Lex Fridman Podcast: #299 – Demis Hassabis: DeepMind

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Plasma control paper: https://nature.com/articles/s41586-021-04301-9

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OUTLINE:

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(00:00) – Introduction

(07:17) – Turing Test

(14:43) – Video games

(36:18) – Simulation

(38:29) – Consciousness

(43:29) – AlphaFold

(57:09) – Solving intelligence

(1:09:28) – Open sourcing AlphaFold & MuJoCo

(1:19:34) – Nuclear fusion

(1:23:38) – Quantum simulation

(1:26:46) – Physics

(1:30:13) – Origin of life

(1:34:52) – Aliens

(1:42:59) – Intelligent life

(1:46:08) – Conscious AI

(1:59:23) – Power

(2:03:53) – Advice for young people

(2:11:59) – Meaning of life