The Perfect Summary Podcast
Every summary, narrated: the GIST of great conversations and books in minutes, so you can decide if you want the REST.
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Dileep George on how the visual cortex's feedback and inference inspired a CAPTCHA-solving model, and why text alone won't give AI a world model.
Berkeley roboticist Anca Dragan on how robots can understand people, share the road with them, and learn what we really want.
MIT roboticist Russ Tedrake on letting physics do the work, why contact is hard, DARPA challenge falls, and running barefoot.
MAPS founder Rick Doblin on MDMA therapy for PTSD, ibogaine, drug-war propaganda and whether MAPS should take investors.
DeepMind's David Silver on cracking Go, beating Lee Sedol, self-play, AlphaZero, MuZero and why learning is the core of intelligence.
3Blue1Brown's Grant Sanderson on learning deeply, exponential intuition, commoditizing explanation, neural networks, Manim and meaning.
Roger Penrose explains why understanding can't be computed, how gravity may reshape quantum mechanics, and a universe that cycles through eons.
Neuroscientist David Eagleman explains how the livewired brain rewires itself, from lost hemispheres to hearing through the skin.
Matt Serra, Din Thomas and John Rallo swap early-UFC war stories with Joe Rogan: injuries, chokeholds, beating GSP and life after fighting.
Tim Dillon and Joe Rogan riff on AI, war money, Lizzo, sharks and masks, then get candid about addiction, comedy and sobriety.
François Chollet argues intelligence is how efficiently you learn new skills, and explains how his ARC challenge tries to measure it.
Brown professor Michael Littman on the history of reinforcement learning, AlphaGo, GPT-3's limits, and why he doubts AI doom.
Corbell and Knapp on David Grusch's claims, the backlash since the UFO hearing, the 2019 Navy swarms and new disclosure law.
Andrew Huberman and Lex Fridman on fear, peak performance, deep work, vision, Neuralink, consciousness, Goggins and the meaning of life.
Post Malone and Joe Rogan talk weight loss, fatherhood, AI songs, psychedelics, archery, surveillance, UFOs and the music they love.
Gary Brecka explains methylation genes, folic acid, toxins, red light and the protocol he says transformed Dana White's health.
David Blaine tells Joe Rogan about kissing king cobras, breath-holding, his Vegas injury, marked decks and legendary card cheats.
Country singer Charles Wesley Godwin tells Joe Rogan how a failed football dream, a lingerie show gig and a loyal band built his career.
Andrew Huberman on learning motor skills faster: many reps and errors, a quiet rest after practice, metronomes, a range-of-motion trick and visualization.
Andrew Huberman explains how to time cortisol and use short bursts of adrenaline to raise energy, strengthen immunity and learn faster.
Andrew Huberman explains how neurons drive fat loss and shares tools: fidgeting, shiver-based cold exposure, fasted training, caffeine, yerba mate and carnitine.
Psychiatrist and optogenetics pioneer Karl Deisseroth on diagnosing with words, light-controlled neurons, psychedelics, focus and his book Projections.
Gastroenterologist Dr. Robynne Chutkan explains how plants, water and movement fix bloating, IBS and constipation, and why your gut runs your whole body.
Lex Fridman explains how AI learns and shares his dream of robots and AI that remember our moments, ease loneliness and help us grow.
Alexandra and Andrea Botez on the King's Indian, training, losing, depression, life as chess streamers, the GOAT debate and Magnus Carlsen.
Comedian and actor Will Sasso talks MADtv, acting, AI-run podcast Dudesy, depression, loneliness in Planes, Trains and Automobiles, and pro wrestling.
Andrew Huberman explains how skin and brain create pain and pleasure, and tools from cold exposure and hypnosis to supplements and reward timing.
Affectiva founder Rana el Kaliouby on her journey from Cairo to MIT, reading emotion from faces, in-car AI, social robots, affirmations and love.
Robert Epstein on his nationwide system for catching Google's ephemeral manipulation, and his theory that the brain connects us to another realm.
Ray Kurzweil explains why he still expects AI to pass the Turing test by 2029, brains to link to the cloud in the 2030s, and the singularity by 2045.