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Lex Fridman· Dec 24, 2019PodcastLex Fridman Reads Charles Bukowski’s “Nirvana”A reading of a poem about a fleeting moment during a bus journey.
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3Blue1Brown· Dec 22, 2019Bayes’ Theorem and the Geometry of Updating BeliefsUse counts and areas to understand how evidence changes probability.
1:18:35ENLex Fridman· Dec 21, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersThe last job Sebastian Thrun wants is one he is already good atGuest Sebastian Thrun · Host Lex FridmanLex Fridman talks with the roboticist behind Stanley, Google’s self-driving car, Udacity, and Kitty Hawk about learning, safety, and why traffic is a choice.
3:18ENLex Fridman· Dec 19, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersMichael Stevens Speculates About Consciousness, Memory and TimeGuest Michael Stevens · Host Lex FridmanA 2019 discussion that explicitly distinguishes conjecture from expertise.
2:25ENLex Fridman· Dec 18, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersMichael Stevens on Perception, Reality and Everyday EthicsGuest Michael Stevens · Host Lex FridmanA Vsauce conversation explores what can be known and how people act.
58:33ENLex Fridman· Dec 17, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersScience cannot prove that the Earth is not flatGuest Michael Stevens · Host Lex FridmanVsauce creator Michael Stevens tells Lex Fridman why unfalsifiable ghosts, time-capsule states, and a YouTube recommendation mirror all belong in the same argument about curiosity.
1:45:58ENLex Fridman· Dec 14, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersNine of ten colleagues said far-field speech was impossibleGuest Rohit Prasad · Host Lex FridmanRohit Prasad, Amazon’s vice president and head scientist for Alexa, talks with Lex Fridman about conversational AI, the Alexa Prize, trust, and why a 20-minute chat is still years away.
5:14ENLex Fridman· Dec 13, 2019Podcast · 2 speakersJudea Pearl on Human-Level AI and a Test of Free WillGuest Judea Pearl · Host Lex FridmanA 2019 thought experiment about causal reasoning, communication and self-models.
2:11ENLex 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.
19:06EN3Blue1Brown· 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.Load moreShowing 24 of 4,484