Skip to content
Download
#333 – Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI

#333 – Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI

Lex Fridman Podcast
Oct 29, 2022 3h 34m
Open in Clue

About this episode

<p>Andrej Karpathy is a legendary AI researcher, engineer, and educator. He&#8217;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:<br /> &#8211; <b>Eight Sleep</b>: <a href="https://www.eightsleep.com/lex">https://www.eightsleep.com/lex</a> to get special savings<br /> &#8211; <b>BetterHelp</b>: <a href="https://betterhelp.com/lex">https://betterhelp.com/lex</a> to get 10% off<br /> &#8211; <b>Fundrise</b>: <a href="https://fundrise.com/lex">https://fundrise.com/lex</a><br /> &#8211; <b>Athletic Greens</b>: <a href="https://athleticgreens.com/lex">https://athleticgreens.com/lex</a> to get 1 month of fish oil</p> <p><b>EPISODE LINKS:</b><br /> Andrej&#8217;s Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/karpathy">http://twitter.com/karpathy</a><br /> Andrej&#8217;s YouTube: <a href="http://youtube.com/c/AndrejKarpathy">http://youtube.com/c/AndrejKarpathy</a><br /> Andrej&#8217;s Website: <a href="http://karpathy.ai">http://karpathy.ai</a><br /> Andrej&#8217;s Google Scholar: <a href="http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=l8WuQJgAAAAJ">http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=l8WuQJgAAAAJ</a><br /> Books mentioned:<br /> The Vital Question: <a href="https://amzn.to/3q0vN6q">https://amzn.to/3q0vN6q</a><br /> Life Ascending: <a href="https://amzn.to/3wKIsOE">https://amzn.to/3wKIsOE</a><br /> The Selfish Gene: <a href="https://amzn.to/3TCo63s">https://amzn.to/3TCo63s</a><br /> Contact: <a href="https://amzn.to/3W3y5Au">https://amzn.to/3W3y5Au</a><br /> The Cell: <a href="https://amzn.to/3W5f6pa">https://amzn.to/3W5f6pa</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/lexfridman">https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman</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 /> (05:41) &#8211; Neural networks<br /> (10:45) &#8211; Biology<br /> (16:15) &#8211; Aliens<br /> (26:27) &#8211; Universe<br /> (38:18) &#8211; Transformers<br /> (46:34) &#8211; Language models<br /> (56:45) &#8211; Bots<br /> (1:03:05) &#8211; Google&#8217;s LaMDA<br /> (1:10:28) &#8211; Software 2.0<br /> (1:21:28) &#8211; Human annotation<br /> (1:23:25) &#8211; Camera vision<br /> (1:28:30) &#8211; Tesla&#8217;s Data Engine<br /> (1:32:39) &#8211; Tesla Vision<br /> (1:39:09) &#8211; Elon Musk<br /> (1:44:17) &#8211; Autonomous driving<br /> (1:49:11) &#8211; Leaving Tesla<br /> (1:54:39) &#8211; Tesla&#8217;s Optimus<br /> (2:03:45) &#8211; ImageNet<br /> (2:06:23) &#8211; Data<br /> (2:16:15) &#8211; Day in the life<br /> (2:29:31) &#8211; Best IDE<br /> (2:36:37) &#8211; arXiv<br /> (2:41:06) &#8211; Advice for beginners<br /> (2:50:24) &#8211; Artificial general intelligence<br /> (3:03:44) &#8211; Movies<br /> (3:09:37) &#8211; Future of human civilization<br /> (3:13:56) &#8211; Book recommendations<br /> (3:20:05) &#8211; Advice for young people<br /> (3:21:56) &#8211; Future of machine learning<br /> (3:28:44) &#8211; Meaning of life</p>

Listen to this episode in English to learn English

Podcast episodes are one of the highest-density ways to absorb English at native pace. #333 – Andrej Karpathy: Tesla AI, Self-Driving, Optimus, Aliens, and AGI from Lex Fridman Podcast gives you natural dialogue, unscripted speech, and vocabulary that actually appears in real conversations.

In the Clue app, every word in the transcript is tappable. Tap an unknown word, see the translation in your language instantly, and keep listening without breaking flow.

Episodes to Learn English

More podcasts in English