#132 – George Hotz: Hacking the Simulation & Learning to Drive with Neural Nets

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<p>George Hotz (geohot) is a programmer, hacker, and the founder of Comma.ai. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:<br /> &#8211; <b>Four Sigmatic</b>: <a href="https://foursigmatic.com/lex">https://foursigmatic.com/lex</a> and use code LexPod to get up to 40% &#38; free shipping<br /> &#8211; <b>Decoding Digital</b>: <a href="https://appdirect.com/decoding-digital">https://appdirect.com/decoding-digital</a><br /> &#8211; <b>ExpressVPN</b>: <a href="https://expressvpn.com/lexpod">https://expressvpn.com/lexpod</a> and use code LexPod to get 3 months free</p> <p><b>EPISODE LINKS:</b><br /> Comma.ai&#8217;s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/comma_ai">https://twitter.com/comma_ai</a><br /> Comma.ai&#8217;s Website: <a href="https://comma.ai/">https://comma.ai/</a><br /> George&#8217;s Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/georgehotz">https://www.instagram.com/georgehotz</a><br /> George&#8217;s Twitch: <a href="https://www.twitch.tv/georgehotz">https://www.twitch.tv/georgehotz</a><br /> George&#8217;s Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/realgeorgehotz">https://twitter.com/realgeorgehotz</a><br /> Comma.ai YouTube (unofficial): <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwgKmJM4ZJQRJ-U5NjvR2dg">https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwgKmJM4ZJQRJ-U5NjvR2dg</a></p> <p><b>PODCAST INFO:</b><br /> Podcast website: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/podcast">https://lexfridman.com/podcast</a><br /> Apple Podcasts: <a href="https://apple.co/2lwqZIr">https://apple.co/2lwqZIr</a><br /> Spotify: <a href="https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8">https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8</a><br /> RSS: <a href="https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/">https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/</a><br /> YouTube Full Episodes: <a href="https://youtube.com/lexfridman">https://youtube.com/lexfridman</a><br /> YouTube Clips: <a href="https://youtube.com/lexclips">https://youtube.com/lexclips</a></p> <p><b>SUPPORT &#38; CONNECT:</b><br /> &#8211; Check out the sponsors above, it&#8217;s the best way to support this podcast<br /> &#8211; Support on Patreon: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman">https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/lexfridman">https://twitter.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman">https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; LinkedIn: <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman">https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman</a><br /> &#8211; Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage">https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage</a><br /> &#8211; Medium: <a href="https://medium.com/@lexfridman">https://medium.com/@lexfridman</a></p> <p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br /> Here&#8217;s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.<br /> 00:00 &#8211; Introduction<br /> 07:02 &#8211; Will human civilization destroy itself?<br /> 09:49 &#8211; Where are the aliens?<br /> 14:36 &#8211; Tic Tac UFO and Bob Lazar<br /> 17:04 &#8211; Conspiracy theories<br /> 19:07 &#8211; The programming language of life<br /> 23:28 &#8211; The games that humans play<br /> 31:58 &#8211; Memory leaks in the simulation<br /> 34:29 &#8211; Theories of everything<br /> 36:14 &#8211; Ethereum startup story<br /> 44:02 &#8211; Cryptocurrency<br /> 53:28 &#8211; Self-help advice<br /> 57:08 &#8211; Comma.ai<br /> 59:02 &#8211; Comma two<br /> 1:07:50 &#8211; Tesla vs Comma.ai<br /> 1:16:53 &#8211; Driver monitoring<br /> 1:30:34 &#8211; Communicating uncertainty<br /> 1:32:22 &#8211; Tesla Dojo<br /> 1:38:50 &#8211; Tesla Autopilot big rewrite<br /> 1:45:09 &#8211; How to install the Comma Two<br /> 1:49:44 &#8211; Openpilot is Android &#38; Autopilot is iOS<br /> 1:58:59 &#8211; Waymo<br /> 2:10:12 &#8211; Autonomous driving and society<br /> 2:12:24 &#8211; Moving<br /> 2:15:29 &#8211; Advice to Startups<br /> 2:28:32 &#8211; Programming setup<br /> 2:31:32 &#8211; Ideas that changed my life<br /> 2:39:37 &#8211; GPT-3<br /> 2:42:57 &#8211; AGI<br /> 2:47:00 &#8211; Programming languages that everyone should learn<br /> 2:53:33 &#8211; How to learn anything<br /> 2:56:05 &#8211; Book recommendations<br /> 3:04:28 &#8211; Love<br /> 3:06:17 &#8211; Psychedelics<br /> 3:08:38 &#8211; Crazy</p>