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#335 – Fiona Hill: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump

Fiona Hill is a presidential advisor and foreign policy expert specializing in Russia. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:24) – Education and career
(17:10) – Donbas in the 20th century
(25:28) – Soviet Union
(36:03) – Donald Trump’s foreign policy
(48:03) – Testifying against Donald Trump
(54:54) – US administrations
(1:16:28) – Impeachment of Donald Trump
(1:36:44) – Why people like Donald Trump
(1:45:49) – Vladimir Putin
(2:05:58) – Invasion of Ukraine
(2:21:03) – NATO implication in Ukraine war
(2:33:54) – Interviewing Vladimir Putin
(2:46:22) – 2024 elections
(2:49:30) – Alexei Navalny
(2:54:03) – Nuclear war
(3:05:54) – How Ukraine war will end
(3:12:40) – Hope for the future
(3:15:48) – Advice for young people

#334 – Abbas Amanat: Iran Protests, Mahsa Amini, History, CIA & Nuclear Weapons

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Abbas Amanat is a historian at Yale specializing in the modern history of Iran. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Abbas’s Website: https://history.yale.edu/people/abbas-amanat
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1. Iran: https://amzn.to/3zzLWVA
2. Apocalyptic Islam and Iranian Shi’ism: https://amzn.to/3h66fU0

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:18) – Mahsa Amini protests in Iran
(24:35) – Propaganda
(42:13) – Iranian culture
(59:02) – Violent suppression of protests
(1:20:31) – Islamic Revolution
(1:38:14) – CIA in Iran
(1:54:30) – Supreme Leader Ruhollah Khomeini
(2:25:26) – Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei
(2:33:21) – Nuclear weapons
(2:41:38) – Israel
(2:56:18) – Putin
(3:03:50) – Future of Iran

#333 – Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI

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Andrej Karpathy is a legendary AI researcher, engineer, and educator. He’s the former director of AI at Tesla, a founding member of OpenAI, and an educator at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Andrej’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/karpathy
Andrej’s YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/AndrejKarpathy
Andrej’s Website: http://karpathy.ai
Andrej’s Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=l8WuQJgAAAAJ
Books mentioned:
The Vital Question: https://amzn.to/3q0vN6q
Life Ascending: https://amzn.to/3wKIsOE
The Selfish Gene: https://amzn.to/3TCo63s
Contact: https://amzn.to/3W3y5Au
The Cell: https://amzn.to/3W5f6pa

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(05:41) – Neural networks
(10:45) – Biology
(16:15) – Aliens
(26:27) – Universe
(38:18) – Transformers
(46:34) – Language models
(56:45) – Bots
(1:03:05) – Google’s LaMDA
(1:10:28) – Software 2.0
(1:21:28) – Human annotation
(1:23:25) – Camera vision
(1:28:30) – Tesla’s Data Engine
(1:32:39) – Tesla Vision
(1:39:09) – Elon Musk
(1:44:17) – Autonomous driving
(1:49:11) – Leaving Tesla
(1:54:39) – Tesla’s Optimus
(2:03:45) – ImageNet
(2:06:23) – Data
(2:16:15) – Day in the life
(2:29:31) – Best IDE
(2:36:37) – arXiv
(2:41:06) – Advice for beginners
(2:50:24) – Artificial general intelligence
(3:03:44) – Movies
(3:09:37) – Future of human civilization
(3:13:56) – Book recommendations
(3:20:05) – Advice for young people
(3:21:56) – Future of machine learning
(3:28:44) – Meaning of life

#332 – Kanye ‘Ye’ West Interview

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Ye is a legendary artist, producer, and designer. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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Ye’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/kanyewest
Ye’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/kanyewest
Ye’s Website: https://kanyewest.com

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:26) – Engineering
(18:21) – Kim Kardashian
(20:07) – Sex and the future of humanity
(30:12) – Happiness
(32:49) – The Holocaust
(1:21:58) – Fashion
(1:37:31) – 2024 US election
(1:42:10) – Humor
(1:44:20) – Media and antisemitism
(1:56:23) – Trusting people
(1:59:37) – Accountability
(2:09:36) – Legacy
(2:10:28) – Advice for young people
(2:23:29) – Regret

#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA

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Balaji Srinivasan is an angel investor, tech founder, philosopher, and author of The Network State: How to Start a New Country. He was formerly the CTO of Coinbase and General Partner at Andreessen Horowitz. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Balaji’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/balajis
Balaji’s Website: https://balajis.com
Books:
1. The Network State: https://thenetworkstate.com
2. Reputation and Power: https://amzn.to/3eyQiF6
3. Exit, Voice, and Loyalty: https://amzn.to/3TpuLNP
4. Seeing Like a State: https://amzn.to/3MJfvcD
Articles:
1. Bitcoin Is Civilization: https://www.commonsense.news/p/is-bitcoin-anarchy-or-civilization
2. Great Protocol Politics: https://foreignpolicy.com/2021/12/11/bitcoin-ethereum-cryptocurrency-web3-great-protocol-politics
3. Regulation, Disruption, and the Future: https://bit.ly/3CKY9Ys
4. The Measured Man: https://theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2012/07/the-measured-man/309018
5. Secret Document That Transformed China: https://npr.org/sections/money/2012/01/20/145360447/the-secret-document-that-transformed-china
6. Hollywood’s Missing Movies: https://reason.com/2000/06/01/hollywoods-missing-movies
7. New York Times Truth Campaign: https://adweek.com/agencyspy/droga5s-first-big-campaign-for-the-new-york-times-is-all-about-the-truth/126274

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:23) – Prime number maze
(33:35) – Government
(49:51) – The Network State
(59:55) – Pseudonymous economy
(1:23:41) – Exit
(1:38:23) – Building a network state
(2:26:09) – Wikipedia
(3:03:40) – Fixing science
(3:30:08) – Fixing the FDA
(5:01:16) – Longevity
(5:20:14) – Donald Trump’s ban from social media
(5:49:32) – War
(5:56:41) – Censorship
(6:10:40) – Social media
(6:26:56) – Wokeism and communism
(6:45:44) – Cryptocurrency
(7:03:17) – AI, AR, and VR
(7:15:15) – Advice for young people
(7:48:10) – Regulating logic

#330 – Hikaru Nakamura: Chess, Magnus, Kasparov, and the Psychology of Greatness

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Hikaru Nakamura is a chess super grandmaster and is currently the #1 ranked blitz chess player in the world. He is also one of the top chess streamers on Twitch and YouTube. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Hikaru’s Twitch: https://twitch.tv/gmhikaru
Hikaru’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/GMHikaru
Hikaru’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/GMHikaru
Hikaru’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/gmhikaru
Hikaru’s Website: https://hikarunakamura.com
Macauley Peterson’s video: https://youtube.com/watch?v=tGXvcQP6VPo

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(06:59) – A private game vs Magnus Carlsen
(14:47) – Chess openings
(30:59) – Mental preparation
(39:40) – Chess tactics
(50:03) – Solving chess
(55:43) – Aggression and ego
(1:00:28) – Hans Niemann cheating scandal
(1:10:21) – How to cheat in chess
(1:24:44) – Greatest chess player of all time
(1:35:00) – Hikaru’s immortal game
(1:47:26) – Paul Morphy
(1:49:10) – World Chess Championship
(1:51:59) – Magnus Carlsen
(1:55:33) – Sergey Karjakin
(1:58:00) – Beauty of chess
(2:04:55) – Day in the life
(2:19:34) – Streaming
(2:34:13) – Taking risks
(2:39:42) – Depression
(2:44:31) – Advice for young people
(2:51:51) – Love

#329 – Kate Darling: Social Robots, Ethics, Privacy and the Future of MIT

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Kate Darling is a researcher at MIT Media Lab interested in human robot interaction and robot ethics. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Kate’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/grok_
Kate’s Website: http://katedarling.org
Kate’s Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/grok_
The New Breed (book): https://amzn.to/3ExhBuf
Creativity without Law (book): https://amzn.to/3MqV5F3
LuLaRobot (paper): http://drive.google.com/file/d/1PtYpkDQaQVPbhQIc6wcCC50JKWVsDo3k/view

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:57) – What is a robot?
(23:57) – Metaverse
(33:19) – Bias in robots
(47:02) – Modern robotics
(49:34) – Automation
(53:57) – Autonomous driving
(1:02:22) – Privacy
(1:05:48) – Google’s LaMDA
(1:10:35) – Robot animal analogy
(1:23:38) – Data concerns
(1:41:40) – Humanoid robots
(2:00:42) – LuLaRobot
(2:09:36) – Ethics in robotics
(2:24:57) – Jeffrey Epstein
(2:58:31) – Love and relationships

#328 – John Danaher: Submission Grappling, ADCC, Animal Combat, and Knives

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John Danaher is one of the greatest coaches and minds in martial arts history. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
John’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/danaherjohn
Watch full matches at FloGrappling: https://flograppling.com

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:51) – Road to ADCC
(26:23) – Danaher Death Squad
(35:07) – Mental preparation
(59:52) – Gordon Ryan
(1:56:50) – Giancarlo Bodoni
(2:21:57) – Garry Tonon
(2:35:54) – Nicholas Meregali
(2:51:21) – Ruotolo brothers
(3:01:00) – Takedowns
(3:05:19) – GSP
(3:13:48) – Renzo Gracie
(3:18:24) – Boris
(3:22:15) – Ali Abdelaziz
(3:24:41) – Khabib Nurmagomedov
(3:28:33) – Joe Rogan playing pool
(3:31:47) – Advice for grapplers
(3:41:43) – Day in the life
(3:48:25) – Bear vs Gorilla vs Lion vs Anaconda
(4:26:12) – Tom Hardy
(4:37:46) – Emojis
(4:40:15) – Love
(4:45:38) – Fighting to the death
(4:49:25) – Knives

#327 – GothamChess: Hans Niemann, Magnus Carlsen, Cheating Scandal & Chess Bots

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Levy Rozman, also known as GothamChess, is a professional chess player, streamer, and educator. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
GothamChess’s YouTube: https://youtube.com/gothamchess
GothamChess’s Twitch: https://twitch.tv/gothamchess
GothamChess’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/GothamChess
GothamChess’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/gothamchess
GothamChess’s Website: https://gotham-chess.com

OUTLINE:
Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
(00:00) – Introduction
(06:14) – Elo rating
(07:18) – Chess.com vs lichess.org
(18:09) – Teaching chess
(22:37) – Magnus Carlsen
(37:52) – Greatest chess player of all time
(42:35) – Hans Niemann cheating scandal
(44:04) – Pin of Shame
(58:12) – Bullying
(1:00:04) – Indonesia incident
(1:11:39) – Retiring from chess
(1:18:16) – Death
(1:21:58) – Streamers
(1:35:34) – Hans Niemann cheating scandal continued
(2:13:16) – Magnus Carlsen’s statement
(2:24:37) – Podcasts
(2:27:04) – Parasocial interaction
(2:30:53) – How to cheat in chess
(2:40:39) – Reddit questions
(2:47:03) – Chess boxing
(2:55:49) – Chess bots
(3:01:31) – AlphaZero
(3:07:18) – Did Hans Niemann cheat?
(3:14:34) – Chess openings
(3:19:14) – Magnus Carlsen’s poker game
(3:21:56) – Chess advice
(3:28:17) – Depression

#326 – Annaka Harris: Free Will, Consciousness, and the Nature of Reality

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Annaka Harris is the author of Conscious: A Brief Guide to the Fundamental Mystery of the Mind. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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EPISODE LINKS:
Annaka’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/annakaharris
Annaka’s Website: http://annakaharris.com
Annaka’s Facebook: http://facebook.com/annakaharrisprojects
Annaka’s Books:
1. Conscious: https://amzn.to/3SFLLPE
2. I Wonder: https://amzn.to/3UPQTTm
Annaka’s Articles:
1. What Is Time?: http://nautil.us/what-is-time-238478
2. A Solution to the Combination Problem: http://annakaharris.com/the-future-of-panpsychism
3. Consciousness Isn’t Self-Centered: http://nautil.us/consciousness-isnt-self_centered-237720
Books:
1. The Case Against Reality: https://amzn.to/3MhW4Wt
2. Being You: https://amzn.to/3RsxdBQ
3. Livewired: https://amzn.to/3Cn9BKS
4. Spooky Action at a Distance: https://amzn.to/3y27N7a
5. The Order of Time: https://amzn.to/3Stqn0u

OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:20) – Free will
(1:00:37) – Consciousness
(1:31:09) – Depression
(1:44:26) – Psychedelics
(1:52:25) – Meditation
(1:56:49) – Ideas
(2:20:35) – AI sentience
(2:37:56) – Suffering
(2:40:53) – Meaning of life

Lex Fridman

Research Scientist at MIT. Host of Lex Fridman Podcast.

Author Archives: lexteam

#335 – Fiona Hill: Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump

#334 – Abbas Amanat: Iran Protests, Mahsa Amini, History, CIA & Nuclear Weapons

#333 – Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI

#332 – Kanye ‘Ye’ West Interview

#331 – Balaji Srinivasan: How to Fix Government, Twitter, Science, and the FDA

#330 – Hikaru Nakamura: Chess, Magnus, Kasparov, and the Psychology of Greatness

#329 – Kate Darling: Social Robots, Ethics, Privacy and the Future of MIT

#328 – John Danaher: Submission Grappling, ADCC, Animal Combat, and Knives

#327 – GothamChess: Hans Niemann, Magnus Carlsen, Cheating Scandal & Chess Bots

#326 – Annaka Harris: Free Will, Consciousness, and the Nature of Reality