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Lex Fridman Podcast

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

Lex Fridman Podcast

Lex Fridman

Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science, Technology

4.713K Ratings

🗓️ 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: – Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex to get special savings – BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off – Fundrise: https://fundrise.com/lex – Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex to get 1 month of fish oil EPISODE LINKS: Andrej’s Twitter: http://twitter.com/karpathy Andrej’s YouTube: http://youtube.com/c/AndrejKarpathy Andrej’s Website: http://karpathy.ai Andrej’s Google Scholar: http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=l8WuQJgAAAAJ Books mentioned: The Vital Question: https://amzn.to/3q0vN6q Life Ascending: https://amzn.to/3wKIsOE The Selfish Gene: https://amzn.to/3TCo63s Contact: https://amzn.to/3W3y5Au The Cell: https://amzn.to/3W5f6pa PODCAST

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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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