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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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(00:00) – Introduction

(08:04) – What is reality?

(12:17) – Turing machines

(13:35) – Simulating our universe

(19:49) – Video games and other immersive experiences

(23:37) – Death and consciousness

(32:08) – Designing human-centric AI

(33:42) – Empathy with robots

(37:33) – Social media incentives

(49:53) – Data dignity

(57:26) – Jack Dorsey and Twitter

(1:09:10) – Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies

(1:13:51) – Government overreach and freedom

(1:24:06) – GitHub and TikTok

(1:26:16) – The Autodidactic Universe

(1:31:07) – Humans and the mystery of music

(1:37:17) – Defining moments

(1:48:03) – Mortality

(1:49:56) – The meaning of life

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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(00:00) – Introduction

(07:33) – First robots

(28:58) – Brains and computers

(1:01:47) – Self-driving cars

(1:21:57) – Believing in the impossible

(1:32:47) – Predictions

(1:43:49) – iRobot

(2:11:11) – Sharing an office with AI experts

(2:23:21) – Advice for young people

(2:27:07) – Meaning of life

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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(00:00) – Introduction

(10:24) – Microbiology by numbers

(15:47) – From bacteria to an organism

(23:46) – AlphaFold 2

(27:44) – Simulating an evolutionary arms race

(53:11) – The most terrifying virus

(1:14:54) – SARS-CoV-2

(1:29:38) – Coronaviruses and Influenza. What’s the difference?

(1:35:45) – Vaccines

(1:41:43) – Lex on his reaction to the COVID-19 vaccine shot

(1:47:39) – Modern vaccines

(1:52:39) – How does mRNA vaccine work?

(1:55:26) – Are mRNA vaccines safe?

(2:21:52) – Lex on trust in authority

(2:36:59) – Ivermectin

(2:43:39) – Hydroxychloroquine

(2:48:22) – Variants and mutations

(2:55:20) – Testing

(3:03:27) – How does COVID-19 spread?

(3:06:37) – Masks

(3:15:05) – Bret Weinstein vs Sam Harris

(3:18:39) – This Week in Virology

(3:28:19) – Advice for young people

(3:30:42) – Meaning of life

Wojciech Zaremba is a co-founder of OpenAI. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(07:57) – The Fermi paradox

(14:59) – Systems of government

(17:36) – Life, intelligence, and consciousness

(24:49) – GPT language model

(27:02) – Engineering consciousness

(31:19) – Is there an algorithm for intelligence?

(38:41) – Neural networks and deep learning

(51:32) – Human reward functions

(56:26) – Love is part of the human condition

(58:53) – Expanding our circle of empathy

(1:02:58) – Psychedelics and meditation

(1:14:25) – Ilya Sutskever

(1:21:42) – How does GPT work?

(1:31:35) – AI safety

(1:38:21) – OpenAI Codex

(1:51:54) – Robotics

(2:01:11) – Developing self driving cars and robots

(2:12:02) – What is the benchmark for intelligence?

(2:15:04) – Will we spend more time in virtual reality?

(2:17:18) – AI Friendships

(2:26:48) – Sleep

(2:29:22) – Generating good ideas

(2:35:47) – Advice for young people

(2:40:31) – Getting started with machine learning

(2:43:44) – What is beauty?

(2:47:35) – Death

(2:54:23) – Meaning of life

Jed Buchwald is a historian and philosopher of science at Caltech. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(06:34) – How does science progress?

(22:48) – Theory of Everything

(34:40) – Consciousness

(38:15) – Most Beautiful Moments in Science

(46:00) – Isaac Newton

(1:12:13) – Competition in Science

(1:22:47) – Newton’s Career

(1:35:58) – Importance of Data

(1:42:17) – Alchemy

(1:46:31) – Newton and Religion

(1:49:44) – Showing Newton the future

(1:54:28) – Newton and Einstein

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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(00:00) – Introduction

(08:27) – Early Math and Physics questions

(18:02) – Enrico Fermi

(24:34) – Birth of the Nuclear Age

(29:42) – The Fermi Paradox

(34:45) – Gravity

(51:28) – Philosophical Implications of General Relativity

(58:34) – Detecting Gravitational Waves

(1:01:47) – LIGO

(1:34:45) – Nobel Prize

(1:49:34) – Black Holes

(2:01:53) – Space Exploration

(2:09:48) – Books

(2:18:37) – Advice for young people

(2:24:33) – Meaning of life

Joscha Bach is a cognitive scientist, AI researcher, and philosopher. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(07:15) – Life is hard

(09:38) – Consciousness

(16:24) – What is life?

(26:33) – Free will

(40:38) – Simulation

(42:49) – Base layer of reality

(58:24) – Boston Dynamics

(1:06:43) – Engineering consciousness

(1:17:12) – Suffering

(1:26:06) – Postmodernism

(1:30:25) – Psychedelics

(1:43:40) – GPT-3

(1:52:22) – GPT-4

(1:58:47) – OpenAI Codex

(2:01:02) – Humans vs AI: Who is more dangerous?

(2:17:47) – Hitler

(2:22:44) – Autonomous weapon systems

(2:30:11) – Mark Zuckerberg

(2:35:47) – Love

(2:50:00) – Michael Malice and anarchism

(3:06:57) – Love

(3:11:05) – Advice for young people

(3:15:42) – Meaning of life

Brian Muraresku is the author of The Immortality Key. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(09:46) – Who or what is God?

(25:15) – Terence McKenna’s DMT Trips

(29:58) – Psychedelics were the source of collective intelligence

(40:30) – Psychedelics in ancient alcohol

(43:30) – The Immortality Key

(46:16) – Jesus and psychedelic wine

(58:56) – Role of rituals in human society

(1:02:37) – Human confrontation with death

(1:05:15) – The future of the human experience

(1:17:07) – The role of religion in society

(1:22:54) – The future of psychedelics research

(1:26:05) – Fasting and meditation as religious experiences

(1:29:44) – Neuralink and BCIs

(1:36:42) – Is LSD a crutch or an aid in creative work

(1:39:21) – Nietzsche said God is dead

(1:41:48) – Creatures people meet while on psychedelics

(1:47:18) – Consciousness

(1:53:41) – Books or movies that made an impact

(1:57:39) – Meaning of life

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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(00:00) – Introduction

(09:56) – Putin moment: Lex takes Matt’s sunglasses

(10:17) – Fascination with sleep

(14:26) – Why do we sleep?

(22:58) – Computer vision for driver assistance

(32:19) – Consciousness is fundamental

(40:25) – Lex on human to robot connection

(42:52) – Scent of a Woman is better than “John Wick”

(54:33) – Distinction between coffee and caffeine

(1:20:17) – The science of ‘sleeping on it’

(1:34:10) – Lex on his sleeping schedule

(1:59:14) – Chronotypes

(2:06:44) – How to overcome insomnia

(2:24:07) – Diet and sleep

(2:33:03) – Where do dreams come from?

(2:46:41) – How sleep affects emotions

(2:53:35) – Meaning of life

Luis and Joao Batalha are co-founders of Fermat’s Library. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(10:18) – Backstories to research papers

(25:09) – Fermat’s Library

(45:10) – Scientific publishing

(1:08:50) – How to read a paper

(1:14:44) – Taking good notes

(1:23:23) – Favorite papers on Fermat’s Library

(2:04:14) – Fermat’s Library on Twitter

(2:13:46) – What it takes to build a successful startup

(2:22:43) – Game of Thrones

(2:25:30) – Realism in science fiction movies

(2:31:29) – Greatest soccer player of all time

(2:54:18) – Advice for young people

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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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(10:35) – Collective intelligence

(17:17) – The origin of intelligence in the human brain

(30:31) – How intelligent life evolved on Earth

(41:30) – Why humans are special in the universe

(44:48) – Neurons

(49:02) – A Thousand Brains theory of intelligence

(57:42) – How to build superintelligent AI

(1:15:41) – Sam Harris and existential risk of AI

(1:27:43) – Neuralink

(1:34:34) – Will AI prevent the self-destruction of human civilization?

(1:40:05) – Communicating human knowledge to alien civilizations

(1:50:22) – Devil’s advocate

(1:55:16) – Human nature

(2:03:39) – Hardware for AI

(2:10:18) – Advice for young people

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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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

(07:10) – Performing feats of strength

(13:52) – What does it take to lift 1000 lbs for reps?

(16:43) – From 500 to 1000lb

(17:15) – The mechanics of heavy lifting

(28:32) – What did it feel like to do 1000lbs for reps?

(30:26) – Achieving peak performance

(35:16) – Importance of singular focus

(37:48) – Chris’s childhood

(50:37) – The Eagle and the Dragon: A Story of Strength and Reinvention

(58:21) – Lex on business

(1:04:52) – The Disciplines of Strength

(1:09:33) – Powerlifting

(1:22:37) – Role of strength in MMA, BJJ… and baseball

(1:32:38) – What is Kabuki Strength?

(1:38:55) – Equipment

(1:50:09) – The importance of strong feet

(1:59:15) – Chris’s diet

(2:05:37) – Lex on moderation in food

(2:06:11) – Steroids and PED’s

(2:24:14) – Whiskey and deadlifts

(2:33:03) – Is it better to work hard or smart?

(2:41:52) – Advice for young people

(2:45:02) – Fear of death

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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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(07:49) – Self-supervised learning

(16:24) – Self-supervised learning is the dark matter of intelligence

(20:17) – Categorization

(28:50) – Is computer vision still really hard?

(32:35) – Understanding Language

(42:14) – Harder to solve: vision or language

(48:59) – Contrastive learning & energy-based models

(52:59) – Data augmentation

(57:19) – Fixed audio spike by lowering sound with pen tool

(1:05:33) – Real data vs. augmented data

(1:09:16) – Non-contrastive learning energy based self supervised learning methods

(1:12:54) – Unsupervised learning (SwAV)

(1:15:37) – Self-supervised Pretraining (SEER)

(1:20:44) – Self-supervised learning (SSL) architectures

(1:26:43) – VISSL pytorch-based SSL library

(1:29:38) – Multi-modal

(1:37:06) – Active learning

(1:42:45) – Autonomous driving

(1:54:12) – Limits of deep learning

(1:58:19) – Difference between learning and reasoning

(2:03:26) – Building super-human AI

(2:11:14) – Most beautiful idea in self-supervised learning

(2:15:02) – Simulation for training AI

(2:18:27) – Video games replacing reality

(2:19:40) – How to write a good research paper

(2:24:08) – Best programming language for beginners

(2:25:01) – PyTorch vs TensorFlow

(2:28:26) – Advice for getting into machine learning

(2:30:31) – Advice for young people

(2:32:58) – Meaning of life

Zach Bitter is an ultramarathon runner and coach. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(07:34) – The marathon mentality

(14:43) – The psychology of quitting

(25:49) – Variety in ultramarathons

(33:04) – What does it take to run 100 miles?

(38:27) – Leading ultramarathon events

(42:09) – Training and race strategy

(44:39) – 100 Mile world record

(48:41) – Foot strike variability and cadence

(51:29) – The 11 hour barrier

(54:57) – The most beautiful thing about running

(1:01:19) – Zach’s training regime

(1:06:06) – MAF 180 Formula

(1:16:31) – Training plans

(1:31:30) – Marathons vs. 100 miles

(1:40:31) – Zach’s diet philosophy

(1:55:19) – Fueling for race day

(2:02:34) – Training while fasted

(2:06:11) – Embracing the chaos

(2:07:41) – 100-Mile treadmill WR

(2:11:51) – The legend of Bert Kreischer

(2:16:16) – The Transcontinental Run across America

(2:33:51) – Who is the greatest endurance athlete of all time?

(2:41:04) – Shoe technology in running

(2:54:14) – Human limits

(2:56:49) – Zach’s biggest obstacles

(3:00:34) – Advice for young people