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Lex Fridman PodcastGrimes: Music, AI, and the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #281
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Episode Details
EPISODE INFO
- Released
- April 29, 2022
- Duration
- 2h 4m
- Channel
- Lex Fridman Podcast
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EPISODE DESCRIPTION
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EPISODE LINKS: Grimes's Twitter: https://twitter.com/Grimezsz Grimes's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grimes 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 2:03 - Identity 6:01 - Music production 18:52 - Spotify 23:34 - Experimental music 26:09 - Vision of future 38:42 - Motherhood 54:50 - Consciousness 1:09:40 - Love 1:15:31 - Metaverse 1:28:13 - Technology and bureaucracy 1:32:11 - Mortality 1:40:36 - Understanding evil 1:44:34 - Last person on Earth 1:47:12 - Dan Carlin 1:49:42 - Rise and Fall of the Third Reich 1:56:07 - Coolest human invention 1:57:28 - Advice for young people 2:00:40 - Meaning of life SOCIAL:
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EPISODE SUMMARY
In this episode of Lex Fridman Podcast, featuring Grimes and Lex Fridman, Grimes: Music, AI, and the Future of Humanity | Lex Fridman Podcast #281 explores Grimes explores Homo techno, AI futures, art, love, and death In this wide-ranging conversation, Grimes and Lex Fridman discuss how ubiquitous computing and the internet have transformed humans into a new species she calls “Homo techno,” with brains and behavior fundamentally altered by technology. They examine music as a form of collective, decentralized art that is merging with engineering, AI, and new business models, including ways to use tech to remove exploitative middlemen from the music industry. Grimes shares her evolving views on motherhood, optimism, and protopian futures, arguing for reprogramming the “human computer” toward creativity, non‑violence, and social good while warning about supply-chain fragility and digital hells. Throughout, they wrestle with consciousness, death, love, social media, and the ethical integration of superintelligent AI into human civilization.
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