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Lex Fridman Podcast | Now in ASCII + Name Change


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00:00:00.000 | I've been hosting this podcast called Artificial Intelligence for over two years now.
00:00:05.200 | And I'm finally ready to release version 2.0 of the podcast with two updates.
00:00:10.240 | Change podcast name to Lex Friedman Podcast. Very creative. And switch the video to ASCII.
00:00:18.640 | I may or may not be kidding about the second part, but I'm just excited to have figured out
00:00:24.480 | that Mplayer and VLC have a bunch of ASCII video modes, including MatrixView.
00:00:30.720 | I can make a quick video tutorial on that if people are interested.
00:00:33.680 | Anyway, I decided to change the name to just Lex Friedman Podcast for several reasons.
00:00:40.960 | First, that's what most people call it anyway. Second, I've already been interviewing physicists,
00:00:47.520 | historians, philosophers, mathematicians, writers, athletes. Switching away from AI in the name
00:00:54.000 | gives me the freedom to do that a little bit more. I still want to talk to the top
00:00:58.080 | researchers in artificial intelligence and science and tech in general, but also people
00:01:03.760 | who inspire me and have had a big impact on my life outside of science and tech.
00:01:08.160 | Third, most practically, I've found that guests even slightly outside the field of AI like
00:01:14.080 | neuroscience, neurobiology, physics, chemistry, math, have been intimidated by the name AI.
00:01:20.640 | So going with a silly generic name, my name, just seems easier.
00:01:28.160 | Hopefully you see that I try hard to make the guest the star of the show,
00:01:31.840 | not to take myself too seriously or seriously at all, and always ask the simplest possible
00:01:38.000 | questions in hopes of arriving at something fundamental and even beautiful, even if it
00:01:44.160 | makes me look like an idiot, which I very often am. RSS feed is still the same. Everything is
00:01:51.280 | still the same. If you enjoy this thing, share it with others. Your kind words as before, as always,
00:01:58.240 | and your love has been fuel for me, for which I'm forever grateful.
00:02:02.160 | Version 3.0 will be outside the simulation, but for now, let us stay here a little longer.
00:02:10.320 | Love you all.
00:02:11.680 | Bye.
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