Lex Fridman Podcast
#177 – Risto Miikkulainen: Neuroevolution and Evolutionary Computation
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() – Introduction
() – If we re-ran Earth over 1 million times
() – Would aliens detect humans?
() – Evolution of intelligent life
() – Fear of death
() – Hyenas
() – Language
() – The magic of programming
() – Neuralink
() – Surprising discoveries by AI
() – How evolutionary computation works
() – Learning to walk
() – Robots and a theory of mind
() – Neuroevolution
() – Tesla Autopilot
() – Language and vision
() – Aliens communicating with humans
() – Would AI learn to lie to humans?
() – Artificial life
() – Cellular automata
() – Advice for young people
() – Meaning of life
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