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#333 – Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI

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Lex Fridman

Technology, Society & Culture, Philosophy, Science

4.7 β€’ 13K Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 29 October 2022

⏱️ 214 minutes

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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:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(05:41) – Neural networks
(10:45) – Biology
(16:15) – Aliens
(26:27) – Universe
(38:18) – Transformers
(46:34) – Language models
(56:45) – Bots
(1:03:05) – Google’s LaMDA
(1:10:28) – Software 2.0
(1:21:28) – Human annotation
(1:23:25) – Camera vision
(1:28:30) – Tesla’s Data Engine
(1:32:39) – Tesla Vision
(1:39:09) – Elon Musk
(1:44:17) – Autonomous driving
(1:49:11) – Leaving Tesla
(1:54:39) – Tesla’s Optimus
(2:03:45) – ImageNet
(2:06:23) – Data
(2:16:15) – Day in the life
(2:29:31) – Best IDE
(2:36:37) – arXiv
(2:41:06) – Advice for beginners
(2:50:24) – Artificial general intelligence
(3:03:44) – Movies
(3:09:37) – Future of human civilization
(3:13:56) – Book recommendations
(3:20:05) – Advice for young people
(3:21:56) – Future of machine learning
(3:28:44) – Meaning of life

Transcript

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0:00.0

The following is a conversation with Andreak Apathy, previously the director of AI at Tesla.

0:05.8

And before that, at OpenAI and Stanford, he is one of the greatest scientists, engineers,

0:13.6

and educators in the history of artificial intelligence.

0:18.9

And now, a quick few second mention of the sponsor.

0:21.6

Check them out in the description.

0:23.1

It's the best way to support this podcast.

0:25.7

We got 8 Sleep for Naps, Better Help for Mental Health, Fundraise for Real Estate Investing,

0:32.2

and Athletic Greens for Nutrition, Choose Wisement Friends.

0:36.7

And now onto the full ad reads.

0:38.5

As always, no ads in the middle.

0:40.2

I try to make this interesting, but if you skip them, please still check out our sponsors.

0:44.5

I enjoy their stuff, maybe you will too.

0:47.8

This episode is sponsored by 8 Sleep and it's new pod 3 mattress.

0:54.1

I am recording this in a hotel.

0:57.4

In fact, given some complexities of my life, this is the middle of the night.

1:05.7

4am.

1:07.0

I'm seeing an empty hotel room yelling at a microphone.

1:11.7

This my friends is my life.

1:15.6

I do usually feel good about myself at 4am, but not with two cups of coffee in me.

1:22.1

And the reason I feel good is because I'm going to go to sleep soon and I've accomplished.

1:26.8

A lot.

1:27.8

This is true today, except for the sleep soon part because I think I'm going to an airport

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