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OUTLINE:

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(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