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AI, Mathematics, and the Future of Discovery
Lex Fridman talks with mathematicians Steven Brunton, Ankur Moitra, and Alex about AI-reported proofs involving the quasi-Riemann hypothesis, Navier–Stokes, the unique games conjecture, and Fermat’s Last Theorem. They weigh what these resu…
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Jensen Huang on AI, NVIDIA, and the Future of Computing
Lex Fridman speaks with NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang about the company’s shift from GPUs to full AI systems, the role of CUDA and its developer base, and how NVIDIA anticipates changes in AI models. Huang discusses pre-training, inference, agen…
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Jeff Kaplan on WoW, Overwatch, and Making Games
Lex Fridman speaks with game designer Jeff Kaplan about his path from an obsessive player of arcade games, Quake and EverQuest to designing World of Warcraft and Overwatch at Blizzard. Kaplan discusses creative writing, rejection, depressi…
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Rick Beato on Music, Creativity, and AI
Lex Fridman speaks with musician, educator, producer, and interviewer Rick Beato about how people learn music and what makes it powerful. Beato discusses ear training, perfect and relative pitch, guitar practice, his son Dylan's ability to…
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Michael Levin on Minds, Biology and Intelligence
Michael Levin and Lex Fridman explore how to recognize intelligence across biological, computational and other systems. Levin proposes treating minds as a continuum and testing systems through the goals they pursue, what they learn, and ho…
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Dave Plummer on Windows, Programming, and Autism
Lex Fridman talks with programmer Dave Plummer about his path from discovering a TRS-80 and programming a Commodore 64 to working on MS-DOS, Windows 95, Windows NT, Task Manager, ZIP support, and other Microsoft projects. Plummer recalls l…
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DHH on Ruby, Small Teams, AI and Building a Life
Lex Fridman speaks with David Heinemeier Hansson (DHH) about learning to program, discovering Ruby and creating Ruby on Rails. DHH explains why he values readable code, dynamic typing, integrated systems and small teams, and discusses Rail…
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Neuralink: Brain Interfaces and the Future of Humanity
Lex Fridman speaks individually with Elon Musk, Neuralink co-founder DJ Saw, head neurosurgeon Matthew McDougall, software lead Bliss Chapman, and first human participant Nolan Arbaugh. They discuss Neuralink’s implant, surgical robot, neu…
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Mark Raibert: Boston Dynamics & The Future of Robotics
This episode features a comprehensive discussion with Mark Raibert, an iconic pioneer in robotics, about the evolution of legged robots and the future of artificial intelligence. Raibert recounts his journey from the MIT Leg Lab to foundin…
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Walter Isaacson on Elon Musk, Biography and Ambition
Walter Isaacson joins Lex Fridman to discuss his biographies and the people whose lives illuminate creativity, ambition and hardship. They explore how Elon Musk’s childhood may have shaped his intensity, his missions in space, energy and A…
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Exploring Intelligence, Consciousness & Agency with Yosha Bach
In this deep dive into the nature of consciousness and intelligence, Yosha Bach challenges our conventional understanding of the self. By using a philosophical framework that maps the progression of lucidity from infantile survival to adva…
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Robert F. Kennedy Jr. on War, Science and Democracy
Lex Fridman interviews Robert F. Kennedy Jr., a Democratic presidential candidate, about democracy, freedom, leadership and public policy. Kennedy discusses how service can give meaning to life, and argues that empathy and diplomacy are es…
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Destiny on Politics, Online Discourse and Relationships
Lex Fridman speaks with streamer and political commentator Destiny (Steven Bunnell), with Melina joining later. They discuss Destiny’s approach to debate, his political development, his difficult early jobs and the opportunity streaming of…
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Hikaru Nakamura: Chess, Strategy, and Psychology
In this deep exploration of professional chess and personal philosophy, Super Grandmaster Hikaru Nakamura shares his journey from a dedicated competitor to a leading figure in the streaming world. Nakamura breaks down the essential role of…
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Devin Larratt on Arm Wrestling, Training, and Fighting
Lex Fridman talks with arm wrestler Devin Larratt about the sport’s history, its changing techniques and training, and Larratt’s preparation for matches with Levan Saginashvili and Denis Saplankov. Larratt explains his endurance-oriented s…
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George St-Pierre, John Danaher and Gordon Ryan on Fighting
Lex Fridman talks with MMA fighter George St-Pierre, jiu-jitsu coach John Danaher and grappler Gordon Ryan about success, confidence, coaching, trash talk and emotion in competition. They compare approaches to diet, strength training, reco…
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Unlocking the Future: Philosophy, Tech, and Science Fiction
In this extensive conversation, Neil Stephenson explores the complex intersection of history, technology, and the future of human society. He reflects on how historical patterns persist despite advancements, debates the feasibility of spac…
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Neuromorphic Computing, Superconductors and Light
Lex Fridman speaks with NIST scientist Jeff Shainline about optoelectronic intelligence and hardware inspired by the brain. They begin with silicon transistors, chip manufacturing and the physical properties behind silicon’s success, then …
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Doug Lenat on Psyche, Common Sense and AI
Lex Fridman talks with Doug Lenat, creator of Psyche, about the long effort to give AI the common-sense knowledge needed to reason about the world. Lenat recounts how the project grew from early estimates of a million assertions to tens of…
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Rodney Brooks: Robotics, Artificial Life, and Computation
In this extensive discussion, roboticist Rodney Brooks reflects on his storied career from MIT to co-founding industry pillars like iRobot and Rethink Robotics. Brooks provides a critical look at the current state of AI, challenging the pr…
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Matt Walker on Sleep, Dreams, and the Science of Living
Lex Friedman speaks with sleep scientist Matt Walker about why sleep matters, how it shapes consciousness, learning, memory, creativity and emotional wellbeing, and what dreams may do. They discuss detecting drowsiness in drivers, sleep an…
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Jeff Hawkins: Thousand Brains Theory & Intelligence
Neuroscientist Jeff Hawkins explores his A Thousand Brains theory, which posits that human intelligence arises from tens of thousands of independent modeling systems within the neocortex. Each system, or cortical column, uses reference fra…
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George St-Pierre on Fighting, Fear and Life Beyond the Cage
Lex Fridman speaks with former UFC fighter George St-Pierre about the fear and pressure of competition, the preparation and tactical adjustments behind his fights, and why he sees martial arts as a lifelong practice rather than simply a ro…
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Speech-to-Text Technology and the Future of AI with Dan Kokodov
In this episode, Lex Fridman talks with Dan Kokodov, VP of Engineering at Rev.ai, about the state of Automatic Speech Recognition (ASR) technology and its future. The conversation explores how software products can achieve life-changing si…
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Manolis Kellis on Music, Life, Mind and Meaning
MIT professor Manolis Kellis joins Lex Fridman for a conversation about music, meaning, human cognition, AI and legacy. Kellis traces how songs from Greece, France and the United States shaped his life, and discusses music’s links to langu…
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