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Conversations about science, technology, history, philosophy and the nature of intelligence, consciousness, love, and power. Lex is an AI researcher at MIT and beyond. Philosophy Science Social Sciences
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  • #486 – Michael Levin: Hidden Reality of Alien Intelligence & Biological Life
    Nov 30 2025

    Michael Levin is a biologist at Tufts University working on novel ways to understand and control complex pattern formation in biological systems.
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    Transcript:
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    EPISODE LINKS:
    Michael Levin’s X: https://x.com/drmichaellevin
    Michael Levin’s Website: https://drmichaellevin.org
    Michael Levin’s Papers: https://drmichaellevin.org/publications/
    – Biological Robots: https://arxiv.org/abs/2207.00880
    – Classical Sorting Algorithms: https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.05375
    – Aging as a Morphostasis Defect: https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/38636560/
    – TAME: https://arxiv.org/abs/2201.10346
    – Synthetic Living Machines: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/scirobotics.abf1571

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    OUTLINE:
    (00:00) – Introduction
    (00:29) – Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections
    (10:09) – Biological intelligence
    (18:42) – Living vs non-living organisms
    (23:55) – Origin of life
    (27:40) – The search for alien life (on Earth)
    (1:00:44) – Creating life in the lab – Xenobots and Anthrobots
    (1:13:46) – Memories and ideas are living organisms
    (1:27:26) – Reality is an illusion: The brain is an interface to a hidden reality
    (2:13:13) – Unexpected Intelligence in sorting algorithms
    (2:38:51) – Can aging be reversed?
    (2:42:41) – Mind uploading
    (3:01:22) – Alien intelligence
    (3:16:17) – Advice for young people
    (3:22:46) – Questions for AGI

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  • #485 – David Kirtley: Nuclear Fusion, Plasma Physics, and the Future of Energy
    Nov 17 2025
    David Kirtley is a nuclear fusion engineer and CEO of Helion Energy, a company working on building the world's first commercial fusion power plant by 2028. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep485-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/david-kirtley-transcript CONTACT LEX: Feedback - give feedback to Lex: https://lexfridman.com/survey AMA - submit questions, videos or call-in: https://lexfridman.com/ama Hiring - join our team: https://lexfridman.com/hiring Other - other ways to get in touch: https://lexfridman.com/contact EPISODE LINKS: David's X: https://x.com/dekirtley David's LinkedIn: https://bit.ly/4qX0KXp Helion: https://www.helionenergy.com/ Helion's YouTube: https://youtube.com/HelionEnergy SPONSORS: To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts: UPLIFT Desk: Standing desks and office ergonomics. Go to https://upliftdesk.com/lex Fin: AI agent for customer service. Go to https://fin.ai/lex Miro: Online collaborative whiteboard platform. Go to https://miro.com/ LMNT: Zero-sugar electrolyte drink mix. Go to https://drinkLMNT.com/lex BetterHelp: Online therapy and counseling. Go to https://betterhelp.com/lex Shopify: Sell stuff online. Go to https://shopify.com/lex OUTLINE: (00:00) - Introduction (03:00) - Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections (11:35) - Nuclear fission vs fusion (21:35) - Physics of E=mc^2 (26:50) - Is nuclear fusion safe? (32:11) - Chernobyl (38:38) - Geopolitics (40:33) - Extreme scenarios (47:28) - How nuclear fusion works (1:20:20) - Extreme temperatures (1:25:21) - Fusion control and simulation (1:37:15) - Electricity from fusion (2:11:20) - First fusion power plant in 2028 (2:18:13) - Energy needs of GPU clusters (2:28:38) - Kardashev scale (2:36:33) - Fermi Paradox PODCAST LINKS: - Podcast Website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast - Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr - Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 - RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ - Podcast Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 - Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/lexclips
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  • #484 – Dan Houser: GTA, Red Dead Redemption, Rockstar, Absurd & Future of Gaming
    Oct 31 2025
    Dan Houser is co-founder of Rockstar Games and is a legendary creative mind behind Grand Theft Auto (GTA) and Red Dead Redemption series of video games. Thank you for listening ❤ Check out our sponsors: https://lexfridman.com/sponsors/ep484-sc See below for timestamps, transcript, and to give feedback, submit questions, contact Lex, etc. Transcript: https://lexfridman.com/dan-houser-transcript CONTACT LEX: Feedback - give feedback to Lex: https://lexfridman.com/survey AMA - submit questions, videos or call-in: https://lexfridman.com/ama Hiring - join our team: https://lexfridman.com/hiring Other - other ways to get in touch: https://lexfridman.com/contact EPISODE LINKS: Absurd Adventures: https://absurdventures.com A Better Paradise: https://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/B0FCYSK8VD American Caper: https://absurdventures.com/americancaper SPONSORS: To support this podcast, check out our sponsors & get discounts: Box: Intelligent content management platform. Go to https://box.com/ai UPLIFT Desk: Standing desks and office ergonomics. Go to https://upliftdesk.com/lex CodeRabbit: AI-powered code reviews. Go to https://coderabbit.ai/lex Miro: Online collaborative whiteboard platform. Go to https://miro.com/ Lindy: No-code AI agent builder. Go to https://go.lindy.ai/lex Shopify: Sell stuff online. Go to https://shopify.com/lex LMNT: Zero-sugar electrolyte drink mix. Go to https://drinkLMNT.com/lex OUTLINE: (00:00) - Introduction (01:29) - Sponsors, Comments, and Reflections (11:32) - Greatest films of all time (23:45) - Making video games (26:36) - GTA 3 (29:55) - Open world video games (32:42) - Character creation (36:09) - Superintelligent AI in A Better Paradise (45:21) - Can LLMs write video games? (49:41) - Creating GTA 4 and GTA 5 (1:01:16) - Hard work and Rockstar's culture of excellence (1:04:56) - GTA 6 (1:21:46) - Red Dead Redemption 2 (2:01:39) - DLCs for GTA and Red Dead Redemption (2:07:58) - Leaving Rockstar Games (2:17:22) - Greatest game of all time (2:22:10) - Life lessons from father (2:24:29) - Mortality (2:41:47) - Advice for young people (2:47:49) - Future of video games PODCAST LINKS: - Podcast Website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast - Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr - Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 - RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ - Podcast Playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 - Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/lexclips
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    2 hrs and 54 mins
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