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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.

    #402 – Michael Malice: Thanksgiving Pirate Special

    #402 – Michael Malice: Thanksgiving Pirate Special

    Michael Malice is a political thinker, podcaster, author, and anarchist. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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    Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/michael-malice-7-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

    (10:15) - Beauty and mantis shrimp

    (14:43) - Parrots, Pirates, and Monty Python

    (20:55) - Humor and absurdity

    (28:16) - Thanksgiving

    (56:56) - Unboxing the mystery box

    (1:12:54) - Karl Marx and religion

    (1:21:11) - Art

    (1:25:25) - Books

    (1:38:02) - How to be happy

    (1:40:12) - Depression

    (1:41:15) - Fear

    (1:42:42) - Betrayal

    • 1 hr 47 min
    #401 – John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3

    #401 – John Mearsheimer: Israel-Palestine, Russia-Ukraine, China, NATO, and WW3

    John Mearsheimer is an international relations scholar at University of Chicago. He is one of the most influential and controversial thinkers in the world on the topics of war and power. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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    Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/john-mearsheimer-transcript



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    How States Think: https://amzn.to/3udaWST

    The Great Delusion: https://amzn.to/3syXKXS

    Why Leaders Lie: https://amzn.to/3ucs4rU

    The Israel Lobby: https://amzn.to/47fxrVU

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    The End of History and the Last Man: https://amzn.to/47wTVBf

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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

    (09:52) - Power

    (33:06) - Hitler

    (50:33) - Russia and Ukraine

    (1:46:45) - Israel and Palestine

    (2:47:37) - China

    (3:29:58) - Life and mortality

    • 3 hrs 35 min
    #400 – Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity

    #400 – Elon Musk: War, AI, Aliens, Politics, Physics, Video Games, and Humanity

    Elon Musk is CEO of X, xAI, SpaceX, Tesla, Neuralink, and The Boring Company.



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    Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/elon-musk-4-transcript



    EPISODE LINKS:

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    xAI: https://x.com/xai

    Tesla: https://x.com/tesla

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    Tesla AI: https://x.com/Tesla_AI

    SpaceX: https://x.com/spacex

    Neuralink: https://x.com/neuralink

    The Boring Company: https://x.com/boringcompany



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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

    (10:25) - War and human nature

    (14:51) - Israel-Hamas war

    (20:59) - Military-Industrial Complex

    (25:16) - War in Ukraine

    (29:59) - China

    (44:15) - xAI Grok

    (55:13) - Aliens

    (1:03:13) - God

    (1:05:41) - Diablo 4 and video games

    (1:14:48) - Dystopian worlds: 1984 and Brave New World

    (1:20:59) - AI and useful compute per watt

    (1:26:40) - AI regulation

    (1:33:32) - Should AI be open-sourced?

    (1:40:54) - X algorithm

    (1:52:15) - 2024 presidential elections

    (2:05:14) - Politics

    (2:08:16) - Trust

    (2:13:47) - Tesla's Autopilot and Optimus robot

    (2:22:46) - Hardships

    • 2 hrs 27 min
    #399 – Jared Kushner: Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Gaza, Iran, and the Middle East

    #399 – Jared Kushner: Israel, Palestine, Hamas, Gaza, Iran, and the Middle East

    Jared Kushner is a former Senior Advisor to President Donald Trump and author of Breaking History. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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    Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/jared-kushner-transcript



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    OUTLINE:

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    === Recorded on Mon, Oct 9 ===

    (00:00) - Introduction

    (07:02) - Hamas attack on Israel

    (09:55) - Response to attack

    (16:14) - History of Hamas

    (18:54) - Iran

    (20:41) - Al-Aqsa Mosque

    (27:06) - Abraham Accords

    (36:00) - Trump vs Biden on Middle East

    (45:00) - Israeli-Saudi Normalization

    (49:12) - How the Israel-Gaza war ends

    (53:29) - Benjamin Netanyahu

    (57:06) - Palestinian support

    === Recorded on Thu, Oct 5 ===

    (59:47) - Trump 2024

    (1:03:15) - Human nature

    (1:10:13) - Geopolitics and negotiation

    (1:18:56) - North Korea

    (1:27:35) - Personalities of leaders

    (1:34:11) - Government bureaucracy

    (1:39:56) - Accusations of collusion with Russia

    (1:49:35) - Ivanka

    (1:55:30) - Father

    (2:04:13) - Money and power

    (2:12:56) - Trust and betrayal

    (2:21:57) - Mohammed bin Salman

    (2:44:16) - Israeli–Palestinian peace process

    (2:58:47) - Abraham Accords and Arab-Israeli normalization

    (3:08:53) - Donald Trump

    (3:13:59) - War in Ukraine

    (3:19:14) - Vladimir Putin

    (3:26:33) - China

    (3:44:50) - Learning process

    (3:51:19) - Hope for the future

    • 3 hrs 54 min
    #398 – Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in the Metaverse

    #398 – Mark Zuckerberg: First Interview in the Metaverse

    Mark Zuckerberg is CEO of Meta. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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    Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/mark-zuckerberg-3-transcript



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    OUTLINE:

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    (00:00) - Introduction

    (08:38) - Metaverse

    (23:01) - Quest 3

    (37:50) - Nature of reality

    (42:28) - AI in the Metaverse

    (59:26) - Large language models

    (1:05:23) - Future of humanity

    • 1 hr 12 min
    #397 – Greg Lukianoff: Cancel Culture, Deplatforming, Censorship & Free Speech

    #397 – Greg Lukianoff: Cancel Culture, Deplatforming, Censorship & Free Speech

    Greg Lukianoff is a free speech advocate, first-amendment attorney, president of FIRE - Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression, and co-author of The Coddling of the American Mind and a new book The Canceling of the American Mind. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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    Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/greg-lukianoff-transcript



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    Why Buddhism Is True: https://amzn.to/3t4R5Vk

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    OUTLINE:

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    (00:00) - Introduction

    (10:49) - Cancel culture & freedom of speech

    (25:21) - Left-wing vs right-wing cancel culture

    (34:06) - Religion

    (36:46) - College rankings by freedom of speech

    (42:54) - Deplatforming

    (57:29) - Whataboutism

    (1:02:32) - Steelmanning

    (1:10:08) - How the left argues

    (1:20:48) - Diversity, equity, and inclusion

    (1:32:39) - Why colleges lean left

    (1:40:17) - How the right argues

    (1:44:52) - Hate speech

    (1:53:39) - Platforming

    (2:03:10) - Social media

    (2:24:17) - Depression

    (2:35:48) - Hope

    • 2 hrs 40 min

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Fascinating

Lex, thank you for doing this. I can only imagine the preparation each episode takes, including selecting and finding time with guests. Special thanks for not doing the typical 15 minutes interviews on these topics. Your "show" (and I hardly use this word here) is a constant reminder that I am missing friends I can talk with at length, exploring, or even debating topics like these. If there was one show I had to pick for the future of humanity to understand the tech hurdles and challenges we are going through these years, it'd the Lex Fridman podcast. I wish you all the bests and the strength to keep this up until your stamina lets you!

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Hall of Fame guests

Lex’s podcast is like listening to Hall of Famers of AI Gods, Futurists and Big Thinkers to challenge your way of thinking via stimulating conversations.

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A pleasure to listen to.

Great guests, great host and great topics. What more do you want?

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