Nowhere to go but down.
“Hydrogen…, given enough time, turns into people." -Edward Robert Harrison, 1995 There isn't a consensus on the When and What of AI. When will this change happen (if ever)? What will this change mean for the future of humans? According the physicist and cosmologist, Max Tegmark - author of Life 3.0: Being Human in the... Continue Reading →
“Trigger warnings are verbal or written notifications provided by a professor to alert students that they are about to encounter potentially distressing material.” - from Coddling of the American Mind by Jonathan Haidt and Greg Lukianoff Real life does not give you trigger warnings. Young adults these days are soft. If you were to drop... Continue Reading →
"Do not answer. DO NOT ANSWER. DO. NOT. ANSWER." _____ Imagine yourself in the not-so-distant-future, you're in a laboratory late at night. You're tired, cold, and hungry from working ungodly hours - testing, upgrading, and testing - same old system maintenance. All of sudden, on one of the monitors - large, green text starts scrolling... Continue Reading →
Yesterday I saw that Keanu Reeves was trending on twitter. Thank God, he’s okay (that beautiful, beautiful, beauty). Apparently he is being feature in the anticipated sci-fi epic of a video game - Cyberpunk 2077. https://twitter.com/i/events/1137842317686001664 I heard about this game last year. Looks really cool. What is cyberpunk anyway? “Cyberpunk is a subgenre of... Continue Reading →
The internet is amazing. But you already knew that. But did you know that there is a live-stream on periscope where a guy smokes weed and listens to police radio scanners? The first time I watched the show there was a car chase where a woman stole a camper van that had two dogs in... Continue Reading →
"I'm a research scientist at MIT, working on human-centered AIand autonomous vehicles. Also, I teach courses on deep learning. Connect with me (@lexfridman) onTwitter, LinkedIn, Medium, Instagram, Facebook, and YouTube. Besides research and teaching, I enjoy playing guitar, practicing jiu jitsu, and engaging in deep meaningful conversations including on podcasts both as a guest (e.g., Joe Rogan Experience) and as a host (e.g., Artificial Intelligence podcast... Continue Reading →
Sapiens - A Brief History of Humankind - is a mind-trip of an adventure through the journey of human beings on planet Earth. I'm just over half way through the book and I am quite enjoying it. At the front of the book, there is a handy time-line of Sapien activity, for example: -from 2.5... Continue Reading →
If you show up for a pre-close shift (the person that helps the closer close) but the closer does not - you are now the closer. Nothing wrong with that...especially when you get some free beer out of it. Summer is upon us. Patio season is here. In the kitchen, we don't have time for... Continue Reading →
Where everyone knows your name. Sometimes when they pour the wrong drink, you get a "mistake beer". That means a free beer. At 33 years old, I see who I might become. At the pub. Where everyone knows my name.
