The Perfect Summary Podcast

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.

Comic Sam Tallent and Joe Rogan swap road-gig war stories, riff on Bud Light and belief, and try Nepalese mad honey on air.

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.

Joey Diaz talks his memoir Tremendous, a brutal Xanax withdrawal, life with a felony, fentanyl, sleep and Comedy Store memories.

Jason Everman on leaving Nirvana and Soundgarden, fighting as a Green Beret, and chasing growth through upheaval.

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.

Pauly Shore and Joe Rogan remember Mitzi Shore and the Comedy Store, and talk grief, the Mothership, ibogaine and the craft of stand-up.

Tom Segura and Joe Rogan on lasting fitness, carnivore and cold plunges, taking the leap in comedy, and a 303-show tour.

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.

Rogan, Eddie Bravo and Brendan Schaub watch UFC Nashville and Jake Paul vs. Nate Diaz, with fight breakdowns, comedy talk and conspiracy riffs.

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.

Matt Rife and Joe Rogan riff on insomnia, ghosts, Bigfoot, chimps, troll farms, stand-up, serial killers and whether God is the universe.

Post Malone and Joe Rogan talk weight loss, fatherhood, AI songs, psychedelics, archery, surveillance, UFOs and the music they love.

Joe Rogan, Bryan Callen, Brendan Schaub and Sam Tripoli watch Sean Strickland stun Israel Adesanya, with conspiracy debates in between.

Mel Robbins shares the fresh start effect and three simple steps she used to reinvent her life after a painful 52nd birthday.

Georges St-Pierre explains how he managed fear, beat BJ Penn with science, used fasting to heal, and why he quit fighting on top.

Mel Robbins makes the science-backed case for high fiving yourself in the mirror, and her husband Chris shares why he couldn't look himself in the eye.

Yaron Brook tells Ayn Rand's story and makes the case for Objectivism: reason, rational selfishness, capitalism and a life of win-win.

An anarchist and an Objectivist debate reality, pride, Ayn Rand, communism, Bitcoin and whether society can work without a state.

Mel Robbins shares her five-step Million Dollar Morning routine, from beating the snooze button to making progress before checking your phone.

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.

Comedian Yannis Pappas and Lex Fridman riff on power, mortality, dogs, hyenas, the Battle of Crete, con men and finding your calling.