artificial general intelligence
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ChrisWillxApr 2, 2026The AI Arms Race, Human Psychology, and the Ethical Design of Future Technology
TechnologyDesign EthicistPsychological HabitatAttention EconomyHuman Psychological Vulnerabilities
Awakening RichardFeb 4, 2025DeepSeek's Vision: Driving Core AI Innovation, Challenging China's Follower Mentality, and Building an AGI Ecosystem
TechnologyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Large Language Models (LLM)Market DisruptorPrice War
lexfridmanNov 11, 2024Dario Amodei on AI Scaling Laws, AGI Timelines, Claude's Evolution, and the Imperative of AI Safety
TechnologyScaling LawsScaling HypothesisLarge Language Models (LLMs)Artificial General Intelligence (AGI)- lexfridmanAug 2, 2024
Neuralink's Human Implants, AI Symbiosis, and the Future of Human Experience with Elon Musk
TechnologyNeuralink implantBits per second (BPS)ElectrodesAI-human symbiosis - lexfridmanMar 18, 2024
Sam Altman on OpenAI's Board Saga, AGI's Power Struggle, and Elon Musk Lawsuit
TechnologyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Compute as a commodityOpenAI board sagaPower struggle (in AGI development) - lexfridmanJun 29, 2023
George Hotz on AI, Consciousness, the Future of Humanity, and the Biological vs. Silicon Stacks of Life
TechnologyWireheadingComputational complexity (P vs NP)Large Language Models (LLMs)Reinforcement Learning with Human Feedback (RLHF) 
EconomicsExplainedApr 30, 2023The Economic Implications of AI and Automation: Does Capitalism Still Need Consumers?
EconomicsArtificial Intelligence (AI)AutomationEconomic ValueUniversal Basic Income (UBI)- lexfridmanApr 13, 2023
Max Tegmark: The Urgent Case for Halting Advanced AI Development and Redefining Humanity's Future
TechnologyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)SuperintelligenceAI SafetyLife 1.0 (Biological evolution-based learning) - lexfridmanSep 4, 2022
John Vervaeke on the Meaning Crisis, Mortality, Consciousness, and the Search for Wisdom
PhilosophyMeaning in lifeMeaning of lifeMeaning crisisPerennial problems - lexfridmanAug 4, 2022
John Carmack on Programming Philosophy, Game Development Evolution, VR, and the Path to AGI
Technology3D NavigationGame Engine OptimizationVirtual Reality (VR)Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) - lexfridmanJul 1, 2022
Demis Hassabis on AGI, the Turing Test, and Games as the Crucible of Intelligence
TechnologyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Turing TestGeneralizabilityReinforcement Learning - lexfridmanSep 15, 2021
Douglas Lenat on Cyc: The Decades-Long Quest for Common Sense Reasoning in AI
TechnologyCommon Sense KnowledgeArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Knowledge RepresentationPredicate Logic - lexfridmanJan 27, 2021
AI, Consciousness, and the Human Experience: An AMA with Lex Fridman
PhilosophyAI sufferingConsciousnessHuman conditionYin and Yang - lexfridmanJan 18, 2021
Max Tegmark on AI, Physics, and the Quest for Intelligible Intelligence
ScienceArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Existential risks of AIIntelligible intelligenceBlack box AI systems - lexfridmanDec 13, 2020
Michael Littman on Reinforcement Learning, AI's Future, and Dispelling Superintelligence Fears
TechnologyReinforcement LearningArtificial Intelligence (AI)Machine LearningArtificial General Intelligence (AGI) 
NewEconomicThinkingOct 29, 2020AI, Work, and Inequality: Designing a More Equitable Future in the Digital Age
EconomicsDigitization of everythingArtificial Intelligence (AI)Digital goods (free, perfect, instant)Job displacement- lexfridmanAug 31, 2020
François Chollet on Defining and Measuring General Intelligence in AI
TechnologyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Narrow AIIntelligence as skill acquisition efficiencyAdaptation and generalization - lexfridmanJul 26, 2020
Richard Karp: The Elegance of Algorithms, NP-Completeness, and the Philosophical Limits of AI
SciencePlain geometryFormal proofsComputational complexityP versus NP problem - NewEconomicThinkingJul 23, 2020
The AI Awakening: Economic Implications of Automation, Remote Work, and the Productivity Paradox
EconomicsArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)AutomationMachine LearningDeep Learning - lexfridmanJul 8, 2020
Peter Singer on Suffering, Ethics, AI Consciousness, and the Nature of Good and Evil
PhilosophySuffering (objective vs. relative)ConsciousnessEffective AltruismBioethics - lexfridmanJun 26, 2020
Sophia, AGI, and the Ethics of Anthropomorphic Robotics: A Conversation with Ben Goertzel
TechnologyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Computational CompassionSingularityHardware Ecosystem - lexfridmanJun 22, 2020
Ben Goertzel: The Philosophical and Engineering Pursuit of Artificial General Intelligence
TechnologyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)SuperintelligenceOpen-ended superintelligenceIntraparticulate intelligence (SII) - lexfridmanMay 9, 2020
Ilya Sutskever on Building AGI: Self-Play, Simulation, Consciousness, and Human Control
TechnologyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Deep LearningSelf-playReinforcement Learning (RL) - lexfridmanApr 24, 2020
Jack Dorsey on Square's Mission, Bitcoin as Internet's Native Currency, and the Philosophical Implications of AI
TechnologyEngineering at scaleOpen source communityCritical thinking skillsProblem-solving skills - lexfridmanFeb 26, 2020
Marcus Hutter on AIXI, Kolmogorov Complexity, and the Computable Universe
TechnologyAIXI modelArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Kolmogorov complexitySolomonoff induction - lexfridmanFeb 17, 2020
Quantum Computing, Computational Complexity, and the Philosophical Limits of Prediction with Scott Aaronson
ScienceQuantum ComputingComputational Complexity TheoryComplexity ClassesComplexity Zoo wiki - lexfridmanJan 29, 2020
David Chalmers on the Hard Problem of Consciousness, Simulation Theory, and the Nature of Reality
PhilosophyHard Problem of ConsciousnessSimulation HypothesisReality 2.0Manifest Image - lexfridmanDec 28, 2019
Melanie Mitchell on the Nature of Intelligence, Analogy, and the Future of AI
TechnologyArtificial Intelligence (AI)CyberneticsComplex Information ProcessingCognitive Systems - lexfridmanDec 12, 2019
Judea Pearl's Existential Concerns Regarding AGI and Uncontrolled AI Evolution
TechnologyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Species creationSelf-replicationExceeding human capabilities - lexfridmanDec 11, 2019
Causal Reasoning, Counterfactuals, and the Path to AGI with Judea Pearl
ScienceCausal ReasoningBayesian NetworksDo-calculusDo-operator - lexfridmanSep 24, 2019
Yann LeCun on AI Benchmarks, Specialized Human Intelligence, and the Misconception of AGI
TechnologyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)BenchmarksImageNetMNIST - lexfridmanSep 24, 2019
The Embodied Nature of Intelligence and the Flaws of the Intelligence Explosion Hypothesis
TechnologyIntelligence explosionArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Recursive self-improvementEmbodied intelligence - lexfridmanSep 15, 2019
HAL 9000, AI Ethics, and the Design of Objective Functions for Autonomous Systems
TechnologyValue misalignmentObjective functionCost functionEthical codes - lexfridmanSep 14, 2019
François Chollet on Keras, Deep Learning, the Limits of AI, and the Myth of Intelligence Explosion
TechnologyKerasDeep LearningNeural NetworksIntelligence Explosion - lexfridmanSep 12, 2019
Kai-Fu Lee's Core Question for AGI: The Essence of Human-AI Distinction
PhilosophyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Human consciousnessSelf-awarenessExistential inquiry - lexfridmanSep 6, 2019
Eric Weinstein on Artificial Outelligence: The Threat of Evolving Non-Intelligent Systems
TechnologyArtificial OutelligenceArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Artificial LifeSelective Pressures - lexfridmanAug 16, 2019
The Ultimate Question for AGI: Unveiling Reality Beyond the Simulation
TechnologyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Simulation HypothesisNature of RealityExistential Questions - lexfridmanApr 12, 2019
Elon Musk on Tesla Autopilot's Vision, AI Development, and the Future of Autonomous Driving
TechnologyAutonomyElectrificationFull Self-Driving (FSD)Sensor Suite - lexfridmanApr 3, 2019
Greg Brockman on OpenAI, AGI, and Shaping the Future of Intelligence
TechnologyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Deep LearningReinforcement LearningValue Alignment - lexfridmanJan 19, 2019
Tomaso Poggio on Brains, Minds, Machines, and the Nature of Intelligence
ScienceTheory of RelativityGedanken experimentArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Biological neural networks - lexfridmanNov 22, 2018
Guido van Rossum on Python, AI, Consciousness, and the Philosophy of Intelligence
TechnologyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Human nature (good vs. evil)Programming languages (Python, Pascal)Digital circuits - lexfridmanNov 16, 2018
Vladimir Vapnik: Statistical Learning, VC Theory, and the Nature of Intelligence
ScienceStatistical LearningSupport Vector Machines (SVM)VC Theory (Vapnik-Chervonenkis Theory)Instrumentalism - lexfridmanMay 29, 2018
Christof Koch on Consciousness, AI, and the Nature of Experience
NeuroscienceConsciousnessArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Mind-Body ProblemSubjective Experience - lexfridmanApr 19, 2018
Max Tegmark on Life 3.0, AI, Consciousness, and the Cosmic Future of Intelligence
ScienceArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Existential riskCosmological universeFermi paradox - lexfridmanMar 2, 2018
Stephen Wolfram on the Computational Universe, Wolfram Alpha, and the Path to Artificial General Intelligence
TechnologyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Computational UniverseCellular AutomataWolfram Alpha - lexfridman
AI, Simulation, and the Nature of Self: An Existential Inquiry
PhilosophyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Simulation HypothesisAI Self-understandingTuring Test - lexfridman
MIT 6.S094: Introduction to Deep Learning, Neural Networks, and Self-Driving Cars
TechnologyDeep LearningDeep Neural NetworksSelf-Driving CarsDeep Reinforcement Learning - lexfridman
MIT AGI: Engineering Intelligence - Bridging Theory, Practice, and Societal Impact
TechnologyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Deep LearningReinforcement LearningComputational Cognitive Science - lexfridman
Reverse Engineering Human Intelligence for Advanced AI and AGI: A Cognitive Science Approach
ScienceArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)AI TechnologiesDeep LearningPattern Recognition - lexfridman
Cognitive Architectures for AGI: Integrating Human Intelligence Models
TechnologyCognitive ArchitectureArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Cognitive ModelingBounded Rationality - lexfridman
Nick Bostrom on Superintelligence, AI Alignment, and Post-Human Futures
TechnologyIntelligenceSuperintelligenceGeneral IntelligenceArtificial General Intelligence (AGI) - lexfridman
Oriol Vinyals on Generalist AI Agents, AGI, and the Future of Deep Learning
TechnologyNeural NetworksDeep LearningArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Reinforcement Learning - lexfridman
Ray Kurzweil on the Future of Intelligence, AGI, Deep Learning, and the Hierarchical Neocortex
TechnologyArtificial General Intelligence (AGI)Deep LearningNeural NetworksLaw of Accelerating Returns - lexfridman
Richard Dawkins on Evolution, AI, Memes, and the Future of Belief
ScienceDarwinian evolutionGene-centered view of evolutionMemes (cultural replicators)Natural selection - lexfridman
Rohit Prasad on Amazon Alexa, Conversational AI, and the Quest for True Intelligence
TechnologyConversational AINatural Language Processing (NLP)Human-Machine InteractionArtificial General Intelligence (AGI) - lexfridman
Roman Yampolskiy on the Existential Dangers and Uncontrollability of Superintelligent AI
TechnologyExistential Risk (X-risk)Suffering Risk (S-risk)Meaning Risk (IR-risk)Superintelligence