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Lex Fridman· Dec 12, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersJudea Pearl’s Advice to Students: Ask and Think IndependentlyGuest Judea Pearl · Host Lex FridmanPearl discusses curiosity, criticism and finding one’s own way.
1:23:01ENLex Fridman· Dec 11, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersYou Cannot Ask a Question You Have No Words ForGuest Judea Pearl · Host Lex FridmanA teenager spent three days in bed with a fever after learning that geometry could be done in algebra — then spent a career giving cause and effect a mathematics.
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Jane Street· Dec 9, 2019Michael Sikorski on Reverse Engineering RansomwareMichael Sikorski · FireEyeA malware analyst traces the tools and decisions behind ransomware investigations, from encrypted files to the WannaCry and NotPetya outbreaks.
8:29ENLex Fridman· Dec 8, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersRay Dalio on Work, Relationships and the Arc of LifeGuest Ray Dalio · Host Lex FridmanA 2019 conversation about purpose and changing responsibilities.
1:16:58ENLex Fridman· Dec 5, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersFear of Robots Is a Champagne Problem, Says Whitney CummingsGuest Whitney Cummings · Host Lex FridmanThe comedian talks with Lex Fridman about Bear Claw, sex robots, factory farms, codependency, and terror management.
1:30:20ENLex Fridman· Dec 2, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersThe 1982 Crash Was the Best Thing That Happened to Ray DalioGuest Ray Dalio · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman talks with the Bridgewater founder about truth, shapers, credit, AI, and why pain plus reflection equals progress.
35:46ENLex 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.Load moreShowing 24 of 4,484