – Dreams
(1:50:06) – Ideas
(2:00:19) – Aliens
(2:05:16) – Jordan Peterson
(2:10:13) – Viruses
(2:13:22) – WallStreetBets and Robinhood
(2:21:25) – Advice for young people
(2:23:15) – Human condition
(2:25:43) – Fear is a cage
(2:30:34) – Love
(2:36:57) – Regrets

#161 – Jason Calacanis: Startups, Angel Investing, Capitalism, and Friendship Feb 15, 2021

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Jason Calacanis is an angel investor, entrepreneur, and co-host of All-In Podcast and This Week in Startups. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Jason’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Jason
Jason’s Website: https://calacanis.com/
Jason’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ThisWeekIn
Jason’s Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/calacanis
All-In Podcast: https://linktr.ee/allinpodcast
This Week in Startups Podcast: https://thisweekinstartups.com/about/

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
(06:52) – WallStreetBets and Robinhood
(17:58) – How does the WallStreetBets saga end?
(21:09) – Capitalism
(26:30) – Ideas vs Execution
(27:38) – Learning to learn
(33:06) – Risk-aversion
(39:07) – Robinhood
(47:33) – Parler and AWS
(49:59) – Social networks
(56:33) – Leadership
(1:01:21) – Work-life balance
(1:09:44) – Great leaders lead by example
(1:17:30) – Advice for startup founders
(1:21:57) – Clubhouse
(1:22:42) – When will we fully re-open the economy
(1:33:20) – Augmented reality
(1:36:48) – When should a startup raise money?
(1:43:44) – David Goggins
(1:45:40) – Disagreement with Chamath Palihapitiya
(1:58:52) – Story about Elon Musk’s darkest moments
(2:07:08) – Friendship

#160 – Brendan Eich: JavaScript, Firefox, Mozilla, and Brave Feb 12, 2021

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Brendan Eich is the creator of JavaScript and co-founder of Mozilla and Brave. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Brendan’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/BrendanEich
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Brave browser: https://brave.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
(06:54) – History of early programming languages
(11:47) – Physics needs more experiments and less theory
(16:24) – JavaScript origin story
(41:17) – JavaScript was created in 10 days
(50:57) – Marc Andreessen
(54:14) – Internet Explorer
(57:58) – Evolution of JavaScript
(1:03:44) – JavaScript standardization
(1:09:33) – TypeScript
(1:12:05) – JavaScript ecosystem
(1:15:15) – HTML5
(1:18:47) – Making JavaScript fast
(1:27:57) – JavaScript is the most popular language in the world
(1:38:23) – Advice for programmers
(1:44:20) – Browser wars
(1:50:50) – Firefox
(2:12:33) – Brave
(2:25:33) – Basic Attention Token
(2:50:36) – California
(2:59:48) – Mortality
(3:00:54) – Legacy

#159 – Richard Craib: WallStreetBets, Numerai, and the Future of Stock Trading Feb 07, 2021

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Richard Craib is the founder of Numerai, a crowd-sourced, AI-run stock trading system. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Richard’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/richardcraib
Numerai’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/numerai
Numerai’s Website: https://numer.ai

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
(08:12) – WallStreetBets and GameStop saga
(22:25) – Evil shorting and chill shorting
(24:31) – Hedge funds
(30:04) – Vlad
(37:00) – Numerai
(1:04:16) – Futre of AI in stock trading
(1:09:55) – Numerai data
(1:13:37) – Is stock trading gambling or investing?
(1:17:32) – What is money?
(1:20:49) – Cryptocurrency
(1:24:06) – Dogecoin
(1:28:36) – Advice for startups
(1:44:27) – Book recommendations
(1:46:29) – Advice for young people
(1:50:30) – Meaning of life

#158 – Zev Weinstein: The Next Generation of Big Ideas and Brave Minds Feb 05, 2021

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Zev Weinstein is a young man who thinks deeply about the world. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Zev’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/GenerationZW
Zev’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/zev__weinstein
Zev’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zev_weinstein/

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:52) – Philosophy becomes dangerous in difficult times
(12:15) – The power of radical ideas
(17:06) – Changing your mind
(21:19) – Fear
(22:58) – Labels
(28:02) – Thomas Aquinas
(32:32) – Nietzsche
(37:02) – Nature of truth
(39:22) – Jordan Peterson
(44:54) – Mediums of communication
(53:24) – Free will
(57:48) – Simulation
(1:02:05) – Transcending the limits of human life
(1:05:09) – Elon Musk
(1:09:30) – Aliens
(1:13:01) – Is math invented or discovered?
(1:15:36) – Theory of everything
(1:17:30) – Eric Weinstein as a dad
(1:33:17) – Music
(1:40:32) – Advice for young people
(1:42:31) – Mortality
(1:46:19) – Meaning of life

#157 – Natalya Bailey: Rocket Engines and Electric Spacecraft Propulsion Feb 01, 2021

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Natalya Bailey is a rocket propulsion engineer from MIT and now CTO of Accion Systems. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Natalya’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/natalya926
Accion Systems: https://accion-systems.com/

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:51) – Intelligent life in the universe
(10:52) – Life in our solar system
(12:57) – Humans on Mars
(16:31) – Robots vs human in space exploration
(17:25) – AI in space
(21:30) – How rocket engines work
(26:47) – How ion engines work
(31:10) – How colloid engines work
(40:07) – Material science
(42:57) – Nuclear powered rocket engines
(47:56) – Electric propulsion out in space
(51:23) – Satellites
(56:17) – Photo of Earth from the Moon
(57:55) – Humans on Mars
(1:00:17) – Propulsion without fuel
(1:08:12) – How to build a rocket company
(1:15:10) – SpaceX and commercial spaceflight
(1:19:42) – Advice to startup founders
(1:26:18) – Book recommendations
(1:34:36) – Meaning of life

#156 – Tim Dillon: Comedy, Power, Conspiracy Theories, and Freedom Jan 29, 2021

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Tim Dillon is a comedian and podcaster. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(08:00) – Tim Dillon’s tombstone
(09:55) – The horrible people are the most fun
(14:06) – Charles Bukowski
(19:46) – Robots
(22:56) – YouTube algorithm
(29:04) – Parler and Amazon
(33:32) – Social media
(36:09) – Alex Jones
(54:42) – OJ Simpson
(59:22) – Politics
(1:05:52) – Donald Trump
(1:13:09) – Humor
(1:20:44) – QAnon
(1:27:13) – Conspiracy theories
(1:32:50) – Bill Gates
(1:35:20) – Elon Musk
(1:37:35) – Jeffrey Epstein
(1:40:14) – Ghislaine Maxwell
(1:47:55) – Greatest comedians of all time
(1:57:53) – Love
(2:01:24) – Fear
(2:04:38) – Mom
(2:08:10) – Mortality
(2:10:13) – Advice for young people
(2:16:47) – Moving to Austin
(2:24:40) – Meaning of life

Lex Fridman: Ask Me Anything – AMA January 2021 Jan 27, 2021

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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
(06:37) – Will AGI suffer from depression?
(11:14) – Love is an escape from the muck of life
(17:14) – What questions would you ask an alien?
(25:58) – How to pivot careers to computer science
(33:06) – What will robots look like in the future?
(35:54) – Disagreement with Einstein about happiness
(41:50) – How I pick podcast guests
(51:26) – How to stay optimistic about the future
(59:09) – Major topics I changed my mind on
(1:06:39) – Benefits of keto diet
(1:16:02) – Darkest time in my life

#155 – Max Tegmark: AI and Physics Jan 18, 2021

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Max Tegmark is a physicist and AI researcher at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
News Project Explainer Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PRLF17Pb6vo
News Project Website: https://www.improvethenews.org/
Max’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/tegmark
Max’s Website: https://space.mit.edu/home/tegmark/
Future of Life Institute: https://futureoflife.org/
Lex Fridman Podcast #1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gi8LUnhP5yU

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
(08:15) – AI and physics
(21:32) – Can AI discover new laws of physics?
(30:22) – AI safety
(47:59) – Extinction of human species
(58:57) – How to fix fake news and misinformation
(1:20:30) – Autonomous weapons
(1:35:54) – The man who prevented nuclear war
(1:46:02) – Elon Musk and AI
(1:59:39) – AI alignment
(2:05:42) – Consciousness
(2:14:45) – Richard Feynman
(2:18:56) – Machine learning and computational physics
(2:29:53) – AI and creativity
(2:41:08) – Aliens
(2:56:51) – Mortality

#154 – Avi Loeb: Aliens, Black Holes, and the Mystery of the Oumuamua Jan 14, 2021

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Avi Loeb is an astrophysicist at Harvard. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Extraterrestrial (book): https://amzn.to/39xdnkT
Avi’s Website: https://astronomy.fas.harvard.edu/people/avi-loeb

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
(10:08) – Are we alone in the universe?
(14:23) – Consciousness
(19:01) – Sending digital copies of humans to space
(23:38) – Oumuamua
(45:42) – Alien space junk
(49:41) – What do aliens look like?
(1:06:58) – Drake equation
(1:08:00) – Industrial polution from aliens
(1:19:52) – UFO sightings
(1:27:48) – How long will human civilization last?
(1:30:28) – Radio signal from Proxima Centauri
(1:33:49) – Breakthrough Starshot project
(1:36:49) – Space race
(1:42:00) – Human space exploration
(1:47:15) – Social media is a threat to society
(1:52:04) – Are humans ready for discovering an alien civilization?
(1:56:15) – Mayans used astrology to wage war
(1:57:31) – Black holes
(2:16:20) – Stephen Hawking
(2:19:59) – Grigori Perelman
(2:24:24) – Theory of everything
(2:31:23) – Dark matter
(2:34:06) – Advice for young people
(2:37:10) – Memories of my father and mother
(2:41:38) – Existentialism
(2:43:52) – Mortality
(2:46:27) – Meaning of life

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