George Hotz: Tiny Corp, Twitter, AI Safety, Self-Driving, GPT, AGI & God | Lex Fridman Podcast

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OUTLINE:
0:00 - Introduction
1:39 - Time is an illusion
11:18 - Memes
13:55 - Eliezer Yudkowsky
26:19 - Virtual reality
32:38 - AI friends
40:03 - tiny corp
53:24 - NVIDIA vs AMD
56:21 - tinybox
1:08:30 - Self-driving
1:23:09 - Programming
1:31:06 - AI safety
1:56:03 - Working at Twitter
2:33:46 - Prompt engineering
2:39:42 - Video games
2:55:57 - Andrej Karpathy
3:06:02 - Meaning of life
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Here are the timestamps. Please check out our sponsors to support this podcast. Transcript: lexfridman.com/george-hotz-3-transcript 0:00 - Introduction & sponsor mentions: - Numerai: numer.ai/lex - Babbel: babbel.com/lexpod and use code Lexpod to get 55% off - NetSuite: netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour - InsideTracker: insidetracker.com/lex to get 20% off - AG1: drinkag1.com/lex to get 1 year of Vitamin D and 5 free travel packs 1:39 - Time is an illusion 11:18 - Memes 13:55 - Eliezer Yudkowsky 26:19 - Virtual reality 32:38 - AI friends 40:03 - tiny corp 53:24 - NVIDIA vs AMD 56:21 - tinybox 1:08:30 - Self-driving 1:23:09 - Programming 1:31:06 - AI safety 1:56:03 - Working at Twitter 2:33:46 - Prompt engineering 2:39:42 - Video games 2:55:57 - Andrej Karpathy 3:06:02 - Meaning of life

[@ryangeorge346]

Thanks, Lex

[@arnoldmatambo5574]

really great what you do man!

[@sigma4471]

Time(seconds, minutes and hours) is an illusion. Day and night is the real aspect of time.

[@nicolaspace1182]

Thanks for this one Lex, you seemed more intimidated than normal at the start, but then I realized you were just tired since you slept poorly. I hope you do your next interview with GeoHotz wearing a Hawaiian shirt, and go go-carting together.

[@Av-vd3wk]

Did they mention this dudes claim to fame was hacking/jail breaking the original iPhone while he was a kid???

[@mohammadkhan5430]

Whenever I listen to George, I get this strange urge to do more with my life. Grateful for such humans.

[@ThatOneScienceGuy]

Yeah I feel so mediocre.

[@kennethkretschmer1027]

I agree. But he also makes me sure the world is ending. Strange conflict.

[@TheLaraJose]

YES!

[@invaderg3332]

I need Palmer Luckey on this thing as well. Palmer is equally entertaining. I want to hear more about SAO and Pokemon, and wahtever videogame.

[@headlights-go-up]

@@ThatOneScienceGuy dont feel mediocre. george is just a genius lol

[@brusslee1814]

This guy needs to be interviewed meticulously at the end of each month to make sure his descend into madness is fully documented

[@user-wr2cd1wy3b]

Completely disagreed with your why but I'm 100% on your what

[@user-wr2cd1wy3b]

I was just going saying this to someone else, about 90% of people genuinely good. The reason why there's so much horrible crap going on in the world is because the 10% without moral limits are able to accumulate tons of money that way, by for one example of many, letting them externalize costs onto a third party, i.e. Haliburton putting the cost on the U.S. and it's military for the Iraq war. Or Dupont putting it on their local farms. The dynamic is such that with all the accumulated wealth, the dictation of people's conduct increases that some much smallers total influence on the world to a much greater extent than if they hadn't been taking advantage of he human agreements designed to increase co-operation. It's the reason why social media went from causing that era of feeling wonderful about the world to an absolute crap hole, the bad people took over tech and re-expressed it's algorithms to block out certain elements and retrain you sociologically to the paradigm that most suits them. And that paradigm is tons of small groups, demographics, fighting amongst themselves, because that serves the powerful. Because the one scenario they lose power is in altered mass human agreement, and people are waking up to the need. Many are also highly manipulated by the demographic wars, which is hilarious. So in other words, this guy is on point with his central theme on everything. I'm not sure he was always able to express it perfectly, but in some areas he did very well.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

lol!

[@hailandfire1822]

@@user-wr2cd1wy3b today's good guy is tomorrow's bad guy

[@herbwhitmore4482]

LOL

[@BM-lj5gt]

Fascinating conversation. I can't get past the sense that George has somehow retained the philosophical complexity of a rebellious 14 year old while blossoming as an entrepreneur. it's interesting.

[@a-j.2002]

It's so weird. His obsessions are simple and dumb while he's capable of understanding and approximate solutions of hard, complex stuff. 'Women are attracted to status and power and men are attracted to youth and beauty.' That is so incredibly basic and incel culture that he loses his credibility in an instant.

[@c.chinaski3156]

​@@a-j.2002that may be a generalisation, but it's not a lie. get over your own ideological bias & stare reality in the face.

[@siddharthverma1249]

​@@a-j.2002study cultures across geography and time, see the scientific literatures about marriage, divorce, hypergamy, monogamy, sexual dimorphism, evolutionary psychology etc and see how right "incels" are. Namecalling does not impose reality to follow your sets of ideological positions.

[@Gobbldeegoo1]

@@c.chinaski3156mmm it’s a lie though sadly. People look for character traits in partners. Status, power, youth, and beauty are all positive attractors for both sexes, they are not mutually exclusive or exercised by one sex more than the other in a more consistent fashion. Also, both sexes may look for those qualities in a mate, but there are other qualities that they may consider more highly. For example trust, honor, empathy, attention span, a knack for humor, confidence, grace, the desire to nurture other people, ability to learn from criticism… all of these traits are often prized more highly then beauty and youth combined for a monogamous long term relationship. Only children that haven’t been a part of long term relationships think it’s all about status, power, beauty, and youth. It’s fatherless behavior frankly… it’s obvious you’ve had terrible male role models throughout your life. Or you’re just choosing to ignore the good ones.

[@BoomiestBomb]

​​@@siddharthverma1249 Evolutionary psychology is speculative at best. The only thing we know about yawning is that it didn't hinder the survival of our ancestors. That's all: anything more is just a guess. It is much safer to say that women are attracted to _admirable_ men. Socially-conscious women may be attracted to men of status but only insofar as it indicates admirability. You do not need to roll up to the coffee shop in a Ferrari and enter with your gold watch and Aviators that hang from your V-neck to beat the competition for the cute nerdy girl you've been eyeing. That's a five year old's conception of how adults interact.

[@harleymanning5213]

Lex, honestly I hope your work lasts an eternity. These conversations you are putting out are like a Rosetta Stone or library of Alexandria for future historians to understand a major changing point in history.

[@Illusionsaregrander]

I just hope that the changing point in history being studied isn't how Big Tech Bro culture and their "hold my Bulletproof coffee and watch this" attitude towards AI dragged ALL of humanity into a fascist AI hell we cannot escape from. These guys are making decisions for all of us, without our understanding or consent.

[@magnus1819]

​@@Illusionsaregranderur consent doesn't matter like as bad people will continue to develop it no matter what

[@sharphorn12]

Flee jos fe😊ddeeeddeé😊eeeeeeé😮😮on the b on the b e😮

[@sandratoolan9598]

amen 😉

[@swlak516]

Calm down bro

[@nj2ca9234]

My mom was George’s lunch aid in 2nd Grade. He would tell her how him and his dad would pick up old computers on rubbish night and fix them. Glen Rock loves you George ❤

[@millennial9252]

Byrd School!

[@barrypoontang]

is "Lunch aid" code for autism wrangler? would make sense.

[@pilly3815]

omg this is so cute

[@themore-you-know]

Haha, love your mom for listening to him. By contrast, my 2nd grade teacher mocked me in front of the whole class for talking about nuclear power plants. Telling to students: "Ignore him, he's weird." while pointing to me.

[@Jeal0usJelly]

@@themore-you-know F

[@Accelerationbro]

Hotz is the definition of a mad scientist

[@pspT61]

I can't comprehend most of his long live streams that are archived on YT.....But dude is mad (In a amazing way) and it's so intriguing to watch.

[@Accelerationbro]

@@pspT61feel the same way, its so humbling and inspiring. A thing that also special about him is that he is straight up with everything, no bullshit and dude never soldout

[@I_am_Raziel]

"I wish I was more weird!" 😆

[@HG77K]

Cringe

[@Scorch428]

more like a true greyhat

[@nobodynoone2500]

I feel like Lex is asking questions he doesn't understand enough to talk intelligently about them, but covers well by generalizing Hotz's statements. Helps everyone understand, and forces George to keep to task. Love this, not throwing shades.

[@ivanidrovog.5455]

Listening to George Hotz is like discovering a rare, soulful funk track from the '60s - it's a captivating blend of rhythm and intellect that keeps you hooked. Just like good old funk, his discourse never misses a beat! :D

[@redreality6940]

Every time I feel like I know more than absolutely nothing, Lex puts out a new podcast with George Hotz

[@robbyg2490]

Amen

[@Alex-fh4my]

Exactly what I'm thinking watching this... need to study more 🤣

[@konverzny]

Every time I feel like I am a tiny bit intelligent I see Geroge Hotz and realize I am a dumb monkey.

[@keepfeatherinitbrothaaaa]

I could listen to George talk for hours and not get tired of it.

[@geraldodev]

You did, 3 hours.

[@teesand33]

George has a streaming channel. But don't drink too much Kool aid

[@anthonybell8512]

I am the opposite, he is smart but I can’t stand his contrarian personality. He says GPT is as smart as a chicken yet GPT reasons better than most humans and GPT is not interesting because we solved chess 20 years ago. His contrarian hot takes generates so many contradictions, I feel like he is playing a cartoon character of himself because he is too smart to be generating so many contradictions.

[@taytus]

You need new meds

[@antoniosagomes6152]

@@anthonybell8512 he was talking about consciousness

[@mateopereyra790]

I just can't get enough of these two, I love geo, he's like an idol to me. I don't understand half of the things that he says (techinical stuff) but I just love to listen to him. Lex please keep bringing him to the podcast.

[@bendover6785]

Legend of my childhood and legend of the future. True underdog. I hope George never gets too big so he will always stay focused on his goals

[@InfoJunky]

I've never clicked a video so fast in my life. I've been begging for you to get him back on. Thanks Lex! You're the man!

[@Cracktune]

same

[@Electric_Snap]

A part deux of part 3 would be great. George is quite a diamond in the rough. I don’t know if there is anyone like him. 1 in 8 billion imo.

[@briandecker8403]

If you want to understand how deeply insightful William Gibson was when he wrote Neuromancer - the core of the plot is an AI (Wintermute) using all the information it has about individuals to build a team that it then influences by playing them against each other to accomplish it's goal - joining with another AI (Neuromancer) to create a super intelligence. Wintermute even makes the point to Case (the lead protagonist) that it "does not plan - it recognizes possibilities and then creates situations".

[@ChristopherCorvo]

Excellent comment. I see Neuromancer being a very likely future outcome of AI.

[@sog1272]

@ChristopherCorvo I'm peaked. Going to look this up but can either of you or both share what you perceived as difference between Wintermute and Neuromancer? Basic and complex differences are most welcome!

[@Ed-ix2vk]

Kinda give new meaning to Problem Reaction Solution?

[@chrisanderson687]

I really really really enjoy George Hotz and Lex Fridman. As a fellow weirdo, thank you both for sharing this conversation with us. :D

[@christophermullins7163]

You ain't weird.. I am the weirdoiest.

[@timkickass]

Hotz is the best. Open minded and opinionated. A beautiful combination.

[@YuriAchermann]

It's just amazing to see how George's mind builds a line of thought

[@erickhar]

Hotz is consistently my favorite listen

[@JohnBeadling]

Why?

[@RyNiuu]

After Jim Keller.

[@shaggyfeng9110]

@@JohnBeadling he is real to his thoughts, does not pretend to be a more friendly or correct or easier received version of some CEO persona.

[@4puf]

Another amazing podcast! These two together are worth more than the sum of of the parts. I need the "not all FLOPS are created equal" T-shirt!

[@jinxycat1964]

Loved this interview, I watched in its entirety, and for the most part, I think I succeeded in just keeping up, barely. You are both brilliant.

[@PhumlaniNxumalo]

"if there's two great evils in the world, it's centralization and complexity" ~ George Hotz

[@LPchief]

This. Exactly

[@timmah3496]

Entropy is evil

[@PhumlaniNxumalo]

@@timmah3496 entropy is a countdown clock to enforce the end date for the universe as set by the creator or simulator, whichever you believe in.

[@mble]

@@timmah3496 Kinda funny when you think about it this way, because every living organism objectively increase entropy

[@Hopefully2025]

Complexity is not entropy. I disagree that complexity is evil. I enjoy degrees of complexity, it keeps me interested. Think of any great book or movie of painting. Sometimes what makes it so good is attributed to it's complexity.

[@schillage8]

Lex states he isn't high and then rattles off the highest question he can think of..... 'do we have ideas or do ideas have us' I love this podcast

[@JoeyLutes]

😂😂😂

[@wylieecoyote]

Lex and George are both fascinating and these podcasts are always amazing. Time flies and you never know where you will end up.

[@vfxsoup]

Hotz is like if you made a 2 hour clip of all the biggest thoughts from all the Lex podcasts. My mind feels like it’s been assaulted and I love it.

[@LockeLeon]

I think these two together have the best synergy and connection of all the guests I've seen in the podcast.

[@jazzman7320]

Best synergy AND they seem to make each other a hell of a lot funnier, too - just back to back zingers and quotes. I wouldn’t be mad if George was a recurring guest, and if Lex was ever busy it would be dope to see Geohot as the guest host interviewing people on Lex’s behalf. They’ve got a great thing going here!

[@Epileptick0]

Holy shit this man is QUICK witted! He comes up with the most complex and well thought out answers so quick I'm not even sure he's human.

[@tomaszwota1465]

He sure is sharp as heck. If I was half as sharp, I could cut through mountains like a real katana.

[@mvvagner]

Right? I think he's probably been asked all these questions often and has had to give it some very serious thought to have such smart answers so fast.

[@nicolaspace1182]

@@mvvagnerhe’s asked the questions before himself and seen others ask and give various answers to the questions themselves.

[@schwajj]

Try watching at 1.75x, he’s even faster.

[@perc-ai]

his iq is 151 hes a famous programmer

[@coomservative]

@lexfridman need a debate between Hotz and Yudkowsky, Hotz is the only person I’ve heard who understands the risk as well as EY, yet disagrees, having them hash it out is an important step in figuring out how society should proceed with AI safety regulations

[@BlackHermit]

I really love the episodes with him. Glad he returned for one more. ❤

[@cyberft]

Hotz is one of the few folks I have to listen to at regular speed.

[@asdf-jo4vv]

I agree 👍🏻💯

[@literailly]

Agree. Lol

[@MegaMijit]

same here!!

[@chrisharveyy]

Hotz is definitely one of my favorite minds

[@robinspanier7017]

1:23:14 its always humbling to hear one of the best speak about coding, i am doing it for 10 years and earn a good salary by doing so but o boy do i feel like a novice compared to them. and thats why i love the show, you are helping me to stand on the shoulders of giants lex

[@christianwilliams8797]

You’re a great human Lex. It’s been fun watching you succeed. Well done.

[@Gianfranco_69]

I dont know how he got in the algorithm so DEEP but if i fall asleep with Ytube on autoplay i wake up to Lex...if i go out and leave the Tv playing ytube for my Dog ...i come home its playing Lex... i dont really search for him i am not subbed , i think its the guests ...the same used to happen with Jo rogan and JP

[@iliachekalev1631]

Great chemistry between Lex and George! Love it.

[@Wizkid717007]

Hotz is a natural genius mixed with an entrepreneur mixed with a curious, fun loving, "why tf not" badass

[@phnxen3rg666]

You forgot to mention off his rocker.

[@LockeLeon]

He's the ultimate ENTP

[@coolbugfacts1234]

he is the brain genius who had to ask twitter how to write a regex in javascript. truly one of the leading minds of our time.

[@biesman5]

@@coolbugfacts1234 He is a genius despite that

[@grazie-dc6we]

That's the character and the brand. That's who he wants you to think he is.

[@Ziontrainism]

Dude I've never heard of this guy.. only saw the intro and I'm already strapped in!

[@robindehood207]

I love this level of nerding... I could listen to this 24/7 if I was consious.

[@sabirhagverdiyev9136]

Respect to Lex for genuinely trying to catch up with George's train of thought.

[@pieterrossouw8596]

I get the entertainment value of the conversation style, but every now and then it seems like George just says something because it sounds really complex and deep and cannot simply be disproven, nor can it be proven. Matthew McConaughey did the same thing to an extent, but way better - it stayed fun to listen to and he didn’t state it so matter of fact. You need charisma to get away with it seems. I’m sure George is really intelligent, just not nearly as intelligent as he’d like to sound. Still like listening to Lex though.

[@patronspatron7681]

George's intelligence, honesty, humour and transparency is enlightening and inspirational. If I had more programming chops, I would love to work with him.

[@DannySullivanMusic]

indeed. utterly spot on.

[@kytran5884]

Such an interesting episode, wish I understood it better so I could fully appreciate the intricacies.

[@peterszilvasi752]

What a start of a conversation! 😀 George: Math is real. Lex: It should be a T-shirt. George: I don't think p equals np. Lex: Ooh... strong words.

[@Ed-ix2vk]

George is fantastic, calling out Lex's "charitable interpretations" haha I love it. Great guest, and great chemistry between you both Lex, MORE GEORGE HOTZ!

[@hunternewberry5860]

My eyes have never raised quicker and more dramatically than seeing a Lex Hotz episode pop up on the feed

[@Idiomatick]

Geohot always makes me flip rapidly between 'man this guy is weird' and 'omg, he is exactly right on this one thing i'm an expert in'

[@notasovietspy8008]

I definitely agree, there's so many things I agree with him on completely and so many things I don't. There's barely an in-between

[@guncolony]

@@notasovietspy8008 The hot takes are somehow all really intriguing too.

[@user-xk7de1jw8g]

I love when George persists supporting his view that the meaning of life is to win always. He is really interesting to listen to.

[@ismaelamaro7728]

The follow up question would be how do you define winning? Is it merely surviving, or something greater?

[@craigbaumann8893]

I absolutely loved this conversation, not many people would even be able to understand this conversation because you two completely nerded out and i loved it

[@BebehCookieIcecream]

I don't know wtf is with all the amazon comments (yet?) but just wanted to show my love for George. Awesome guest and single-handedly sparked my love for computing.

[@charan775]

2:06:00 complexity 2:09:00 simplicity 2:11:00 refactor 2:15:00 tests to make rapid changes, writing tests in legacy codebase 2:17:30 incentive to move up

[@donnymorrison6224]

A very intelligent informative guest .Lex F .....best podcast by miles ,

[@Lovemynerd]

I love this guy, he seems to value freedom over security which is a viewpoint that is in frightening low demand these days

[@18_rabbit]

it's nowhere near as binary or trade-off-y as most ppl think.

[@TheMrVogue]

@@18_rabbit Explain please

[@Mike37551]

Glass half full. Security over freedom is oversupplied and is losing its value. You can see the demand for freedom increasing globally. Wherever freedom is established, that’s where the talent and money will go. Rates of change are accelerating at a pace where bottlenecking everything won’t be sustainable for much longer.

[@Fuz2yman]

I agree, but it is always a trade off, you never really have freedom. If everyone has the freedom to do what they want, how do you prevent someone from exercising their freedom on someone else, who's freedom would be taken away? So someone has freedom and someone is getting fcked. :) it's a really hard question to be honest. What you need to ask is, the freedom for as many people as possible, that is where regulation comes in. In the perfect world this would be enough, but in the real world you have too many powerful conflicting interests, so someone is still getting fcked somewhere :)

[@averybingham4108]

I can't take his position on this topic seriously when he casually embraces dictatorship.

[@zeuglcockatrice4633]

the Lex 526b model is showing impressive results, the devs are getting really close to AGI

[@and_I_am_Life_the_fixer_of_all]

2M generations away is the word on the block, its getting there.

[@SixTough]

Thank you Lex and Geohot, I really enjoyed this

[@PortableGeneratorServices]

Excellent podcast... Never knew of george hotz, but he became a legend in my book INSTANTLY. Dude is a genius.

[@tonio9973]

THIS MADE MY DAY THANKS NEXT IS JOSCHA BACH ROUND 3 those two are my favorite guests by far

[@Iriesu]

great taste :)

[@Cracktune]

I listen to Joscha's and Hotz' multiple times a year. for some reason they sing to me. . .

[@shaunpriddle3404]

100% man

[@jsanti1000]

"Centralization bad, decentralization good." Love it

[@boyardengels]

What a wonderful conversation, many thanks!

[@Consural]

This is probably the best podcast episode in the history of anything. It's only been 20 mins and you've already covered 6 hours worth of very complex questions and answers.

[@ryzikx]

joscha bach

[@magicology]

Some people don't realize how cool and smart George Hotz is. Dude is a tech prodigy and hacking pioneer who's accomplished incredible things. What's even more impressive is that he's a good-natured human who cares about others.

[@vlandanlaurusaitis639]

This is AI

[@jingyitay6179]

Won’t say he cares but he has the right head on and tact not to spiral head first into the whole venture tech shit.

[@majisher]

@@vlandanlaurusaitis639 hello kremBot

[@hari61017]

i dont think he cares lol

[@Vaeldarg]

His technical credentials are one thing, but after listening to the end of the podcast his politics are pretty clearly that of Libertarians even as he calls himself Centrist (that Libertarians like to do, because it sounds better than the truth that they're right-leaning). He says he's fine with a dictatorship because he thinks it would be a benevolent one, not understanding that wannabe-dictators tend to LIE and say they're for populist policies when they couldn't care less (and then throw the people who elected them under the bus as soon as they've been granted enough power by those supporters). Him and Elon REALLY need to get their heads out of the right-wing politics rabbit holes they've let themselves fall down into....(for goodness sake, saying he would "rather die than have to rely on UBI from the government"....it wouldn't be FOR you, it would be for those who are more likely to die WITHOUT it....nothing would be stopping you from making more ON TOP of UBI....) But instead of accepting that kind of advice, they write it off as being just "from a hater", as if no reasonable person could come to such a conclusion after listening to them.

[@DannyWelch]

George Hotz is one of the most entertaining, brilliant people on the planet. Possibly biased because we agree on so many topics, but whatever. He's hella fun to listen to.

[@michaelschrago8107]

Not only was the podcast very instructive, but also very fun!

[@nobodys2358]

1:45 - Do you think time is an illusion? - You know... *tiny laughter from Lex* This is when I knew the conversation is off to a great start!

[@LegendaryInfortainment]

Mr. Hotz exemplifies the nuanced quirk. More farm out, right arm, and out-of state than any other power-nerd! Love him. Thank you Lex!

[@barrypoontang]

is "nuanced quirk" code for crippling Aspergers?

[@anywallsocket]

Geo is a fever dream in human programmer form and I'm here for it

[@RussInGA]

love the type discussion.. reminds me of discussions I used to have debating typed vs non typed. Used to love asking that as an interview question. Which is better.. convince me. Lots of right answers. Lots of opportunity to show weakness and strength.

[@benzel5659]

So nice seeing a picture of him smiling as the thumbnail rather than a picture from his UFC profile. He's got a great smile, should promote it more often.

[@opmike343]

The segment on "Who has the power to shut down Google? Who could shut down the ai?" was such a fascinating road to go down.

[@santiagoscanlan]

I waited years for this interview, the previous two were some of the most amazing ones I've ever heard 🎉

[@lolozaur13]

im so grateful for har the tech we have nowadays, it feels amazing to be able to be that small fly on the wall when smart people are having a conversation :D

[@thewho2801]

Thank you a lot for this podcast in general and for this episode especially. It was really thrilling listening to you and George, a man who can switch in seconds from really weird (in a good way) to being fascinating.

[@Draxen]

No wayyyy. George is one of my favourite guests Lex! So hyped to listen to this!! Finishing the week strong 💪🔥

[@idatong976]

"We end up amusing us to death..." George Hotz reminds me of something Soren Kierkegaard said in his Either/Or: "A fire broke out backstage in a theatre. The clown came out to warn the public; they thought it was a joke and applauded. He repeated it; the acclaim was even greater. I think that's how the world will come to an end: to general applause from wits who believe it's a joke." It's mostly alarming. Thanks for this episode Lex.

[@MiguelSilva-vq6qe]

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Kobe29261]

Thats a brilliant insight; also why we need guardians. Something that stands outside the system; someone who pulls the switch that directs at least some of the people to the basement so we preserve this experiment. Currently AI is our best chance; cos any humans we pick will have something against them by a certain class of the population; a truly decentralized AGI could be entrusted with a single task 'Don't let humanity die out!'

[@barking_mad6649]

Neil Postman I believe coined the phrase in his book.

[@Heindy.Creator]

I went through so many emotion In one sitting. From curious, to finding him weird, to disgust, to curious again just to end up respecting him by the end

[@franzgm]

I just can’t help myself! I’ve returned time and time again to relish this magnificent interview. It’s simply captivating!

[@KikiCat_123]

dear lex, thank you so much for being an inspiration of what you can achieve with being kind, persistent and open minded. love your reading list for this year. I am more of a Benjamin, and I see you as old major. a kind, grandfatherly philosopher of change

[@Laz3rs]

Always awesome listening to this guy. Been following him for years. I love how whenever your on a topic no matter how crazy George is able to pop off like when he was talking about “two different stacks” of life.

[@djpapagoon]

This interview made me subscribe. Well done! Great interview and interviewer! ❤

[@Kobe29261]

Its obvious from this why he'll never fit INSIDE any corporate system - he'll likewise never survive the military. He's a guardian* by design. Generally the Taker-system abhor people like him; you don't want an employee who also has interesting thoughts about the general architecture of the entire puzzle into which he must plug like a worker bee. Its just incredibly refreshing to listen to you man - you remind me of Oppenheimer - a man with irrepressible curiosity and courage.

[@samhvidberg5612]

This is such a fun conversation. Lex is at a new peak of podcasting.

[@vytasffbismarck7001]

@@JesusIsGod-ih9cg Matthew 7:6

[@0ne87]

Your mentally ill if you believe this

[@chickenwings273]

Been waiting for this! We need to have George on the podcast regularly, at least once a year. Such an interesting personality! Thank you Lex and George 🙏🙏 You guys are my heroes 😀😀

[@ricreid]

I am homeless, please, no pity wanted. Thanks to free public library Wi-Fi, I don’t miss my Lex Fridman podcasts. I am grateful for you Lex. Keep up the good work. Please raise awareness of us United States Citizens that are less fortunate. We need to take care of home, our starving and educate our children. It’s not like the future depends on it.

[@seanwebb-dz3ye]

Absolutely loved this one, love them all but this was awesome

[@762dracoAK]

GeoHot is a legend for creating Cydia (best jailbreak of the iPhone). I hope you guys recognize how valuable this conversation was, not just educationally but mindset-wise. A lot of high-level engineering and first principle discussions in this video. Truly inspiring for people like me at the forefront of the fastest growing trillion dollar industry (terraforming the planet with agritech)

[@Huffelisa]

Only 20 min in, George has already introduced like 4 novel ideas. Love this conversation! Already looking forward to your 4th conversation :D

[@gickygackers]

If you're groupchat isn't like this, get new friends

[@genesises]

@@gickygackers your*

[@PaulWalker-lk3gi]

All of the novels have already been written though.

[@Bad3r]

@@PaulWalker-lk3gigive me names + examples I want to read those

[@PaulWalker-lk3gi]

@@Bad3r PKDick is probably a good start. The Ghost in the Shell Standalone Complex book is about AI girlfriends, which is the real source of my quip.

[@evansmakuba1631]

I wanted to watch this for only 15 minutes and continue with work, but Lex makes it so hard.

[@conniepatterson7215]

I can now relax. Thank you Lex and George for this meeting of the minds.

[@cbob213]

I enjoy the podcasts between these 2 soooo much. I would love to see Lex get on stream with Hotz and have real time viewer feedback / questions. Although maybe the beauty and alchemy of the conversation are what make them so good.

[@JoeyLutes]

LOVE this guy!! Your George interviews are some of my all-time favorites!

[@Ryan.G.Spalding]

I love this conversation. I keep coming back for more.

[@user-xb9lb4ib6j]

I am Japanese. Thank you for the transcript and for providing the wonderful videos.

[@ClaytonHardee]

Fascinating interview, really enjoyed your guest Mr. Hotz. You did a great job as usual. I appreciate the time, energy, and effort that you put into your work, into your passion. Thank you for sharing!

[@hello-mynameis]

Brilliant conversation as always thank you! Im only half way into my first listen. Everyone should hear this ❤

[@kelvinxg6754]

definitely the most favorite of your episode so far!

[@Gregzenegair]

The most amazing interview I have seen so far. He is outstanding.

[@Some.Guy.On.Youtube.]

I love the jovial tone to his voice. Even with discussing "deep" topics.

[@lllllllllIIIIIIIIIIl]

Love? It's literally his worst feature. Couldn't make it past the intro on this one. Such a smarmy wanker.

[@mjaworsky2010]

Well said, insightful and amusing.

[@ryanmedhaug163]

Let’s goooooooooo!!!! Have been waiting for this to drop!! Geohot never disappoints

[@SchusterRainer]

I love that comment about simplicity of code. I wish more people would share this mindset

[@Daukposse]

George isn't just quirky smart. His processing speed & smarts are nextgen! Very few people can process at his speed and respond in an intelligent way.

[@carlosfreire8249]

Lex was great at prompt engineering in this interview.

[@Igor-ge1py]

Hotz in my opinion is one of the most genuine people in tech. Super smart, talented and hasn’t fallen victim to the alt-left or right. Keep it real brother!

[@razvanul]

i think its going to take me about 5 hours to watch this podcast. amazing!