Risto Miikkulainen


Risto Miikkulainen: Neuroevolution and Evolutionary Computation | Lex Fridman Podcast #177

Apr 19, 2021

Risto Miikkulainen is a computer scientist at UT Austin.

Outline:

0:00​ - Introduction
1:07​ - If we re-ran Earth over 1 million times
4:24​ - Would aliens detect humans?
7:02​ - Evolution of intelligent life
10:47​ - Fear of death
17:03​ - Hyenas
20:28​ - Language
23:59​ - The magic of programming
29:59​ - Neuralink
37:31​ - Surprising discoveries by AI
41:06​ - How evolutionary computation works
52:28​ - Learning to walk
55:41​ - Robots and a theory of mind
1:04:45​ - Neuroevolution
1:15:03​ - Tesla Autopilot
1:18:28​ - Language and vision
1:24:09​ - Aliens communicating with humans
1:29:45​ - Would AI learn to lie to humans?
1:36:20​ - Artificial life
1:41:12​ - Cellular automata
1:46:49​ - Advice for young people
1:51:25​ - Meaning of life
 
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