Lex Fridman Podcast

Conversations about science, technology, history, philosophy and the nature of intelligence, consciousness, love, and power. Lex is an AI researcher at MIT and beyond.

https://lexfridman.com/

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#85 – Roger Penrose: Physics of Consciousness and the Infinite Universe


Roger Penrose is physicist, mathematician, and philosopher at University of Oxford. He has made fundamental contributions in many disciplines from the mathematical physics of general relativity and cosmology to the limitations of a computational view o...


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 March 31, 2020  1h28m
 
 

#84 – William MacAskill: Effective Altruism


William MacAskill is a philosopher, ethicist, and one of the originators of the effective altruism movement. His research focuses on the fundamentals of effective altruism – the use of evidence and reason to help others by as much as possible with our ...


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 March 29, 2020  1h31m
 
 

#83 – Nick Bostrom: Simulation and Superintelligence


Nick Bostrom is a philosopher at University of Oxford and the director of the Future of Humanity Institute. He has worked on fascinating and important ideas in existential risks, simulation hypothesis, human enhancement ethics,


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 March 26, 2020  1h57m
 
 

Lex Solo #1 – Seven Levels of Coronavirus Impact


The coronavirus pandemic is a global tragedy, but it is also a moment that unites us, that reveals the strength of our community, the human capacity to be compassionate to each other and to work hard in the face of danger.


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 March 25, 2020  31m
 
 

#82 – Simon Sinek: Leadership, Hard Work, Optimism and the Infinite Game


Simon Sinek is an author of several books including Start With Why, Leaders Eat Last, and his latest The Infinite Game. He is one of the best communicators of what it takes to be a good leader, to inspire, and to build businesses that solve big difficu...


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 March 21, 2020  38m
 
 

#81 – Anca Dragan: Human-Robot Interaction and Reward Engineering


Anca Dragan is a professor at Berkeley, working on human-robot interaction -- algorithms that look beyond the robot's function in isolation, and generate robot behavior that accounts for interaction and coordination with human beings. -


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 March 19, 2020  1h39m
 
 

#80 – Vitalik Buterin: Ethereum, Cryptocurrency, and the Future of Money


Vitalik Buterin is co-creator of Ethereum and ether, which is a cryptocurrency that is currently the second-largest digital currency after bitcoin. Ethereum has a lot of interesting technical ideas that are defining the future of blockchain technology,...


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 March 16, 2020  1h35m
 
 

#79 – Lee Smolin: Quantum Gravity and Einstein’s Unfinished Revolution


Lee Smolin is a theoretical physicist, co-inventor of loop quantum gravity, and a contributor of many interesting ideas to cosmology, quantum field theory, the foundations of quantum mechanics, theoretical biology, and the philosophy of science.


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 March 7, 2020  1h10m
 
 

#78 – Ann Druyan: Cosmos, Carl Sagan, Voyager, and the Beauty of Science


Ann Druyan is the writer, producer, director, and one of the most important and impactful communicators of science in our time. She co-wrote the 1980 science documentary series Cosmos hosted by Carl Sagan, whom she married in 1981,


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 March 5, 2020  1h9m
 
 

#77 – Alex Garland: Ex Machina, Devs, Annihilation, and the Poetry of Science


Alex Garland is a writer and director of many imaginative and philosophical films from the dreamlike exploration of human self-destruction in the movie Annihilation to the deep questions of consciousness and intelligence raised in the movie Ex Machina,...


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 March 3, 2020  1h11m