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Conversations about science, technology, history, philosophy and the nature of intelligence, consciousness, love, and power. Lex is an AI researcher at MIT and beyond.

Lex Fridman Podcast Lex Fridman

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Conversations about science, technology, history, philosophy and the nature of intelligence, consciousness, love, and power. Lex is an AI researcher at MIT and beyond.

    #436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

    #436 – Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life

    Ivanka Trump is a businesswoman, real estate developer, and former senior advisor to the President of the United States. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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    Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/ivanka-trump-transcript



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    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

    (10:17) - Architecture

    (22:32) - Modern architecture

    (30:05) - Philosophy of design

    (38:21) - Lessons from mother

    (1:01:27) - Lessons from father

    (1:09:59) - Fashion

    (1:20:54) - Hotel design

    (1:32:04) - Self-doubt

    (1:34:27) - Intuition

    (1:37:37) - The Apprentice

    (1:42:11) - Michael Jackson

    (1:43:46) - Nature

    (1:48:40) - Surfing

    (1:50:51) - Donald Trump

    (2:05:13) - Politics

    (2:21:25) - Work-life balance

    (2:27:53) - Parenting

    (2:42:59) - 2024 presidential campaign

    (2:46:37) - Dolly Parton

    (2:48:22) - Adele

    (2:48:51) - Alice Johnson

    (2:54:16) - Stevie Ray Vaughan

    (2:57:01) - Aretha Franklin

    (2:58:11) - Freddie Mercury

    (2:59:16) - Jiu jitsu

    (3:06:21) - Bucket list

    (3:10:50) - Hope

    #435 – Andrew Huberman: Focus, Controversy, Politics, and Relationships

    #435 – Andrew Huberman: Focus, Controversy, Politics, and Relationships

    Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford and host of the Huberman Lab Podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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    Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/andrew-huberman-5-transcript



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    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

    (10:24) - Quitting and evolving

    (17:22) - How to focus and think deeply

    (19:56) - Cannabis drama

    (30:08) - Jungian shadow

    (40:35) - Supplements

    (43:38) - Nicotine

    (48:01) - Caffeine

    (49:48) - Math gaffe

    (1:06:50) - 2024 presidential elections

    (1:13:47) - Great white sharks

    (1:22:32) - Ayahuasca & psychedelics

    (1:37:33) - Relationships

    (1:45:08) - Productivity

    (1:53:58) - Friendship

    • 1 hr 57 min
    #434 – Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet

    #434 – Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet

    Arvind Srinivas is CEO of Perplexity, a company that aims to revolutionize how we humans find answers to questions on the Internet. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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    Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/aravind-srinivas-transcript



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    Perplexity's X: https://x.com/perplexity_ai



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    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

    (10:52) - How Perplexity works

    (18:48) - How Google works

    (41:16) - Larry Page and Sergey Brin

    (55:50) - Jeff Bezos

    (59:18) - Elon Musk

    (1:01:36) - Jensen Huang

    (1:04:53) - Mark Zuckerberg

    (1:06:21) - Yann LeCun

    (1:13:07) - Breakthroughs in AI

    (1:29:05) - Curiosity

    (1:35:22) - $1 trillion dollar question

    (1:50:13) - Perplexity origin story

    (2:05:25) - RAG

    (2:27:43) - 1 million H100 GPUs

    (2:30:15) - Advice for startups

    (2:42:52) - Future of search

    (3:00:29) - Future of AI

    • 3 hr 11 min
    #433 – Sara Walker: Physics of Life, Time, Complexity, and Aliens

    #433 – Sara Walker: Physics of Life, Time, Complexity, and Aliens

    Sara Walker is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist. She is the author of a new book titled "Life as No One Knows It: The Physics of Life's Emergence". Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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    Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/sara-walker-3-transcript



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    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

    (10:40) - Definition of life

    (31:18) - Time and space

    (42:00) - Technosphere

    (46:25) - Theory of everything

    (55:06) - Origin of life

    (1:16:44) - Assembly theory

    (1:32:58) - Aliens

    (1:44:48) - Great Perceptual Filter

    (1:48:45) - Fashion

    (1:52:47) - Beauty

    (1:59:08) - Language

    (2:05:50) - Computation

    (2:15:37) - Consciousness

    (2:24:28) - Artificial life

    (2:48:21) - Free will

    (2:55:05) - Why anything exists

    • 3 hr 1 min
    #432 – Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

    #432 – Kevin Spacey: Power, Controversy, Betrayal, Truth & Love in Film and Life

    Kevin Spacey is a two-time Oscar-winning actor, who starred in Se7en, the Usual Suspects, American Beauty, and House of Cards, creating haunting performances of characters who often embody the dark side of human nature. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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    Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/kevin-spacey-transcript



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    Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast

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    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

    (10:14) - Seven

    (13:54) - David Fincher

    (21:46) - Brad Pitt and Morgan Freeman

    (27:15) - Acting

    (35:40) - Improve

    (44:24) - Al Pacino

    (48:07) - Jack Lemmon

    (57:25) - American Beauty

    (1:17:34) - Mortality

    (1:20:22) - Allegations

    (1:38:19) - House of Cards

    (1:56:55) - Jack Nicholson

    (1:59:57) - Mike Nichols

    (2:05:30) - Christopher Walken

    (2:12:38) - Father

    (2:21:30) - Future

    #431 – Roman Yampolskiy: Dangers of Superintelligent AI

    #431 – Roman Yampolskiy: Dangers of Superintelligent AI

    Roman Yampolskiy is an AI safety researcher and author of a new book titled AI: Unexplainable, Unpredictable, Uncontrollable. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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    Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/roman-yampolskiy-transcript



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    Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast

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    SUPPORT & CONNECT:

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    - 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

    (09:12) - Existential risk of AGI

    (15:25) - Ikigai risk

    (23:37) - Suffering risk

    (27:12) - Timeline to AGI

    (31:44) - AGI turing test

    (37:06) - Yann LeCun and open source AI

    (49:58) - AI control

    (52:26) - Social engineering

    (54:59) - Fearmongering

    (1:04:49) - AI deception

    (1:11:23) - Verification

    (1:18:22) - Self-improving AI

    (1:30:34) - Pausing AI development

    (1:36:51) - AI Safety

    (1:46:35) - Current AI

    (1:51:58) - Simulation

    (1:59:16) - Aliens

    (2:00:50) - Human mind

    (2:07:10) - Neuralink

    (2:16:15) - Hope for the future

    (2:20:11) - Meaning of life

    • 2 hr 22 min

Customer Reviews

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Eye opening episode. Worlds within worlds. Thank you. And the fact that you were out in the Amazon in your signature suit?!?!?

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Giving air time to a woman who was born on third base and thinks she hit a triple shows your guest pool is running low. Repeats over nepobabies, please.

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