#01
If you could ask a superintelligent AI one question, what would it be?
TL;DR"What's outside the simulation?"
Lex Fridman Podcast #18 @ 31:53Apr 12, 2019
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#02
What science fiction gets the future most right?
TL;DRIain M. Banks' Culture books. He calls them the least inaccurate version of the future.
Joe Rogan #2404 @ 2:49:07Oct 31, 2025
#03
If you could go back and change one decision, which would it be?
TL;DRStarting Tesla with JB Straubel alone. He calls it his worst business decision by far.
TED2022 @ 32:06Apr 14, 2022
#04
What is death, really?
TL;DRThe loss of information. If your memories survive intact, you've achieved a kind of immortality.
Lex Fridman #438 @ 29:11Aug 2, 2024
#05
Is war part of human nature?
TL;DRAll creatures fight. The real enemy is ignorance, not other humans.
Lex Fridman #400 @ 1:42Nov 9, 2023
#06
What do history's darkest moments teach us about human nature?
TL;DRMostly, people just get on with their lives. Wars and disasters are rare, or we wouldn't be here.
Lex Fridman #252 @ 1:50:13Dec 28, 2021
#07
What role does love play in what you do?
TL;DRIt's the foundation. He wants us to go multiplanetary because he loves humanity.
Lex Fridman #252 @ 2:26:08Dec 28, 2021
#08
Will AI discover a theory of everything?
TL;DRIt has to. An AI that can't discover new physics isn't even at human level.
Lex Fridman #400 @ 38:15Nov 9, 2023
#09
What's your favorite Rick and Morty idea?
TL;DRThe butter robot. Don't trap a super-intelligence in a toaster.
Lex Fridman #252 @ 2:16:32Dec 28, 2021
#10
Are you Satoshi Nakamoto? Would you tell us if you were?
TL;DRNo. He says he'd tell us if he were, and credits Nick Szabo with the ideas behind Bitcoin.
Lex Fridman #252 @ 1:00:16Dec 28, 2021