#162 – Jim Keller: The Future of Computing, AI, Life, and Consciousness

Jim Keller is a legendary microprocessor engineer, previously at AMD, Apple, Tesla, Intel, and now Tenstorrent. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil - Brooklinen: https://brooklinen.com and use code LEX to get $25 off + free shipping - ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code LexPod to get 3 months free - Belcampo: https://belcampo.com/lex and use code LEX to get 20% off first order EPISODE LINKS: Jim's Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimkxa Jim's Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Keller_(engineer) Tenstorrent: https://www.tenstorrent.com/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (07:02) - Good design is both science and engineering (13:03) - Javascript (17:09) - RISC vs CISC (21:09) - What makes a great processor? (22:38) - Intel vs ARM (24:27) - Steve Jobs and Apple (27:05) - Elon Musk and Steve Jobs (32:50) - Father (36:33) - Perfection (42:48) - Modular design (48:22) - Moore's law (55:20) - Hardware for deep learning (1:02:14) - Making neural networks fast at scale (1:09:51) - Andrej Karpathy and Chris Lattner (1:14:05) - How GPUs work (1:18:12) - Tesla Autopilot, NVIDIA, and Mobileye (1:22:52) - Andrej Karpathy and Software 2.0 (1:29:13) - Tesla Dojo (1:31:49) - Neural networks will understand physics better than humans (1:34:02) - Re-engineering the human brain (1:38:56) - Infinite fun and the Culture Series by Iain Banks (1:40:50) - Neuralink (1:46:13) - Dreams (1:50:06) - Ideas (2:00:19) - Aliens (2:05:16) - Jordan Peterson (2:10:13) - Viruses (2:13:22) - WallStreetBets and Robinhood (2:21:25) - Advice for young people (2:23:15) - Human condition (2:25:43) - Fear is a cage (2:30:34) - Love (2:36:57) - Regrets

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