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

Published: Oct. 29, 2022, 4:36 p.m.

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:
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\nOUTLINE:
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\n(00:00) - Introduction
\n(05:41) - Neural networks
\n(10:45) - Biology
\n(16:15) - Aliens
\n(26:27) - Universe
\n(38:18) - Transformers
\n(46:34) - Language models
\n(56:45) - Bots
\n(1:03:05) - Google's LaMDA
\n(1:10:28) - Software 2.0
\n(1:21:28) - Human annotation
\n(1:23:25) - Camera vision
\n(1:28:30) - Tesla's Data Engine
\n(1:32:39) - Tesla Vision
\n(1:39:09) - Elon Musk
\n(1:44:17) - Autonomous driving
\n(1:49:11) - Leaving Tesla
\n(1:54:39) - Tesla's Optimus
\n(2:03:45) - ImageNet
\n(2:06:23) - Data
\n(2:16:15) - Day in the life
\n(2:29:31) - Best IDE
\n(2:36:37) - arXiv
\n(2:41:06) - Advice for beginners
\n(2:50:24) - Artificial general intelligence
\n(3:03:44) - Movies
\n(3:09:37) - Future of human civilization
\n(3:13:56) - Book recommendations
\n(3:20:05) - Advice for young people
\n(3:21:56) - Future of machine learning
\n(3:28:44) - Meaning of life