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Andrej Karpathy is a legendary AI researcher, engineer, and educator. He's the former director of AI at Tesla, a founding member of OpenAI, and an educator at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
0:58 - Neural networks
6:01 - Biology
11:32 - Aliens
21:43 - Universe
33:34 - Transformers
41:50 - Language models
52:01 - Bots
58:21 - Google's LaMDA
1:05:44 - Software 2.0
1:16:44 - Human annotation
1:18:41 - Camera vision
1:23:46 - Tesla's Data Engine
1:27:56 - Tesla Vision
1:34:26 - Elon Musk
1:39:33 - Autonomous driving
1:44:28 - Leaving Tesla
1:49:55 - Tesla's Optimus
1:59:01 - ImageNet
2:01:40 - Data
2:11:31 - Day in the life
2:24:47 - Best IDE
2:31:53 - arXiv
2:36:23 - Advice for beginners
2:45:40 - Artificial general intelligence
2:59:00 - Movies
3:04:53 - Future of human civilization
3:09:13 - Book recommendations
3:15:21 - Advice for young people
3:17:12 - Future of machine learning
3:24:00 - Meaning of life
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Andrej Karpathy is a legendary AI researcher, engineer, and educator. He's the former director of AI at Tesla, a founding member of OpenAI, and an educator at Stanford. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
- Eight Sleep: eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings
- BetterHelp: betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off
- Fundrise: fundrise.com/lex
- Athletic Greens: athleticgreens.com/lex to get 1 month of fish oil
EPISODE LINKS:
Andrej's Twitter: twitter.com/karpathy
Andrej's YouTube: youtube.com/c/AndrejKarpathy
Andrej's Website: karpathy.ai
Andrej's Google Scholar: scholar.google.com/citations?user=l8WuQJgAAAAJ
Books mentioned:
The Vital Question: amzn.to/3q0vN6q
Life Ascending: amzn.to/3wKIsOE
The Selfish Gene: amzn.to/3TCo63s
Contact: amzn.to/3W3y5Au
The Cell: amzn.to/3W5f6pa
PODCAST INFO:
Podcast website: lexfridman.com/podcast
Apple Podcasts: apple.co/2lwqZIr
Spotify: spoti.fi/2nEwCF8
RSS: lexfridman.com/feed/podcast
Full episodes playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4
Clips playlist: youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41
OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
0:58 - Neural networks
6:01 - Biology
11:32 - Aliens
21:43 - Universe
33:34 - Transformers
41:50 - Language models
52:01 - Bots
58:21 - Google's LaMDA
1:05:44 - Software 2.0
1:16:44 - Human annotation
1:18:41 - Camera vision
1:23:46 - Tesla's Data Engine
1:27:56 - Tesla Vision
1:34:26 - Elon Musk
1:39:33 - Autonomous driving
1:44:28 - Leaving Tesla
1:49:55 - Tesla's Optimus
1:59:01 - ImageNet
2:01:40 - Data
2:11:31 - Day in the life
2:24:47 - Best IDE
2:31:53 - arXiv
2:36:23 - Advice for beginners
2:45:40 - Artificial general intelligence
2:59:00 - Movies
3:04:53 - Future of human civilization
3:09:13 - Book recommendations
3:15:21 - Advice for young people
3:17:12 - Future of machine learning
3:24:00 - Meaning of life
SOCIAL:
- Twitter: twitter.com/lexfridman
- LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lexfridman
- Facebook: facebook.com/lexfridman
- Instagram: instagram.com/lexfridman
- Medium: medium.com/@lexfridman
- Reddit: reddit.com/r/lexfridman
- Support on Patreon: patreon.com/lexfridman
