Marc Andreessen: Future of the Internet, Technology, and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #386
Marc Andreessen is the co-creator of Mosaic, co-founder of Netscape, and co-founder of the venture capital firm Andreessen Horowitz. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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0:00 - Introduction
1:06 - Google Search
8:54 - LLM training
21:25 - Truth
27:38 - Journalism
37:29 - AI startups
42:51 - Future of browsers
49:15 - History of browsers
55:16 - Steve Jobs
1:09:50 - Software engineering
1:17:05 - JavaScript
1:21:23 - Netscape
1:26:27 - Why AI will save the world
1:34:26 - Dangers of AI
2:04:46 - Nuclear energy
2:16:43 - Misinformation
2:32:02 - AI and the economy
2:38:10 - China
2:42:22 - Evolution of technology
2:51:41 - How to learn
2:59:50 - Advice for young people
3:02:40 - Balance and happiness
3:09:16 - Meaning of life
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Ben Shapiro vs Destiny Debate: Politics, Jan 6, Israel, Ukraine & Wokeism | Lex Fridman Podcast #410
Ben Shapiro is a conservative political commentator, host of The Ben Shapiro Show, co-founder of The Daily Wire, and author of The Authoritarian Moment and other books. Steven Bonnell, aka Destiny, is a liberal political commentator and a live streamer on YouTube.
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Paul Rosolie: Jungle, Apex Predators, Aliens, Uncontacted Tribes, and God | Lex Fridman Podcast #429
Paul Rosolie is a naturalist, explorer, author, and founder of Junglekeepers, dedicating his life to protecting the Amazon rainforest. Support his efforts at https://junglekeepers.org
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15:51 - Black caiman
34:11 - Rhinos
37:25 - Anacondas
1:07:42 - Mammals
1:19:48 - Piranhas
1:30:38 - Aliens
1:48:23 - Elephants
1:59:40 - Origin of life
2:12:59 - Explorers
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2:34:41 - Deep jungle expedition
2:48:48 - Jane Goodall
2:51:19 - Theodore Roosevelt
3:02:15 - Alone show
3:12:01 - Protecting the rainforest
3:28:14 - Snake makes appearance
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3:49:49 - Mortality
3:51:17 - Steve Irwin
3:58:57 - God
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Aravind Srinivas: Perplexity CEO on Future of AI, Search & the Internet | Lex Fridman Podcast #434
Arvind Srinivas is CEO of Perplexity, a company that aims to revolutionize how we humans find answers to questions on the Internet. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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1:26:24 - $1 trillion dollar question
1:41:14 - Perplexity origin story
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Andrew Huberman: Focus, Controversy, Politics, and Relationships | Lex Fridman Podcast #435
Andrew Huberman is a neuroscientist at Stanford and host of the Huberman Lab Podcast. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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38:27 - Caffeine
40:14 - Math gaffe
57:16 - 2024 presidential elections
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Ivanka Trump: Politics, Family, Real Estate, Fashion, Music, and Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #436
Ivanka Trump is a businesswoman, real estate developer, and former senior advisor to the President of the United States.
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21:45 - Philosophy of design
30:01 - Lessons from mother
53:07 - Lessons from father
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1:12:35 - Hotel design
1:23:44 - Self-doubt
1:26:07 - Intuition
1:29:17 - The Apprentice
1:33:51 - Michael Jackson
1:35:26 - Nature
1:40:20 - Surfing
1:42:31 - Donald Trump
1:56:53 - Politics
2:13:05 - Work-life balance
2:19:33 - Parenting
2:34:40 - 2024 presidential campaign
2:38:17 - Dolly Parton
2:40:02 - Adele
2:40:32 - Alice Johnson
2:45:56 - Stevie Ray Vaughan
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2:49:51 - Freddie Mercury
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2:58:01 - Bucket list
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Jordan Jonas: Survival, Hunting, Siberia, God, and Winning Alone Season 6 | Lex Fridman Podcast #437
Jordan Jonas is a wilderness survival expert, explorer, hunter, guide, and winner of Alone Season 6, a show in which the task is to survive alone in the arctic wilderness longer than anyone else. He is widely considered to be one of the greatest competitors in the history on that show. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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51:53 - Roland Welker
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1:29:40 - Hunger
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Elon Musk: Neuralink and the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #438
Elon Musk is CEO of Neuralink, SpaceX, Tesla, xAI, and CTO of X. DJ Seo is COO & President of Neuralink. Matthew MacDougall is Head Neurosurgeon at Neuralink. Bliss Chapman is Brain Interface Software Lead at Neuralink. Noland Arbaugh is the first human to have a Neuralink device implanted in his brain.
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15:12 - Future of Neuralink
20:27 - Ayahuasca
29:57 - Merging with AI
34:44 - xAI
36:57 - Optimus
43:47 - Elon's approach to problem-solving
1:01:23 - History and geopolitics
1:05:53 - Lessons of history
1:10:12 - Collapse of empires
1:17:55 - Time
1:20:37 - Aliens and curiosity
1:28:12 - DJ Seo
1:36:20 - Neural dust
1:43:03 - History of brainโcomputer interface
1:51:07 - Biophysics of neural interfaces
2:01:36 - How Neuralink works
2:07:26 - Lex with Neuralink implant
2:27:24 - Digital telepathy
2:38:27 - Retracted threads
2:44:01 - Vertical integration
2:50:55 - Safety
3:00:50 - Upgrades
3:09:53 - Future capabilities
3:39:09 - Matthew MacDougall
3:44:58 - Neuroscience
3:52:07 - Neurosurgery
4:03:11 - Neuralink surgery
4:22:20 - Brain surgery details
4:38:03 - Implanting Neuralink on self
4:53:57 - Life and death
5:03:17 - Consciousness
5:06:11 - Bliss Chapman
5:19:27 - Neural signal
5:26:19 - Latency
5:30:59 - Neuralink app
5:35:40 - Intention vs action
5:46:54 - Calibration
5:56:26 - Webgrid
6:19:28 - Neural decoder
6:40:03 - Future improvements
6:48:59 - Noland Arbaugh
6:49:08 - Becoming paralyzed
7:02:43 - First Neuralink human participant
7:06:45 - Day of surgery
7:24:31 - Moving mouse with brain
7:49:50 - Webgrid
7:57:52 - Retracted threads
8:06:16 - App improvements
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Craig Jones: Jiu Jitsu, $2 Million Prize, CJI, ADCC, Ukraine & Trolling | Lex Fridman Podcast #439
Craig Jones is a legendary jiu jitsu personality, competitor, co-founder of B-Team, and organizer of the CJI tournament that offers over $2 million in prize money.
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1:00:58 - The Alley
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1:23:01 - Trolling
1:25:49 - ADCC
1:36:02 - Training camp
1:47:45 - Breaking legs
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2:04:09 - Future of jiu jitsu
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Pieter Levels: Programming, Viral AI Startups, and Digital Nomad Life | Lex Fridman Podcast #440
Pieter Levels (aka levelsio on X) is a self-taught developer and entrepreneur who has designed, programmed, launched over 40 startups, many of which are highly successful.
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Hoodmaps: https://hoodmaps.com
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0:00 - Introduction
2:03 - Startup philosophy
9:34 - Low points
13:03 - 12 startups in 12 months
19:55 - Traveling and depression
32:34 - Indie hacking
36:37 - Photo AI
1:12:53 - How to learn AI
1:21:30 - Robots
1:29:47 - Hoodmaps
1:53:52 - Learning new programming languages
2:03:24 - Monetize your website
2:09:59 - Fighting SPAM
2:13:33 - Automation
2:24:58 - When to sell startup
2:27:52 - Coding solo
2:33:54 - Ship fast
2:42:38 - Best IDE for programming
2:52:09 - Andrej Karpathy
3:01:34 - Productivity
3:15:21 - Minimalism
3:24:07 - Emails
3:31:20 - Coffee
3:39:05 - E/acc
3:41:21 - Advice for young people
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