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2:08:04ENThe First Time Bert Kreischer Tells a Joke, It's Already PerfectGuest Bert Kreischer · Host Lex FridmanThe comedian talks with Lex Fridman about Hemingway, Churchill, drinking, trust, and why he stopped trying to be a serious guy.
52:10ENJames Briggs on Vector Databases, Retrieval and AI MemoryMatthew Berman, James Briggs · Forward FuturePinecone’s developer advocacy manager explains embeddings and external knowledge, recounts the surge after ChatGPT and AutoGPT, and considers long context windows.
3:34:03ENPython Isn't Finished: Chris Lattner on Mojo and the Hardware MessGuest Chris Lattner · Host Lex FridmanThe LLVM creator returns to Lex Fridman to argue that Python should grow C-like performance instead of forcing people out of the language.
8:51ENFalcon 40B: A 2023 Leaderboard Result and a Slow GPU TestMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman tries a quantized Falcon 40B Instruct checkpoint on a hosted GPU and finds useful output but slow generation.
50:07ENCheap Volume Beats Gold-Plated Jets: Anduril’s Brian Schimpf on AI and DefenseHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilThe Anduril CEO on Lattice, a school-bus-sized autonomous submarine, why Ukraine made fighter attrition unworkable, and how you actually sell a capability to the Pentagon.
11:49ENTesting Wizard-Vicuna 30B: Responses, Reasoning, and CodeMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman examines a model marketed as uncensored, demonstrates a 2023 cloud setup, and runs an informal collection of tests.
54:36ENDavid Allemann on Building On, Running Communities and the Federer PartnershipGuest David Allemann · Host Harry StebbingsThe On co-founder recounts a garden-hose prototype, early retail relationships and the choices behind a global sports brand.
6:25ENBuilding a WordPress Site with 10Web’s AI Website BuilderMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman walks through a 2023 website-generation flow, from business details and design choices to editing the resulting pages.
11:42ENGuanaco and QLoRA: A 2023 Fine-Tuning and Model TestMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman reviews the QLoRA paper, explains the reported memory savings and tries Guanaco 65B on an informal prompt set.
7:51ENRunning Guanaco 65B on a Cloud GPU with Runpod and Text Generation Web UIMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman demonstrates a 2023 workflow for renting a GPU, loading a quantized model and generating text. Model requirements, pricing and interfaces depend on the chosen version.
1:41:45ENThe Writers Aren't Luddites. They're Bargaining Over Who Holds the ModelsHost Nathan LabenzThree WGA members tell Nathan Labenz what ChatGPT can already do in a writers’ room — and which two studio nightmares the strike is trying to lock out.
1:07:30ENAdam Besvinick on Pre-Seed Investing and Raising a Small FundGuest Adam Besvinick · Host Harry StebbingsThe Looking Glass Capital founder explains fund construction, LP relationships, thematic investing and a volatile fundraising market.
0:37ENTomer Cohen on How AI Changes Product WorkGuest Tomer CohenA LinkedIn product leader compares the AI shift with the move from desktop to mobile.
8:26ENVoyager: How a GPT-4 Agent Learns Minecraft SkillsMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman explains a research system that proposes Minecraft tasks, stores reusable code and uses feedback to improve its next attempt.
2:07:04ENThe Ribosome Already Solved Digital ManufacturingGuest Neil Gershenfeld · Host Lex FridmanNeil Gershenfeld tells Lex Fridman why Turing separated the head from the tape, how fab labs are the personal-computer moment for making things, and what it would take to grow a civilization from about twenty parts.
1:36:25ENTomer Cohen on LinkedIn Product Decisions and the AI ShiftGuest Tomer Cohen · Host Harry StebbingsLinkedIn’s product chief discusses failed Stories, feed redesign, feedback practices and how AI could change the work of product teams.
0:59ENGenerative Agents as Characters in a Simulated WorldMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman introduces a Stanford and Google research architecture for language-model characters that interact in a sandbox.
1:20:49ENA Wafer-Scale Chip So AI Stops Waiting on AmdahlHost Nathan LabenzAndrew Feldman, CEO of Cerebras, tells Nathan Labenz why one 2.5-trillion-transistor die, sparse linear algebra, and a 16-machine supercomputer are a better shape than a GPU cluster.
7:37ENSmol Developer: Generating a Small Python Project From a PromptMatthew Berman · Forward FutureMatthew Berman walks through a 2023 project generator, from a simple Ruby example to a multi-file ChatGPT API program.
3:10:04ENTeachers keep getting fired for assigning Randall Kennedy's bookGuest Randall Kennedy · Host Lex FridmanHarvard law professor Randall Kennedy tells Lex Fridman why he put English's most explosive slur on a book cover — and why blanking it, he argues, erases the history it carries.
1:18:41ENGuy Podjarny on Snyk, Product-Market Fit and Building Durable AdvantageGuest Guy Podjarny · Host Harry StebbingsThe Snyk founder and angel investor explains how to reason about future markets, focus messaging and learn through iteration.
54:56ENKevin Scott Seized Microsoft's GPU Budget, Bet on OpenAI, and Still Didn't See ChatGPT ComingHost Sarah Guo, Elad GilFive months after ChatGPT launched, Microsoft's CTO walked No Priors through the all-in bet, the Copilot stack, and why he is still bullish on jobs.
5:49ENIan on Software Engineering at Jane StreetIan · Jane StreetA London desk developer explains code review, OCaml training, intern projects and the feedback that comes from sitting near users.
6:42ENEzio on Linux Engineering and Collaboration at Jane StreetEzio · Jane StreetA London engineer explains his team’s infrastructure work, the Pride community group and why new hires should ask questions.
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