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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#233 – Carl Hart: Heroin, Cocaine, MDMA, Alcohol & the Role of Drugs in Society
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2021-10-23
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#232 – Brian Greene: Quantum Gravity, Big Bang, Aliens, Life, Death, and Meaning
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2021-10-20
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#231 – Alex Gladstein: Bitcoin, Authoritarianism, and Human Rights
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2021-10-16
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#230 – Kelsi Sheren: War, Artillery, PTSD, and Love
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2021-10-14
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#229 – Richard Wrangham: Role of Violence, Sex, and Fire in Human Evolution
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2021-10-10
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#228 – RZA: Wu-Tang Clan, Kung Fu, Chess, God, Life, and Death
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2021-10-05
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#227 – Sean Kelly: Existentialism, Nihilism, and the Search for Meaning
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2021-09-30
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#226 – Jo Boaler: How to Learn Math
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2021-09-27
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#225 – Jeffrey Shainline: Neuromorphic Computing and Optoelectronic Intelligence
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2021-09-26
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#224 – Travis Oliphant: NumPy, SciPy, Anaconda, Python & Scientific Programming
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2021-09-23
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#223 – Travis Stevens: Judo, Olympics, and Mental Toughness
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2021-09-21
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#222 – Jay McClelland: Neural Networks and the Emergence of Cognition
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2021-09-20
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#221 – Douglas Lenat: Cyc and the Quest to Solve Common Sense Reasoning in AI
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2021-09-15
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#220 – Niels Jorgensen: New York Firefighters and the Heroes of 9/11
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2021-09-11
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#219 – Donald Knuth: Programming, Algorithms, Hard Problems & the Game of Life
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2021-09-09
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#218 – Jaron Lanier: Virtual Reality, Social Media & the Future of Humans and AI
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2021-09-06
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#217 – Rodney Brooks: Robotics
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2021-09-03
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#216 – Vincent Racaniello: Viruses and Vaccines
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2021-09-01
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#215 – Wojciech Zaremba: OpenAI Codex, GPT-3, Robotics, and the Future of AI
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2021-08-29
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#214 – Jed Buchwald: Isaac Newton and the Philosophy of Science
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2021-08-27
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