Lex Fridman Podcast

By Lex Fridman

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

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01.22.2022

Yann LeCun is the Chief AI Scientist at Meta, professor at NYU, Turing Award winner, and one of the seminal researchers in the history of machine learning. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Public Goods: https://publicgoods.com/lex ...

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01.22.2022 #258 – Yann LeCun: Dark Matter of Intelligence and Self-Supervised Learning Yann LeCun is the Chief AI Scientist at Meta, professor at NYU, Turing Award winner, and one of the seminal researchers in the history of machine learning. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Public Goods: https://publicgoods.com/lex ...
01.18.2022 #257 – Brian Keating: Cosmology, Astrophysics, Aliens & Losing the Nobel Prize Brian Keating is an experimental physicist at the UCSD, author of Losing the Nobel Prize, and host of the Into the Impossible podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex and use code Lex25 to ...
01.15.2022 #256 – Nationalism Debate: Yaron Brook and Yoram Hazony Yaron Brook is an objectivist. Yoram Hazony is a national conservative. This is a conversation and debate about national conservatism vs individualism. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Noom: https://trynoom.com/lex – InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex and use code ...
01.08.2022 #255 – Mark Normand: Comedy! Mark Normand is a stand-up comedian. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Calm: https://calm.com/lex to get 40% off – InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex and use code Lex25 to get 25% off – Onnit: https://lexfridman.com/onnit to get up to ...
01.04.2022 #254 – Jay Bhattacharya: The Case Against Lockdowns Jay Bhattacharya is a professor of medicine at Stanford University and co-author of the Great Barrington Declaration. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish ...
12.31.2021 #253 – Michael Malice: New Year’s Special Michael Malice is a political thinker, podcaster, author, and anarchist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – FightCamp: https://joinfightcamp.com/lex to get free shipping – Linode: https://linode.com/lex to get $100 free credit – Magic Spoon: https://magicspoon.com/lex and use ...
12.28.2021 #252 – Elon Musk: SpaceX, Mars, Tesla Autopilot, Self-Driving, Robotics, and AI Elon Musk is CEO of SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and Boring Company. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil – ButcherBox: https://butcherbox.com/lex to get ...
12.25.2021 #251 – Ray Dalio: Money, Power, and the Collapse of Empires Ray Dalio is an investor, author, and founder of Bridgewater Associates. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil – GiveWell: https://www.givewell.org/ and use ...
12.23.2021 #250 – Peter Wang: Python and the Source Code of Humans, Computers, and Reality Peter Wang is the co-founder & CEO of Anaconda and one of the most impactful leaders and developers in the Python community. Also, he is a physicist and philosopher. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Quip: ...
12.18.2021 #249 – Albert Bourla: Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla is the Chairman and CEO of Pfizer. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Notion: https://notion.com/startups to get up to $1000 off team plan – Calm: https://calm.com/lex to get 40% off – Hunter Douglas: https://www.hunterdouglas.com/lex ...
12.13.2021 #248 – Norman Naimark: Genocide, Stalin, Hitler, Mao, and Absolute Power Norman Naimark is a historian at Stanford, specializing in the history of genocide. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Coinbase: https://coinbase.com/lex to get $5 in free Bitcoin – Quip: https://getquip.com/lex to get first refill free – ...
12.08.2021 #247 – Jamie Metzl: Lab Leak Theory Jamie Metzl is an author specializing in topics of genetic engineering, biotechnology, and geopolitics. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Mizzen+Main: https://mizzenandmain.com and use code LEX to get $35 off – NI: https://www.ni.com/perspectives – GiveDirectly: https://givedirectly.org/lex ...
12.03.2021 #246 – Peter Woit: Theories of Everything and Why String Theory is Not Even Wrong Peter Woit is a theoretical physicist, mathematician, critic of string theory, and author of the popular science blog Not Even Wrong. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – The Prisoner Wine Company: https://theprisonerwine.com/lex to get 20% off ...
11.30.2021 #245 – Tom Brands: Iowa Wrestling Tom Brands is an Olympic and World Champion in freestyle wrestling and the head wrestling coach at the University of Iowa. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – FightCamp: https://joinfightcamp.com/lex to get free shipping – InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex ...
11.28.2021 #244 – Robert Crews: Afghanistan, Taliban, Bin Laden, and War in the Middle East Robert Crews is a historian at Stanford, specializing in Afghanistan, Russia, Islam, Central Asia, and South Asia. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – MUD\WTR: https://mudwtr.com/lex and use code LEX to get 5% off – Ten Thousand: ...
11.23.2021 #243 – Kevin Systrom: Instagram Kevin Systrom is the co-founder and former CEO of Instagram. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Theragun: https://therabody.com/lex to get 30 day trial – NI: https://www.ni.com/perspectives – GiveWell: https://www.givewell.org/ and use code LEX to get donation ...
11.20.2021 #242 – Ben Askren: Wrestling and MMA Ben Askren is a wrestler and MMA fighter, former Bellator and ONE Championship welterweight champion, a two-time NCAA wrestling champion and four-time finalist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Notion: https://notion.com/startups to get up to $1000 ...
11.16.2021 #241 – Boris Sofman: Waymo, Cozmo, Self-Driving Cars, and the Future of Robotics Boris Sofman is the Senior Director Of Engineering and Head of Trucking at Waymo, formerly the Google Self-Driving Car project. He was also the CEO and co-founder of Anki, a home robotics company. Please support this podcast by checking out ...
11.11.2021 #240 – Neal Stephenson: Sci-Fi, Space, Aliens, AI, VR & the Future of Humanity Neal Stephenson is a sci-fi writer (Snow Crash, Cryptonomicon, and new book Termination Shock), former Chief Futurist at Magic Leap and first employee of Blue Origin. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Mizzen+Main: https://mizzenandmain.com and use ...
11.08.2021 #239 – Niall Ferguson: History of Money, Power, War, and Truth Niall Ferguson is a historian at Hoover Institution, Stanford University. He is the author of 16 books on the history of money, war, power, and catastrophe. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – The Prisoner Wine Company: ...
11.05.2021 #238 – Francis Collins: National Institutes of Health (NIH) Francis Collins is the director of the NIH and former head of the Human Genome Project. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Ten Thousand: https://www.tenthousand.cc/ and use code LEX to get 15% off – Allform: https://allform.com/lex ...
11.03.2021 #237 – Steve Viscelli: Trucking and the Decline of the American Dream Steve Viscelli is a former truck driver and now an economic sociologist at University of Pennsylvania studying freight transportation, including autonomous trucks. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Shopify: https://shopify.com/lex to get 14-day free trial – ...
10.31.2021 #236 – Jimmy Pedro: Judo and the Forging of Champions Jimmy Pedro is a judo competitor and coach, world champion, 3x world medalist, 2x Olympic medalist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – ROKA: https://roka.com/ and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order – ...
10.29.2021 #235 – Michael Mina: Rapid COVID Testing Michael Mina is an immunologist, epidemiologist, and physician at Harvard. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Notion: https://notion.com/startups to get up to $1000 off team plan – Quip: https://getquip.com/lex to get first refill free – Theragun: ...
10.27.2021 #234 – Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, and theoretical physicist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – ROKA: https://roka.com/ and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order – FightCamp: https://joinfightcamp.com/lex to get free shipping ...
10.23.2021 #233 – Carl Hart: Heroin, Cocaine, MDMA, Alcohol & the Role of Drugs in Society Carl Hart is a psychologist at Columbia University. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex and use code Lex25 to get 25% off – Ten Thousand: https://www.tenthousand.cc/ and use code LEX to get 15% off ...
10.20.2021 #232 – Brian Greene: Quantum Gravity, Big Bang, Aliens, Life, Death, and Meaning Brian Greene is a theoretical physicist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – The Prisoner Wine Company: https://theprisonerwine.com/lex to get 20% off & free shipping – Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off premium ...
10.16.2021 #231 – Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin, Authoritarianism, and Human Rights Alex Gladstein is the Chief Strategy Officer at the Human Rights Foundation and the Oslo Freedom Forum. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Stripe: https://stripe.com – Paperspace: https://gradient.run/lex to get $15 credit – Codecademy: https://codecademy.com and ...
10.14.2021 #230 – Kelsi Sheren: War, Artillery, PTSD, and Love Kelsi Sheren is a veteran, artillery gunner, and founder of Brass and Unity. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Shopify: https://shopify.com/lex to get 14-day free trial – Justworks: https://justworks.com – Novo: https://banknovo.com/lex – Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to ...
10.10.2021 #229 – Richard Wrangham: Role of Violence, Sex, and Fire in Human Evolution Richard Wrangham is a biological anthropologist at Harvard, specializing in the study of primates and the evolution of violence, sex, cooking, culture, and other aspects of ape and human behavior. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – ...
10.05.2021 #228 – RZA: Wu-Tang Clan, Kung Fu, Chess, God, Life, and Death RZA is a rapper, record producer, filmmaker, actor, writer, philosopher, and the mastermind of the legendary hip hop group Wu-Tang Clan. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – ROKA: https://roka.com/ and use code LEX to get 20% ...
09.30.2021 #227 – Sean Kelly: Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Search for Meaning Sean Kelly is a philosopher at Harvard specializing in existentialism and the philosophy of mind. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Coinbase: https://coinbase.com/lex to get $5 in free Bitcoin – InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex and use code Lex25 ...
09.27.2021 #226 – Jo Boaler: How to Learn Math Jo Boaler is a professor of mathematics education at Stanford and the co-founder of youcubed. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Truebill: https://truebill.com/lex – Fundrise: https://fundrise.com/lex – ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code LexPod to get 3 ...
09.26.2021 #225 – Jeffrey Shainline: Neuromorphic Computing and Optoelectronic Intelligence Jeffrey Shainline is a physicist at NIST working on. Note: Opinions expressed by Jeff do not represent NIST. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Stripe: https://stripe.com – Codecademy: https://codecademy.com and use code LEX to get 15% ...
09.23.2021 #224 – Travis Oliphant: NumPy, SciPy, Anaconda, Python & Scientific Programming Travis Oliphant is a data scientist, entrepreneur, and creator of NumPy, SciPy, and Anaconda. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Novo: https://banknovo.com/lex – Allform: https://allform.com/lex to get 20% off – Onnit: https://lexfridman.com/onnit to get up to ...
09.21.2021 #223 – Travis Stevens: Judo, Olympics, and Mental Toughness Travis Stevens is the 2016 Olympic Judo silver medalist and BJJ black belt. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Justworks: https://justworks.com – Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit – MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off – ...
09.20.2021 #222 – Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition Jay McClelland is a cognitive scientist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Paperspace: https://gradient.run/lex to get $15 credit – Skiff: https://skiff.org/lex to get early access – Uprising Food: https://uprisingfood.com/lex to get $10 off 1st ...
09.15.2021 #221 – Douglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI 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 our sponsors: – Squarespace: https://lexfridman.com/squarespace and use code LEX to get 10% off ...
09.11.2021 #220 – Niels Jorgensen: New York Firefighters and the Heroes of 9/11 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 checking out our sponsors: – ROKA: https://roka.com/ and use code LEX to get ...
09.09.2021 #219 – Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life 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 support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Coinbase: https://coinbase.com/lex to get $5 in ...
09.06.2021 #218 – Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI 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 sponsors: – Skiff: https://skiff.org/lex to get early access – Novo: https://banknovo.com/lex – Onnit: https://lexfridman.com/onnit to ...
09.03.2021 #217 – Rodney Brooks: Robotics 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 out our sponsors: – Paperspace: https://gradient.run/lex to get $15 credit – GiveDirectly: https://givedirectly.org/lex to get ...
09.01.2021 #216 – Vincent Racaniello: Viruses and Vaccines 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 Week in Virology podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Privacy: https://privacy.com/lex ...
08.29.2021 #215 – Wojciech Zaremba: OpenAI Codex, GPT-3, Robotics, and the Future of AI Wojciech Zaremba is a co-founder of OpenAI. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Paperspace: https://gradient.run/lex to get $15 credit – Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit – Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% ...
08.27.2021 #214 – Jed Buchwald: Isaac Newton and the Philosophy of Science Jed Buchwald is a historian and philosopher of science at Caltech. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – GiveWell: https://www.givewell.org/ and use code LEX to get donation matched up to $1k – Theragun: https://therabody.com/lex to get 30 ...
08.23.2021 #213 – Barry Barish: Gravitational Waves and the Most Precise Device Ever Built 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: – MUD\WTR: https://mudwtr.com/lex and use code LEX to get 5% off – GiveDirectly: https://givedirectly.org/lex ...
08.21.2021 #212 – Joscha Bach: Nature of Reality, Dreams, and Consciousness Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and philosopher. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Coinbase: https://coinbase.com/lex to get $5 in free Bitcoin – Codecademy: https://codecademy.com and use code LEX to get 15% off – ...
08.15.2021 #211 – Brian Muraresku: The Secret History of Psychedelics Brian Muraresku is the author of The Immortality Key. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex and use code Lex25 to get 25% off – GiveWell: https://www.givewell.org/ and use code LEX to get donation matched ...
08.11.2021 #210 – Matt Walker: Sleep 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 by checking out our sponsors: – Stamps.com: https://stamps.com and use code ...
08.09.2021 #209 – Luís and João Batalha: Fermat’s Library and the Art of Studying Papers Luis and Joao Batalha are co-founders of Fermat’s Library. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Skiff: https://skiff.org/lex to get early access – SimpliSafe: https://simplisafe.com/lex and use code LEX to get a free security camera – Indeed: ...

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