Lex Fridman Podcast
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#224 – Travis Oliphant: NumPy, SciPy, Anaconda, Python & Scientific Programming
Travis Oliphant is a data scientist, entrepreneur, and creator of NumPy, SciPy, and Anaconda. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#223 – Travis Stevens: Judo, Olympics, and Mental Toughness
Travis Stevens is the 2016 Olympic Judo silver medalist and BJJ black belt. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#222 – Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition
Jay McClelland is a cognitive scientist at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#221 – Douglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI
Douglas Lenat is the founder of Cyc, a 37 year project aiming to solve common-sense knowledge and reasoning in AI. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#220 – Niels Jorgensen: New York Firefighters and the Heroes of 9/11
Niels Jorgensen is a former New York firefighter for over 21 years, who was there at Ground Zero on September 11th, 2001. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#219 – Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life
Donald Knuth is a computer scientist, Turing Award winner, father of algorithm analysis, author of The Art of Computer Programming, and creator of TeX. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#218 – Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI
Jaron Lanier is a computer scientist, composer, artist, author, and founder of the field of virtual reality. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#217 – Rodney Brooks: Robotics
Rodney Brooks is a roboticist, former head of CSAIL at MIT, and co-founder of iRobot, Rethink Robotics, and Robust.AI. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#216 – Vincent Racaniello: Viruses and Vaccines
Vincent Racaniello is a virologist, immunologist, and microbiologist at Columbia. He is a co-author of the textbook Principles of Virology and co-host of This Week in Virology podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#215 – Wojciech Zaremba: OpenAI Codex, GPT-3, Robotics, and the Future of AI
Wojciech Zaremba is a co-founder of OpenAI. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#214 – Jed Buchwald: Isaac Newton and the Philosophy of Science
Jed Buchwald is a historian and philosopher of science at Caltech. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#213 – Barry Barish: Gravitational Waves and the Most Precise Device Ever Built
Barry Barish is a theoretical physicist at Caltech and the winner of the Nobel Prize in Physics. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#212 – Joscha Bach: Nature of Reality, Dreams, and Consciousness
Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and philosopher. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#211 – Brian Muraresku: The Secret History of Psychedelics
Brian Muraresku is the author of The Immortality Key. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#210 – Matt Walker: Sleep
Matt Walker is a sleep scientist at Berkeley, author of Why We Sleep, and the host of a new podcast called The Matt Walker Podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#209 – Luís and João Batalha: Fermat’s Library and the Art of Studying Papers
Luis and Joao Batalha are co-founders of Fermat’s Library. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#208 – Jeff Hawkins: The Thousand Brains Theory of Intelligence
Jeff Hawkins is a neuroscientist and cofounder of Numenta, a neuroscience research company. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#207 – Chris Duffin: The Mad Scientist of Strength
Chris Duffin is a strength athlete, coach, and engineer, setting multiple strength world records including squatting and deadlifting 1000 lbs for multiple reps. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#206 – Ishan Misra: Self-Supervised Deep Learning in Computer Vision
Ishan Misra is a research scientist at FAIR working on self-supervised visual learning. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#205 – Zach Bitter: Ultramarathon Running
Zach Bitter is an ultramarathon runner and coach. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#204 – Cumrun Vafa: String Theory
Cumrun Vafa is a theoretical physicist at Harvard. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#203 – Anya Fernald: Regenerative Farming and the Art of Cooking Meat
Anya Fernald is the co-founder of Belcampo farms, chef, and regenerative agriculture expert. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#202 – Rick Doblin: Psychedelics
Rick Doblin is a psychedelics researcher and the founder and executive director of the Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies (MAPS). Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#201 – Konstantin Batygin: Planet 9 and the Edge of Our Solar System
Konstantin Batygin is a planetary astrophysicist at Caltech. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#200 – Michael Malice: Totalitarianism and Anarchy
Michael Malice is a political thinker, podcaster, and author. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#199 – Roger Reaves: Smuggling Drugs for Pablo Escobar and the Medellin Cartel
Roger Reaves is one of the most prolific drug smugglers in history. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#198 – Sara Walker: The Origin of Life on Earth and Alien Worlds
Sara Walker is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist interested in the origin of life. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#197 – Jocko Willink: War, Leadership, and Discipline
Jocko Willink is a retired Navy SEAL, co-author of Extreme Ownership, and host of Jocko Podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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#196 – Yeonmi Park: North Korea
Yeonmi Park is a North Korean defector, human rights activist, and author of the book In Order to Live. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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