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Lex FridmanPodcastLiving Inside the Brain's Story: Joscha Bach on Simulation, Self and ConsciousnessHost Lex FridmanIn a clip from his conversation with Lex Fridman, Joscha Bach argues that consciousness, identity and even God are software-like patterns, and that we exist inside a narrative our brain generates.
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Lenny's PodcastPodcastPumping Heat Into the Infinite Game: Tobi Lütke on First Principles and Human PotentialHost Lenny RachitskyShopify's founder explains how dissatisfaction with the status quo, long time horizons, and unquantifiable taste drive better products and companies.
23:37ENLex FridmanPodcastPave Your Own Path: Lex Fridman on Impostor Syndrome, Envy and GratitudeHost Lex FridmanIn an Ask Me Anything episode, Lex Fridman answers listeners' questions about self-doubt by arguing against comparison, for finding your own passion, and for pairing self-criticism with gratitude.
29:54ENLex FridmanPodcastSeven Levels of a Pandemic: Pain, Challenge and Hope From Biology to PhilosophyHost Lex FridmanLex Fridman maps the coronavirus onto seven levels of attack on society and proposes a response and a reason for hope at each one.
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Cognitive Revolution "How AI Changes Everything"PodcastAlien Intelligence, Radical Upside: Nathan Labenz on Why AI Is the Next Industrial RevolutionHost Nathan LabenzIn the second episode of The Cognitive Revolution, Nathan Labenz tells Erik Torenberg how he went from asteroid-watching AI skeptic to full-time AI scout, and lays out the upside and downside cases.
22:59ENLex FridmanPodcastPenrose on Why Consciousness Can't Be a ComputationHost Lex FridmanRoger Penrose explains how a dissatisfaction with AI optimism, a tip about microtubules and a rethink of quantum mechanics led him to Orch OR.
15:41ENLex FridmanPodcastAbolishing Involuntary Death: Ben Goertzel on Immortality, Pain and the Meaning of LifeHost Lex FridmanIn a clip from Lex Fridman's podcast, AI researcher Ben Goertzel argues that death and pain should be optional, and sketches what it would take to fund a serious attack on aging.
21:52ENLex FridmanPodcastThe Secret Seminar: Eric Weinstein on What Happens When Academia Meets Someone It Can't CategorizeHost Lex FridmanIn a clip from the Lex Fridman Podcast, mathematician Eric Weinstein recounts discovering a hidden seminar at Harvard and explains why he thinks institutions fail on novel cases.
1:13:18ENLex FridmanPodcastHuman-Centered or Fully Autonomous? Lex Fridman's Case for Collaboration Between Driver and MachineHost Lex FridmanLecture 2 of MIT's 2018 course on deep learning for self-driving cars covers the two paths to autonomy, how sensors compare, who is building what, and where deep learning can help.
28:53ENLex FridmanPodcastTake Back MIT: Eric Weinstein on Broken Institutions and the Scientists Who Should Reclaim ThemHost Lex FridmanIn a clip from their longer conversation, Eric Weinstein and Lex Fridman argue over whether MIT can be won back from its administrators, and what it means to be betrayed by the institutions we trust.
53:47ENLex FridmanPodcastLex Fridman Meets the Narrator: A Playthrough of The Stanley Parable as Existential CrisisHost Lex FridmanLex Fridman plays The Stanley Parable and riffs on free will, the simulation, reincarnation, mind control and mortality as the narrator rewrites his choices.
18:46ENLex FridmanPodcastA Brooding Stuffed Hedgehog and Lex Fridman's Case for Owning LessHost Lex FridmanIn an AMA, Lex Fridman uses his thrift-store hedgehog to talk about minimalism, anthropomorphism in robotics, and why shared experience binds people together.
22:17ENLex FridmanPodcastWhat Is Real? Lee Smolin on Realism, Science and StorytellingHost Lex FridmanThe theoretical physicist explains why he believes in a world independent of our perception, why he doubts there is a single scientific method, and where realism meets quantum mechanics.
17:11ENLex FridmanPodcastDisagreement as an Art: How Lex Fridman Handles Negative CommentsHost Lex FridmanIn an AMA answer, Lex Fridman explains how he separates respectful disagreement from mockery and how he turns the sting of criticism into a lesson.
1:17:55ENLenny's PodcastPodcastThe Quiet Advantage: How Introverts Can Thrive Without Pretending to Be ExtrovertsHost Lenny RachitskySusan Cain explains what introversion really is and offers practical ways to build visibility, run meetings, parent quiet kids, and design a career around your temperament.
20:36ENLex FridmanPodcastWhy Simple Theories Win: Marcus Hutter on Occam's Razor, Compression and Kolmogorov ComplexityHost Lex FridmanDeepMind researcher Marcus Hutter explains Solomonoff induction, why compression equals understanding, and how a simple universe can still look rich.
18:24ENLex FridmanPodcastFive Lessons from a 91-Year-Old Grandmother: Lex Fridman Remembers the Woman Who Shaped HimHost Lex FridmanLex Fridman uses his microphone to honor his late grandmother, recounting what she taught him about toughness, strength, quiet thought, self-belief and love.
11:26ENLex FridmanPodcastThe Cookie Your Brain Bakes: Joscha Bach on Happiness, Cells and the Meaning of GodHost Lex FridmanIn a short clip, Joscha Bach moves from why happiness is not the point to the cell as a cosmic probe and a naturalistic reading of God as civilization.
20:50ENLex FridmanPodcastGlitches as Features: What John Hopfield Says Artificial Neural Networks Are MissingHost Lex FridmanIn a short conversation with Lex Fridman, physicist and neural-network pioneer John Hopfield compares evolved brains with today's artificial networks and explains why he expects AI to borrow from biology generation after generation.
10:17ENLex FridmanPodcastNeither Saints Nor Sinners: Ben Goertzel on the Selfish and Altruistic Human MixHost Lex FridmanAI researcher Ben Goertzel explains why humans are a blend of selfishness and altruism, and how much culture can shift that balance.
12:04ENLex FridmanPodcastZuckerberg and Fridman Roll: Why Two Busy Leaders Are Training Jiu-JitsuHost Lex FridmanLex Fridman shares footage of a training session with Mark Zuckerberg and explains why martial arts matter for people who run big companies.
26:51ENLex FridmanPodcastA Walking Skeleton in a Beautiful Face: Ben Goertzel on What Sophia Really IsHost Lex FridmanThe former Hanson Robotics chief scientist explains how Sophia works, why she is not AGI, and why he thinks the illusion can still be put to good use.
11:34ENLex FridmanPodcastNeither Discovered Nor Invented: Grant Sanderson on the Cycle Between Math and the WorldHost Lex Fridman3Blue1Brown's Grant Sanderson tells Lex Fridman that mathematics feeds on a loop of discovery and invention, and wonders why the universe's laws are so compressible.