#177 – Risto Miikkulainen: Neuroevolution and Evolutionary Computation

Oliver Stone is a filmmaker with 3 Oscar wins and 11 Oscar nominations. His films include Platoon, Wall Street, Born on the Fourth of July, Scarface, JFK, Nixon, Alexander, W, Snowden, and documentaries where he has interviewed Fidel Castro, Hugo Chavez, and Vladimir Putin. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Novo: https://novo.co/lex – Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off premium – SimpliSafe: https://simplisafe.com/lex and use code LEX – ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code LexPod to get 3 months free – NetSuite: http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour EPISODE LINKS: Oliver’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/TheOliverStone Chasing the Light (book): https://amzn.to/3ywb3J2 A Bright Future (book): https://amzn.to/3yvuGAX 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/lexfridman – 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 (09:35) – Nuclear power (22:33) – Russia and US relations (27:48) – JFK and the Cold War (33:05) – Interviewing Putin (56:44) – Invasion of Ukraine (1:06:01) – Why Putin invaded Ukraine (1:20:25) – Propaganda (1:27:43) – Interviewing Putin in 2022 (1:34:59) – Nuclear war (1:41:09) – Advice on interviewing (1:44:50) – Interviewing Hitler (1:48:11) – Putin interview language barrier (1:49:22) – Love (1:51:17) – Advice to young people (1:54:23) – Mortality (1:55:25) – Regrets (1:57:22) – Meaning of life

17 Mai 20221h 59min

Glenn Loury is a professor of economics and social sciences at Brown University, and a prominent podcaster and social critic who speaks and writes about race, inequality, and social policy. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Lambda: https://lambdalabs.com/lex – LMNT: https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get free sample pack – Coinbase: https://coinbase.com/lex to get $10 in free Bitcoin – ROKA: https://roka.com/ and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order – MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off EPISODE LINKS: Glenn’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/GlennLoury Glenn’s Substack: https://glennloury.substack.com Glenn’s YouTube: https://youtube.com/c/GlennLouryShow The Anatomy of Racial Inequality (book): https://amzn.to/3N7jmz0 Race, Incarceration, and American Values (book): https://amzn.to/398ywpk 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/lexfridman – 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 (07:12) – Martin Luther King Jr. (16:00) – History of slavery (30:39) – Equality of outcome (47:02) – Math and economics (1:03:17) – Racial groups (1:16:33) – Black patriotism (1:26:26) – MLK and Malcolm X (1:40:07) – Joe Rogan controversy (1:59:23) – Accusation of racism (2:07:08) – Elon Musk and Twitter (2:12:41) – Universities (2:21:19) – Cognitive inequality (2:33:45) – Politics (2:53:10) – Ketanji Brown Jackson (2:59:14) – Thomas Sowell (3:04:28) – Barack Obama (3:23:06) – Mortality (3:35:20) – Meaning of life

14 Mai 20223h 38min

Saifedean Ammous is an Austrian economist and author of The Bitcoin Standard and The Fiat Standard. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – GiveWell: https://www.givewell.org/ and use code LEX – Scale: https://scale.com/lex – Uncruise: https://uncruise.com/pages/lex – BiOptimizers: http://www.magbreakthrough.com/lex to get 10% off – Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil EPISODE LINKS: Saifedean’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/saifedean Saifedean’s Website: https://saifedean.com The Bitcoin Standard podcast: https://saifedean.com/podcast Books & resources mentioned: The Fiat Standard (book): https://amzn.to/3FmNfsy The Bitcoin Standard (book): https://amzn.to/3LRrcwA The Blocksize War (book): https://amzn.to/3LORQ9o The Theory of Money and Credit (book): https://amzn.to/3ykreZT Human Action (book): https://amzn.to/3w9LzP4 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/lexfridman – 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 (07:53) – Money (20:58) – Gold standard (34:09) – Collective hallucination (39:59) – Austrian vs Keynesian economics (1:12:20) – Free market (1:28:49) – Monarchy (1:34:23) – Fiat money (2:21:13) – SWIFT system (2:34:03) – Bitcoin (2:40:20) – Satoshi Nakamoto (2:48:04) – Criticisms of Bitcoin (3:03:16) – Football/soccer (3:06:58) – Criticisms of Bitcoin continued (3:17:17) – Bitcoin Maximalism (3:29:40) – Proof of stake (3:46:46) – Central bank digital currency (3:57:59) – Michael Malice (4:00:12) – Advice for young people (4:06:21) – Palestine (4:18:00) – Mortality

11 Mai 20224h 21min

Chris Mason is a professor of genomics, physiology, and biophysics at Cornell, doing research on the long-term effects of space on the human body. He is the author of The Next 500 Years: Engineering Life to Reach New Worlds. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off – Grammarly: https://grammarly.com/lex to get 20% off premium – Magic Spoon: https://magicspoon.com/lex – Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex – Eight Sleep: https://www.eightsleep.com/lex EPISODE LINKS: Chris’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/mason_lab Chris’s Website: http://masonlab.net/ Chris’s Company: https://onegevity.com/ The Next 500 Years (book): https://amzn.to/3k9ab4S Reasons and Persons (book): https://amzn.to/3Lrm6a5 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/lexfridman – 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. (0:00) – Introduction (7:43) – Human extinction awareness (16:29) – Heat death of the universe (22:05) – Alone in the universe (25:41) – Aliens (33:50) – Entropy goggles (48:04) – Genetics (56:14) – Scott Kelly (1:02:12) – Adapting to space (1:12:13) – Sex in space (1:14:46) – Colonizing planets (1:21:25) – Culture on Mars (1:25:51) – Commercial space flights (1:33:09) – Podcast in space (1:40:43) – Axiom Space (1:42:59) – Designing space experiments (1:49:49) – Robots in space (1:52:30) – Space exploration (1:56:28) – War in space (2:00:05) – Launch toward the Second Sun (2:06:14) – Chlorohumans (2:11:50) – Extreme microbiome project (2:18:17) – Space travel breakthroughs (2:30:15) – Clones (2:36:08) – AI age prediction (2:41:38) – Advice for young people (2:47:56) – Dark times (2:52:19) – Mortality (2:56:37) – Visiting ISS and deep space (2:57:46) – Meaning of life

8 Mai 20223h 1min

David Buss is an evolutionary psychologist at UT Austin. He is one of the founders of the field of evolutionary psychology. His current research is on sex differences in mate selection, mate attraction, infidelity, and the emotions of jealousy, lust, and love. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Notion: https://notion.com/startups – ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code LexPod – Roka: https://roka.com/ and use code LEX – Onnit: https://lexfridman.com/onnit – Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex EPISODE LINKS: David’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/profdavidbuss David’s Website: https://labs.la.utexas.edu/buss/ When Men Behave Badly (book): https://amzn.to/3y3bRVM The Evolution of Desire (book): https://amzn.to/3kyBdTt Evolutionary Psychology (textbook): https://amzn.to/3LExU9e Derogation of Competitors (research paper): https://bit.ly/38G4LMa 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/lexfridman – 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 (08:04) – Sex vs Violence (14:48) – Mating strategies (26:44) – Social construct of beauty (30:38) – Evolution of mating evaluation (34:40) – Mating selection desires (39:52) – Difficulties of monogamy (46:16) – Importance of male appearance (48:52) – Importance of wealth (52:08) – Penis and breasts (55:59) – Fashion (58:58) – Body objectification (1:06:33) – Wear sunscreen (1:13:29) – Gender (1:30:39) – What motivates humans (1:32:29) – Dominance and submissiveness (1:40:33) – Johnny Depp defamation trial (1:50:24) – Jealousy (1:58:45) – Mate poaching (2:02:58) – Polyamory (2:14:13) – Female vs Male sexuality (2:23:11) – Pornography (2:29:46) – Sex and Violence continued (2:38:55) – Cancel culture (2:50:38) – Elon Musk and Twitter (2:59:02) – Serial killers (3:04:55) – Advice for young people (3:16:57) – Love (3:22:57) – Mortality (3:27:40) – Meaning of life

4 Mai 20223h 38min

Grimes is a musician, artist, singer, songwriter, producer, and director. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Brave: https://brave.com/lex – Novo: https://novo.co/lex – Lambda: https://lambdalabs.com/lex – Public Goods: https://publicgoods.com/lex and use code LEX to get $15 off – Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get 25% off premium EPISODE LINKS: Grimes’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Grimezsz Grimes’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/grimes 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/lexfridman – 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 (08:24) – Identity (12:22) – Music production (25:13) – Spotify (29:55) – Experimental music (32:30) – Vision of future (45:04) – Motherhood (1:01:11) – Consciousness (1:16:01) – Love (1:21:52) – Metaverse (1:34:34) – Technology and bureaucracy (1:38:32) – Mortality (1:46:57) – Understanding evil (1:50:55) – Last person on Earth (1:53:33) – Dan Carlin (1:56:03) – Rise and Fall of the Third Reich (2:02:28) – Coolest human invention (2:03:49) – Advice for young people (2:07:01) – Meaning of life

29 Apr 20222h 11min

Cristiano Amon is the CEO of Qualcomm, world-leader in 5G wireless communication and computation systems inside premium Android phones and other robots. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Scale: https://scale.com/lex – Truebill: https://truebill.com/lex – BiOptimizers: http://www.magbreakthrough.com/lex to get 10% off – Four Sigmatic: https://foursigmatic.com/lex and use code LexPod to get up to 60% off – Fundrise: https://fundrise.com/lex EPISODE LINKS: Cristiano’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/cristianoamon Qualcomm’s Website: https://qualcomm.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/lexfridman – 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 (06:43) – Football/soccer (07:38) – Smartphones (10:09) – 5G (26:27) – Snapdragon (32:45) – Apple and Google (37:19) – Future of Qualcomm (48:20) – Autonomous vehicles (50:05) – Robots (52:31) – Chip shortage (56:40) – Lawsuits (1:00:07) – Leadership (1:04:26) – Advice for young people (1:08:17) – Meaning of life

27 Apr 20221h 14min

Sara Walker is an astrobiologist and theoretical physicist. Lee Cronin is a chemist. This is a conversation and debate about alien life and alien civilizations. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Uncruise: https://uncruise.com/pages/lex – Linode: https://linode.com/lex to get $100 free credit – ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code LexPod to get 3 months free – ROKA: https://roka.com/ and use code LEX to get 20% off your first order – Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil EPISODE LINKS: Sara’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sara_Imari Sara’s Website: http://emergence.asu.edu Lee’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/leecronin Lee’s Website: https://www.chem.gla.ac.uk/cronin Chemify’s Website: https://chemify.io 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/lexfridman – 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 (07:47) – Aliens (21:53) – What is life? (29:35) – Assembly theory (52:03) – Math (1:03:45) – Communication with aliens (1:28:38) – Evolution of the universe (1:37:56) – Creating alien life (1:45:29) – Origin of life (1:52:29) – Before the Big Bang (1:59:22) – God (2:09:39) – Goal-directed behavior (2:27:37) – Time (2:35:54) – Free will and imagination (2:51:06) – UFO sightings (2:56:06) – Alien life forms debate (3:11:14) – Robots (3:20:29) – Love and emotion (3:38:55) – Beauty in science (3:49:06) – Random questions (3:58:30) – Advice for young people (4:01:48) – Life on Earth (4:06:12) – Memory

24 Apr 20224h 11min