1 hr 29 min

#99 – Karl Friston: Neuroscience and the Free Energy Principle Lex Fridman Podcast

    • Technology

Karl Friston is one of the greatest neuroscientists in history, cited over 245,000 times, known for many influential ideas in brain imaging, neuroscience, and theoretical neurobiology, including the fascinating idea of the free-energy principle for action and perception.



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EPISODE LINKS:

Karl's Website: https://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/~karl/

Karl's Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_J._Friston



This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast. If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to https://lexfridman.com/ai or connect with @lexfridman on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Medium, or YouTube where you can watch the video versions of these conversations. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify, or support it on Patreon.



Here's the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.



OUTLINE:

00:00 - Introduction

01:50 - How much of the human brain do we understand?

05:53 - Most beautiful characteristic of the human brain

10:43 - Brain imaging

20:38 - Deep structure

21:23 - History of brain imaging

32:31 - Neuralink and brain-computer interfaces

43:05 - Free energy principle

1:24:29 - Meaning of life

Karl Friston is one of the greatest neuroscientists in history, cited over 245,000 times, known for many influential ideas in brain imaging, neuroscience, and theoretical neurobiology, including the fascinating idea of the free-energy principle for action and perception.



Support this podcast by signing up with these sponsors:

– Cash App – use code "LexPodcast" and download:

– Cash App (App Store): https://apple.co/2sPrUHe

– Cash App (Google Play): https://bit.ly/2MlvP5w



EPISODE LINKS:

Karl's Website: https://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/~karl/

Karl's Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_J._Friston



This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast. If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to https://lexfridman.com/ai or connect with @lexfridman on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Medium, or YouTube where you can watch the video versions of these conversations. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify, or support it on Patreon.



Here's the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.



OUTLINE:

00:00 - Introduction

01:50 - How much of the human brain do we understand?

05:53 - Most beautiful characteristic of the human brain

10:43 - Brain imaging

20:38 - Deep structure

21:23 - History of brain imaging

32:31 - Neuralink and brain-computer interfaces

43:05 - Free energy principle

1:24:29 - Meaning of life

1 hr 29 min

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