Author Archives: lexteam

#385 – Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia

Jimmy Wales is the co-founder of Wikipedia. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
– Hexclad Cookware: https://hexclad.com/lex and use code LEX to get 10% off
– Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings
– House of Macadamias: https://houseofmacadamias.com/lex and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order

Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/jimmy-wales-transcript

EPISODE LINKS:
Jimmy’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimmy_wales
Jimmy’s Wikipedia page: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jimmy_Wales
Donate to Wikipedia: https://donate.wikimedia.org
WT.Social: https://wt.social/

PODCAST INFO:
Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast
Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr
Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8
RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/
YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman
YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips

SUPPORT & CONNECT:
– Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast
– Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman
– Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman
– Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman
– LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman
– Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman
– Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman

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
(05:10) – Origin story of Wikipedia
(11:14) – Design of Wikipedia
(18:07) – Number of articles on Wikipedia
(24:18) – Wikipedia pages for living persons
(45:11) – ChatGPT
(58:42) – Wikipedia’s political bias
(1:04:46) – Conspiracy theories
(1:17:51) – Facebook
(1:26:09) – Twitter
(1:46:45) – Building Wikipedia
(2:01:18) – Wikipedia funding
(2:12:38) – ChatGPT vs Wikipedia
(2:17:19) – Larry Sanger
(2:22:51) – Twitter files
(2:25:43) – Government and censorship
(2:40:07) – Adolf Hitler’s Wikipedia page
(2:51:49) – Future of Wikipedia
(3:03:51) – Advice for young people
(3:11:13) – Meaning of life

#384 – Matthew McConaughey: Freedom, Truth, Family, Hardship, and Love

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Spotify | TuneIn | RSS

Matthew McConaughey is an Oscar-winning actor and author of Greenlights. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
– Riverside: http://creators.riverside.fm/LEX and use code LEX to get 30% off
– MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off
– AG1: https://drinkag1.com/lex to get 1 year of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs

EPISODE LINKS:
Matthew’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/McConaughey
Matthew’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/officiallymcconaughey/
Matthew’s YouTube: https://youtube.com/@MatthewMcConaughey
Greenlights (book): https://greenlights.com/
Roadtrip (course): https://artoflivinevent.com/roadtrip

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
(05:57) – Relationships
(10:44) – Dreams
(22:56) – Fear of death
(34:40) – Overcoming pain
(57:45) – Amazon rainforest
(1:04:29) – AI
(1:17:45) – Truth
(1:25:50) – Ego
(1:33:34) – Dallas Buyers Club
(1:40:03) – True Detective
(1:48:49) – Yellowstone
(1:53:51) – Texas
(1:55:43) – Politics
(2:00:29) – Interstellar
(2:03:26) – Aliens
(2:10:23) – Advice for young people
(2:18:42) – Meaning of life

#383 – Mark Zuckerberg: Future of AI at Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Spotify | TuneIn | RSS

Mark Zuckerberg is CEO of Meta. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
– Numerai: https://numer.ai/lex
– Shopify: https://shopify.com/lex to get $1 per month trial
– BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off

EPISODE LINKS:
Mark’s Facebook: https://facebook.com/zuck
Mark’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/zuck
Meta AI: https://ai.facebook.com/
Meta Quest: https://www.meta.com/quest/

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
(05:38) – Jiu-jitsu competition
(23:01) – AI and open source movement
(35:32) – Next AI model release
(47:48) – Future of AI at Meta
(1:08:25) – Bots
(1:23:53) – Censorship
(1:38:34) – Meta’s new social network
(1:45:20) – Elon Musk
(1:49:25) – Layoffs and firing
(1:56:55) – Hiring
(2:02:48) – Meta Quest 3
(2:09:45) – Apple Vision Pro
(2:16:00) – AI existential risk
(2:22:23) – Power
(2:25:55) – AGI timeline
(2:33:17) – Murph challenge
(2:38:33) – Embodied AGI
(2:41:39) – Faith

#382 – Bert Kreischer: Comedy, Drinking, Rogan, Segura, Churchill & Kim Jong Un

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Spotify | TuneIn | RSS

Bert Kreischer is a comedian, actor, and podcaster. Check him out on Bertcast, 2 Bears 1 Cave, Something is Burning, and the new movie The Machine. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
– Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings
– NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour
– ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod to get 3 months free

EPISODE LINKS:
Bert’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/bertkreischer/
Bert’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/bertkreischer
Bert’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bertkreischer
Bert’s Website: https://bertbertbert.com/
2 Bears 1 Cave: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-i3EV1v5hLeT91DuXckUf6tsbMfLgZno
Books mentioned:
Life of the Party (book): https://amzn.to/42lHjKg

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
(05:08) – Hemingway
(08:34) – Putin
(11:53) – Churchill
(14:15) – Kim Jong Un
(16:15) – Drinking with Joe Rogan and Tom Segura
(24:42) – Father
(28:33) – Shirtless
(30:38) – Tom Segura
(41:27) – Joe Rogan
(44:16) – Dating advice
(52:24) – Key to success
(1:02:36) – Sleep and working out
(1:11:51) – History podcasts
(1:17:15) – Road trips
(1:23:46) – Beer
(1:33:14) – Exercise
(1:38:56) – Life of the Party
(1:46:39) – Drinking
(2:05:11) – Greatest comedian of all time
(2:07:59) – Advice for young people

#381 – Chris Lattner: Future of Programming and AI

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Spotify | TuneIn | RSS

Chris Lattner is a legendary software and hardware engineer, leading projects at Apple, Tesla, Google, SiFive, and Modular AI, including the development of Swift, LLVM, Clang, MLIR, CIRCT, TPUs, and Mojo. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
– iHerb: https://lexfridman.com/iherb and use code LEX to get 22% off your order
– Numerai: https://numer.ai/lex
– InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off

EPISODE LINKS:
Chris’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/clattner_llvm
Chris’s Website: http://nondot.org/sabre/
Mojo programming language: https://www.modular.com/mojo
Modular AI: https://modular.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
(06:38) – Mojo programming language
(16:55) – Code indentation
(25:22) – The power of autotuning
(35:12) – Typed programming languages
(51:56) – Immutability
(1:04:14) – Distributed deployment
(1:38:41) – Mojo vs CPython
(1:54:30) – Guido van Rossum
(2:01:31) – Mojo vs PyTorch vs TensorFlow
(2:04:55) – Swift programming language
(2:10:27) – Julia programming language
(2:15:32) – Switching programming languages
(2:24:58) – Mojo playground
(2:29:48) – Jeremy Howard
(2:40:34) – Function overloading
(2:48:59) – Error vs Exception
(2:56:39) – Mojo roadmap
(3:09:41) – Building a company
(3:21:27) – ChatGPT
(3:27:50) – Danger of AI
(3:31:44) – Future of programming
(3:35:01) – Advice for young people

#380 – Neil Gershenfeld: Self-Replicating Robots and the Future of Fabrication

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Spotify | TuneIn | RSS

Neil Gershenfeld is the director of the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
– LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get free sample pack
– NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour
– BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off

EPISODE LINKS:
Neil’s Website: http://ng.cba.mit.edu/
MIT Center for Bits and Atoms: https://cba.mit.edu/
Fab Foundation: https://fabfoundation.org/
Fab Lab community: https://fablabs.io/
Fab Academy: https://fabacademy.org/
Fab City: https://fab.city/

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
(05:37) – What Turing got wrong
(11:02) – MIT Center for Bits and Atoms
(24:08) – Digital logic
(30:44) – Self-assembling robots
(41:12) – Digital fabrication
(52:07) – Self-reproducing machine
(59:53) – Trash and fabrication
(1:04:49) – Lab-made bioweapons
(1:09:04) – Genome
(1:20:56) – Quantum computing
(1:25:28) – Microfluidic bubble computation
(1:30:49) – Maxwell’s demon
(1:39:35) – Consciousness
(1:46:35) – Cellular automata
(1:51:07) – Universe is a computer
(1:55:53) – Advice for young people
(2:05:10) – Meaning of life

#379 – Randall Kennedy: The N-Word – History of Race, Law, Politics, and Power

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Spotify | TuneIn | RSS

Randall Kennedy is a law professor at Harvard and author of many seminal books on race, law, history, culture, and politics. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
– Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings
– Linode: https://linode.com/lex to get $100 free credit
– InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off

EPISODE LINKS:
Randall’s Website: https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/randall-l-kennedy
N*****: The Strange Career of a Troublesome Word: https://amzn.to/3MbrXSC
Say It Loud!: On Race, Law, History, and Culture: https://amzn.to/3MfQWUT
For Discrimination: Race, Affirmative Action, and the Law: https://amzn.to/3BASZxZ
Race, Crime, and the Law: https://amzn.to/3pVtVyU

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
(06:11) – The N-word
(41:55) – The three N-words
(1:08:28) – Education
(1:21:31) – Critical race theory
(1:32:05) – Racism and policing
(1:39:25) – Racial profiling
(2:08:57) – Racism in US history
(2:26:55) – Affirmative action
(3:10:22) – Martin Luther King Jr.

#378 – Anna Frebel: Origin and Evolution of the Universe, Galaxies, and Stars

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Spotify | TuneIn | RSS

Anna Frebel is an astronomer and astrophysicist at MIT. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
– Hexclad Cookware: https://hexclad.com/lex and use code LEX to get 10% off
– Numerai: https://numer.ai/lex
– House of Macadamias: https://houseofmacadamias.com/lex and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order

EPISODE LINKS:
Anna’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/annafrebel
Anna’s Instagram: https://instagram.com/annafrebel
Anna’s Book – Searching for the Oldest Stars: https://amzn.to/3pi2Ci6

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
(05:26) – First elements
(12:35) – Milky Way
(16:11) – Alien worlds
(19:16) – Protogalaxies
(24:29) – Black holes
(29:27) – Stellar archeology
(38:42) – Oldest stars
(46:32) – Metal-poor stars
(1:02:05) – Neutron capture
(1:07:01) – Neutron stars
(1:12:30) – Dwarf galaxies
(1:17:10) – Star observation
(1:45:27) – James Webb Space Telescope
(1:51:17) – Future of space observation
(1:54:26) – Age of the universe
(2:07:34) – Most beautiful idea in astronomy
(2:11:23) – Advice for young people
(2:20:17) – Meaning of life

#377 – Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Spotify | TuneIn | RSS

Harvey Silverglate is a free speech advocate, co-founder of FIRE, the Foundation for Individual Rights in Expression, and author of several books on freedom of speech and criminal justice. He is running for Harvard Board of Overseers on a platform of free speech. If you’re a Harvard Alumni, please consider voting for him by Tue, May 16, 5pm ET: https://www.harvey4harvard.com/ballot Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
– Factor: https://factormeals.com/lex50 and use code lex50 to get 50% off first box
– SimpliSafe: https://simplisafe.com/lex
– Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex to get 1 month of fish oil

EPISODE LINKS:
Vote for Harvey: https://www.harvey4harvard.com/ballot
Harvey’s Website: https://www.harveysilverglate.com/
FIRE’s Website: https://www.thefire.org/

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
(06:23) – Freedom of speech
(28:04) – Bureaucracy in Universities
(44:18) – Clash of ideas
(47:56) – Public education is broken
(59:33) – Jeffrey Epstein
(1:12:26) – Freedom of thought and liberal arts
(1:23:30) – Interviewing controversial people
(1:27:14) – Alan Dershowitz
(1:30:28) – Donald Trump
(1:37:27) – FBI
(1:45:52) – Criminal justice system
(1:48:20) – Advice

#376 – Stephen Wolfram: ChatGPT and the Nature of Truth, Reality & Computation

Podcast: Play in new window | Download

Subscribe: Spotify | TuneIn | RSS

Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, theoretical physicist, and the founder of Wolfram Research, a company behind Wolfram|Alpha, Wolfram Language, and the Wolfram Physics and Metamathematics projects. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
– MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off
– BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off
– InsideTracker: https://insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off

EPISODE LINKS:
Stephen’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephen_wolfram
Stephen’s Blog: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com
Wolfram|Alpha: https://www.wolframalpha.com
A New Kind of Science (book): https://amzn.to/30XoEun
Fundamental Theory of Physics (book): https://amzn.to/30XbAoT
Blog posts:
A 50-Year Quest: https://bit.ly/3NQbZ2P
What Is ChatGPT doing: https://bit.ly/3VOwtuz

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
(06:45) – WolframAlpha and ChatGPT
(26:26) – Computation and nature of reality
(53:18) – How ChatGPT works
(1:53:01) – Human and animal cognition
(2:06:20) – Dangers of AI
(2:14:39) – Nature of truth
(2:36:01) – Future of education
(3:12:03) – Consciousness
(3:21:02) – Second Law of Thermodynamics
(3:44:36) – Entropy
(3:57:36) – Observers in physics
(4:14:27) – Mortality

Lex Fridman

Research Scientist at MIT. Host of Lex Fridman Podcast.

Author Archives: lexteam

#385 – Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia

#384 – Matthew McConaughey: Freedom, Truth, Family, Hardship, and Love

#383 – Mark Zuckerberg: Future of AI at Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp

#382 – Bert Kreischer: Comedy, Drinking, Rogan, Segura, Churchill & Kim Jong Un

#381 – Chris Lattner: Future of Programming and AI

#380 – Neil Gershenfeld: Self-Replicating Robots and the Future of Fabrication

#379 – Randall Kennedy: The N-Word – History of Race, Law, Politics, and Power

#378 – Anna Frebel: Origin and Evolution of the Universe, Galaxies, and Stars

#377 – Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech

#376 – Stephen Wolfram: ChatGPT and the Nature of Truth, Reality & Computation