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George Hotz: Hacking the Simulation & Learning to Drive with Neural Nets | Lex Fridman Podcast #132

George Hotz (geohot) is a programmer, hacker, and the founder of Comma.ai. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Four Sigmatic: https://foursigmatic.com/lex and use code LexPod to get up to 40% & free shipping - Decoding Digital: https://appdirect.com/decoding-digital - ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code LexPod to get 3 months free EPISODE LINKS: Comma.ai's Twitter: https://twitter.com/comma_ai Comma.ai's Website: https://comma.ai/ George's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/georgehotz George's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/georgehotz George's Twitter: https://twitter.com/realgeorgehotz Comma.ai YouTube (unofficial): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwgKmJM4ZJQRJ-U5NjvR2dg PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 2:31 - Will human civilization destroy itself? 5:18 - Where are the aliens? 10:05 - Tic Tac UFO and Bob Lazar 12:33 - Conspiracy theories 14:36 - The programming language of life 18:57 - The games that humans play 27:27 - Memory leaks in the simulation 29:58 - Theories of everything 31:43 - Ethereum startup story 39:30 - Cryptocurrency 48:57 - Self-help advice 52:37 - Comma.ai 54:30 - Comma two 1:03:19 - Tesla vs Comma.ai 1:12:22 - Driver monitoring 1:26:03 - Communicating uncertainty 1:27:51 - Tesla Dojo 1:34:19 - Tesla Autopilot big rewrite 1:40:37 - How to install the Comma Two 1:45:13 - Openpilot is Android & Autopilot is iOS 1:54:28 - Waymo 2:05:41 - Autonomous driving and society 2:07:53 - Moving 2:10:58 - Advice to Startups 2:24:00 - Programming setup 2:27:01 - Ideas that changed my life 2:35:06 - GPT-3 2:38:26 - AGI 2:42:29 - Programming languages that everyone should learn 2:49:02 - How to learn anything 2:51:34 - Book recommendations 2:59:57 - Love 3:01:46 - Psychedelics 3:04:07 - Crazy CONNECT: - Subscribe to this YouTube channel - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

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Oct 22, 20203h 8mWatch on YouTube ↗

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October 22, 2020
Duration
3h 8m
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Lex Fridman Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION

George Hotz (geohot) is a programmer, hacker, and the founder of Comma.ai. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:

EPISODE LINKS: Comma.ai's Twitter: https://twitter.com/comma_ai Comma.ai's Website: https://comma.ai/ George's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/georgehotz George's Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/georgehotz George's Twitter: https://twitter.com/realgeorgehotz Comma.ai YouTube (unofficial): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwgKmJM4ZJQRJ-U5NjvR2dg PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 2:31 - Will human civilization destroy itself? 5:18 - Where are the aliens? 10:05 - Tic Tac UFO and Bob Lazar 12:33 - Conspiracy theories 14:36 - The programming language of life 18:57 - The games that humans play 27:27 - Memory leaks in the simulation 29:58 - Theories of everything 31:43 - Ethereum startup story 39:30 - Cryptocurrency 48:57 - Self-help advice 52:37 - Comma.ai 54:30 - Comma two 1:03:19 - Tesla vs Comma.ai 1:12:22 - Driver monitoring 1:26:03 - Communicating uncertainty 1:27:51 - Tesla Dojo 1:34:19 - Tesla Autopilot big rewrite 1:40:37 - How to install the Comma Two 1:45:13 - Openpilot is Android & Autopilot is iOS 1:54:28 - Waymo 2:05:41 - Autonomous driving and society 2:07:53 - Moving 2:10:58 - Advice to Startups 2:24:00 - Programming setup 2:27:01 - Ideas that changed my life 2:35:06 - GPT-3 2:38:26 - AGI 2:42:29 - Programming languages that everyone should learn 2:49:02 - How to learn anything 2:51:34 - Book recommendations 2:59:57 - Love 3:01:46 - Psychedelics 3:04:07 - Crazy CONNECT:

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  • Lex Fridman

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  • George Hotz

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EPISODE SUMMARY

In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Lex Fridman and George Hotz, George Hotz: Hacking the Simulation & Learning to Drive with Neural Nets | Lex Fridman Podcast #132 explores george Hotz on AI, autonomy, and hacking reality’s deepest rule systems George Hotz and Lex Fridman range from simulation theory, alien civilizations, and conspiracy thinking to the concrete engineering of autonomous driving and cryptocurrencies.

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