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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.

    #403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

    #403 – Lisa Randall: Dark Matter, Theoretical Physics, and Extinction Events

    Lisa Randall is a theoretical physicist at Harvard. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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    Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/lisa-randall-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

    (11:11) - Dark matter

    (30:02) - Extinction events

    (41:02) - Particle physics

    (56:16) - Physics vs mathematics

    • 1 hr 10 min
    #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:

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    (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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    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



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    SpaceX: https://x.com/spacex

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    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:

    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

    (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

Customer Reviews

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Have followed Lex’s podcast for a long time

Followed since the podcast was about AI topics, now it covers everything that any curious mind would like to know.

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