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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.

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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.

    #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



    EPISODE LINKS:

    Aravind's X: https://x.com/AravSrinivas

    Perplexity: https://perplexity.ai/

    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 hrs 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



    EPISODE LINKS:

    Sara's Book - Life as No One Knows It: https://amzn.to/3wVmOe1

    Sara's X: https://x.com/Sara_Imari

    Sara's Instagram: https://instagram.com/alien_matter



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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

    (10:40) - 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 hrs 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



    EPISODE LINKS:

    Kevin's X: https://x.com/KevinSpacey

    Kevin's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/kevinspacey

    Kevin's YouTube: https://youtube.com/kevinspacey

    Kevin's Website: https://kevinspacey.com/



    PODCAST INFO:

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

    Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr

    Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8

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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

    (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



    EPISODE LINKS:

    Roman's X: https://twitter.com/romanyam

    Roman's Website: http://cecs.louisville.edu/ry

    Roman's AI book: https://amzn.to/4aFZuPb



    PODCAST INFO:

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

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    SUPPORT & CONNECT:

    - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast

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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 hrs 22 min
    #430 – Charan Ranganath: Human Memory, Imagination, Deja Vu, and False Memories

    #430 – Charan Ranganath: Human Memory, Imagination, Deja Vu, and False Memories

    Charan Ranganath is a psychologist and neuroscientist at UC Davis, specializing in human memory. He is the author of a new book titled Why We Remember. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

    - Riverside: https://creators.riverside.fm/LEX and use code LEX to get 30% off

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    Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/charan-ranganath-transcript



    EPISODE LINKS:

    Charan's X: https://x.com/CharanRanganath

    Charan's Instagram: https://instagram.com/thememorydoc

    Charan's Website: https://charanranganath.com

    Why We Remember (book): https://amzn.to/3WzUF6x

    Charan's Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=ptWkt1wAAAAJ

    Dynamic Memory Lab: https://dml.ucdavis.edu/



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

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    SUPPORT & CONNECT:

    - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast

    - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

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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

    (10:18) - Experiencing self vs remembering self

    (23:59) - Creating memories

    (33:31) - Why we forget

    (41:08) - Training memory

    (51:37) - Memory hacks

    (1:03:26) - Imagination vs memory

    (1:12:44) - Memory competitions

    (1:22:33) - Science of memory

    (1:37:48) - Discoveries

    (1:48:52) - Deja vu

    (1:54:09) - False memories

    (2:14:14) - False confessions

    (2:18:00) - Heartbreak

    (2:25:34) - Nature of time

    (2:33:15) - Brain–computer interface (BCI)

    (2:47:19) - AI and memory

    (2:57:33) - ADHD

    (3:04:30) - Music

    (3:14:15) - Human mind

    • 3 hrs 20 min
    #429 – Paul Rosolie: Jungle, Apex Predators, Aliens, Uncontacted Tribes, and God

    #429 – Paul Rosolie: Jungle, Apex Predators, Aliens, Uncontacted Tribes, and God

    Paul Rosolie is a naturalist, explorer, author, and founder of Junglekeepers, dedicating his life to protecting the Amazon rainforest. Support his efforts at https://junglekeepers.org



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    Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/paul-rosolie-2-transcript



    EPISODE LINKS:

    Paul's Instagram: https://instagram.com/paulrosolie

    Junglekeepers: https://junglekeepers.org

    Paul's Website: https://paulrosolie.com

    Mother of God (book): https://amzn.to/3ww2ob1



    PODCAST INFO:

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

    Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr

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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

    (12:29) - Amazon jungle

    (14:47) - Bushmaster snakes

    (26:13) - Black caiman

    (44:33) - Rhinos

    (47:47) - Anacondas

    (1:18:04) - Mammals

    (1:30:10) - Piranhas

    (1:41:00) - Aliens

    (1:58:45) - Elephants

    (2:10:02) - Origin of life

    (2:23:21) - Explorers

    (2:36:38) - Ayahuasca

    (2:45:03) - Deep jungle expedition

    (2:59:09) - Jane Goodall

    (3:01:41) - Theodore Roosevelt

    (3:12:36) - Alone show

    (3:22:23) - Protecting the rainforest

    (3:38:36) - Snake makes appearance

    (3:46:47) - Uncontacted tribes

    (4:00:11) - Mortality

    (4:01:39) - Steve Irwin

    (4:09:18) - God

    • 4 hrs 12 min

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