Lex Fridman Podcast

Lex Fridman Podcast

by Lex Fridman

Conversations that explore technology, history, philosophy, physics, mathematics, biology, chemistry, engineering, AI, robotics, programming, music, film, art, sports, psychology, neuroscience, geopolitics, business, economics, religion, astronomy, and the human condition with people from all walks of life.
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Episodes 503 total

#222 – Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition

Sep 20, 2021

Jay McClelland is a cognitive scientist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Paperspace – Skiff – Uprising…

#221 – Douglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI

Sep 15, 2021

Douglas Lenat is the founder of Cyc, a 37 year project aiming to solve common-sense knowledge and reasoning in AI. Please support this podcast by checking out o…

#220 – Niels Jorgensen: New York Firefighters and the Heroes of 9/11

Sep 11, 2021 · 2h 49m

Niels Jorgensen is a former New York firefighter for over 21 years, who was there at Ground Zero on September 11th, 2001. Please support this podcast by checkin…

#219 – Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life

Sep 9, 2021 · 2h 27m

Donald Knuth is a computer scientist, Turing Award winner, father of algorithm analysis, author of The Art of Computer Programming, and creator of TeX. Please s…

#218 – Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI

Sep 6, 2021 · 1h 58m

Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist, composer, artist, author, and founder of the field of virtual reality. Please support this podcast by checking out our spo…

#217 – Rodney Brooks: Robotics

Sep 3, 2021 · 2h 30m

Rodney Brooks is a roboticist, former head of CSAIL at MIT, and co-founder of iRobot, Rethink Robotics, and Robust.AI. Please support this podcast by checking o…

#216 – Vincent Racaniello: Viruses and Vaccines

Sep 1, 2021 · 3h 35m

Vincent Racaniello is a virologist, immunologist, and microbiologist at Columbia. He is a co-author of the textbook Principles of Virology and co-host of This W…

#215 – Wojciech Zaremba: OpenAI Codex, GPT-3, Robotics, and the Future of AI

Aug 29, 2021 · 2h 58m

Wojciech Zaremba is a co-founder of OpenAI. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Paperspace – Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex…

#214 – Jed Buchwald: Isaac Newton and the Philosophy of Science

Aug 27, 2021 · 1h 58m

Jed Buchwald is a historian and philosopher of science at Caltech. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – GiveWell: https://www.givew…

#213 – Barry Barish: Gravitational Waves and the Most Precise Device Ever Built

Aug 23, 2021 · 2h 30m

Barry Barish is a theoretical physicist at Caltech and the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: &#821…

#212 – Joscha Bach: Nature of Reality, Dreams, and Consciousness

Aug 21, 2021 · 3h 18m

Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and philosopher. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Coinbase: https://coinba…

#211 – Brian Muraresku: The Secret History of Psychedelics

Aug 15, 2021

Brian Muraresku is the author of The Immortality Key. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com…

#210 – Matt Walker: Sleep

Aug 11, 2021

Matt Walker is a sleep scientist at Berkeley, author of Why We Sleep, and the host of a new podcast called The Matt Walker Podcast. Please support this podcast…

#209 – Luís and João Batalha: Fermat’s Library and the Art of Studying Papers

Aug 9, 2021 · 3h 2m

Luis and Joao Batalha are co-founders of Fermat’s Library. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Skiff – SimpliSafe: htt…

#208 – Jeff Hawkins: The Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence

Aug 8, 2021 · 2h 25m

Jeff Hawkins is a neuroscientist and cofounder of Numenta, a neuroscience research company. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Co…

#207 – Chris Duffin: The Mad Scientist of Strength

Aug 3, 2021 · 2h 48m

Chris Duffin is a strength athlete, coach, and engineer, setting multiple strength world records including squatting and deadlifting 1000 lbs for multiple reps…

#206 – Ishan Misra: Self-Supervised Deep Learning in Computer Vision

Jul 31, 2021

Ishan Misra is a research scientist at FAIR working on self-supervised visual learning. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Onnit…

#205 – Zach Bitter: Ultramarathon Running

Jul 29, 2021 · 3h 6m

Zach Bitter is an ultramarathon runner and coach. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Ladder: https://ladderlife.com/lex – B…

#204 – Cumrun Vafa: String Theory

Jul 26, 2021 · 2h 18m

Cumrun Vafa is a theoretical physicist at Harvard. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Headspace: https://headspace.com/lex to get…

#203 – Anya Fernald: Regenerative Farming and the Art of Cooking Meat

Jul 23, 2021 · 1h 50m

Anya Fernald is the co-founder of Belcampo farms, chef, and regenerative agriculture expert. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – G…