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Lex Fridman· Nov 29, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersYou never hear structure: Noam Chomsky on language, cognition, and deep learningGuest Noam Chomsky · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman asks the linguist whether we could talk to aliens, how far language goes in the brain, and whether neural networks tell us anything about the mind.
49:53ENLex Fridman· Nov 25, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersGilbert Strang still teaches with thick chalk and four subspacesGuest Gilbert Strang · Host Lex FridmanThe MIT linear-algebra legend talks with Lex Fridman about OpenCourseWare, singular values, neural nets as a million folds, and why calculus hogged the undergraduate timetable.
3:51ENLex Fridman· Nov 24, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersDava Newman on AI for Space Missions and EarthGuest Dava Newman · Host Lex FridmanAn aerospace engineer discusses autonomy, testing and climate data.
1:58ENLex Fridman· Nov 24, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersDava Newman on Reusable RocketsGuest Dava Newman · Host Lex FridmanA 2019 conversation about spacecraft reuse and precision landing.
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3Blue1Brown· Nov 23, 2019Grant Sanderson on Mathematical Curiosity and LearningGrant SandersonA 2019 Q&A about playful discovery, math anxiety, educational resources and more.
39:33ENLex Fridman· Nov 22, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersMars is not Plan B: Dava Newman on spacesuits, autonomy, and Spaceship EarthGuest Dava Newman · Host Lex FridmanThe MIT Apollo professor and former NASA deputy administrator on Magellan’s crew, mechanical counterpressure, and why the next decade belongs to Earth.
7:23ENLex Fridman· Nov 20, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersMichael Kearns on Game Theory and Machine LearningGuest Michael Kearns · Host Lex FridmanWhy individually optimized choices can produce a less desirable collective outcome.
1:48:55ENLex Fridman· Nov 19, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersThree Fairness Rules That Cannot All Be TrueGuest Michael Kearns · Host Lex FridmanMichael Kearns tells Lex Fridman why algorithmic fairness is messier than privacy, and why a Pareto curve belongs in front of the people who actually have to choose.
2:15ENLex Fridman· Nov 17, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersElon Musk on Neuralink and Understanding the BrainGuest Elon Musk · Host Lex FridmanA 2019 interview about proposed brain measurements.
4:01ENLex Fridman· Nov 14, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersElon Musk on AI Safety and RegulationGuest Elon Musk · Host Lex FridmanA 2019 conversation about oversight and uncertain technological outcomes.
4:43ENLex Fridman· Nov 14, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersElon Musk on Brain-Machine Interfaces and Digital IntelligenceGuest Elon Musk · Host Lex FridmanA 2019 discussion of brain analogies and a speculative digital layer.
36:10ENLex Fridman· Nov 12, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersSo You're Saying There's a Chance: Musk on Neuralink, AI, and a Pale Blue DotGuest Elon Musk · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman and Elon Musk move from consciousness and an AI referee to the engineering of a brain implant, Tesla Autopilot, and Carl Sagan's lonely speck.
6:56ENLex Fridman· Nov 10, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersBjarne Stroustrup on Learning More Than One Programming LanguageGuest Bjarne Stroustrup · Host Lex FridmanThe C++ creator discusses perspectives, machine architecture and abstraction.
1:47:13ENLex Fridman· Nov 7, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersWhen You Hit the Brakes, a Computer Is in the WayGuest Bjarne Stroustrup · Host Lex FridmanBjarne Stroustrup on why C++ still sits between the pedal and the pads, and why an abstraction that costs extra has no place in the language.
7:45ENLex Fridman· Nov 6, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersSean Carroll on Hilbert Space, Entropy and InfinityGuest Sean Carroll · Host Lex FridmanAn accessible discussion of abstract spaces and physical uncertainty.
1:29:58ENLex Fridman· Nov 1, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersBelieve the Schrödinger Equation. The Cost Is Extra WorldsGuest Sean Carroll · Host Lex FridmanSean Carroll talks with Lex Fridman about why many-worlds is the barest form of quantum mechanics, why spacetime may only be an approximation, and why measurement should not be a primitive in the laws of physics.
14:55ENLex Fridman· Oct 29, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersKasparov on Deep Blue, AlphaZero, and Why Machines Win Closed Systems but Humans Still Choose the QuestionsGuest Garry Kasparov · Host Lex FridmanGarry Kasparov revisits the 1997 loss to Deep Blue, explains why machines beat humans in closed systems, and argues that the human role is to pick the right questions and not interfere with superior machine knowledge.
55:24ENLex Fridman· Oct 27, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersThe Machine Has a Steady Hand: Garry Kasparov on Deep Blue, AlphaZero, and PutinGuest Garry Kasparov · Host Lex FridmanThe former world champion tells Lex Fridman why losing to IBM still hurt, why chess was never the peak of intellect, and why he lives in New York.
20:34ENLex Fridman· Oct 26, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersTeaching Machines the Frameworks Humans Take for GrantedGuest David Ferrucci · Host Lex FridmanDavid Ferrucci explains why AI needs shared interpretive frameworks, not just data and pattern matching, to reason and communicate like humans.
4:15ENLex Fridman· Oct 25, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersMichio Kaku on Einstein, Nature and the Limits of PhysicsGuest Michio Kaku · Host Lex FridmanA 2019 conversation considers cosmic meaning, scientific laws and ethics.
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Jane Street· Oct 24, 2019Unboxed Types and Memory Layouts for OCamlStephen Dolan · Jane StreetStephen explains a proposed type-system extension for controlling data representation while retaining OCaml’s fast separate compilation.
1:01:00ENLex Fridman· Oct 22, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersA Hundred Billion Galaxies, and We're Still a Type 0.7 CivilizationGuest Michio Kaku · Host Lex FridmanTheoretical physicist Michio Kaku talks with Lex Fridman about aliens, string theory, digital immortality, and why fusion and Mars are the next civilizational steps.
2:24:31ENLex Fridman· Oct 11, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersWatson Won Jeopardy Without Understanding. Ferrucci Wants AI That Can Explain ItselfGuest David Ferrucci · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman talks with David Ferrucci about IBM Watson, why prediction is not understanding, and why high-stakes decisions need machines that can reason with us.
22:20EN3Blue1Brown· Oct 8, 2019Why a Polar Plot of Primes Forms Spirals and RaysA visualization connects approximations of π, residue classes and the distribution of prime numbers.Load moreShowing 24 of 4,484