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Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #333

2022-10-29 Science & Technology
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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 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 0:58 - Neural networks 6:01 - Biology 11:32 - Aliens 21:43 - Universe 33:34 - Transformers 41:50 - Language models 52:01 - Bots 58:21 - Google's LaMDA 1:05:44 - Software 2.0 1:16:44 - Human annotation 1:18:41 - Camera vision 1:23:46 - Tesla's Data Engine 1:27:56 - Tesla Vision 1:34:26 - Elon Musk 1:39:33 - Autonomous driving 1:44:28 - Leaving Tesla 1:49:55 - Tesla's Optimus 1:59:01 - ImageNet 2:01:40 - Data 2:11:31 - Day in the life 2:24:47 - Best IDE 2:31:53 - arXiv 2:36:23 - Advice for beginners 2:45:40 - Artificial general intelligence 2:59:00 - Movies 3:04:53 - Future of human civilization 3:09:13 - Book recommendations 3:15:21 - Advice for young people 3:17:12 - Future of machine learning 3:24:00 - Meaning of life SOCIAL: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman

Top Comments (10)

@CharliesGhost99 2022-10-29

This is what made Lex famous. We need more scientists, less celebrities!

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@franciscoerramuspe 2022-10-29

Seems mind-blowing to me having access to a 3.5 hour talk with one of the greatest minds in the history of AI, while having the chance to learn from his habits, thoughts, and way of seeing life. Such an outstanding job as usual, Lex.

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@user-wr4yl7tx3w 2022-10-29

Andrej is one of the most generous person there is in AI. His stature is so well deserved.

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@lexfridman 2022-10-29

Here are the timestamps. Please check out our sponsors to support this podcast. 0:00 - Introduction & sponsor mentions: - 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 0:58 - Neural networks 6:01 - Biology 11:32 - Aliens 21:43 - Universe 33:34 - Transformers 41:50 - Language models 52:01 - Bots 58:21 - Google's LaMDA 1:05:44 - Software 2.0 1:16:44 - Human annotation 1:18:41 - Camera vision 1:23:46 - Tesla's Data Engine 1:27:56 - Tesla Vision 1:34:26 - Elon Musk 1:39:33 - Autonomous driving 1:44:28 - Leaving Tesla 1:49:55 - Tesla's Optimus 1:59:01 - ImageNet 2:01:40 - Data 2:11:31 - Day in the life 2:24:47 - Best IDE 2:31:53 - arXiv 2:36:23 - Advice for beginners 2:45:40 - Artificial general intelligence 2:59:00 - Movies 3:04:53 - Future of human civilization 3:09:13 - Book recommendations 3:15:21 - Advice for young people 3:17:12 - Future of machine learning 3:24:00 - Meaning of life

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@LiyuLuo 2022-10-29

Lex and Andrej podcast feels like Saturday morning cartoons all over again.

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@moralboundaries1 2022-11-01

Andrej speaks so quickly, yet it doesn't sound rushed or thoughtless. Fascinating dude.

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@rudolfromisch954 2022-12-11

Would be happy to see andrej a second time

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@frederickwelsh 2022-12-10

The intensity and quality of this long interview reveal the intellectual capacity of both speakers. This has been well worth my time. Thank you!

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@brandoneickert 2025-05-05

That hook was crazy 0:28

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@ileska7828 2025-11-30

I'm relistening to this episode after many years; really great stuff! Would be awesome to have Karpathy back on the podcast

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