Unlocking AI's Future: Risto Miikkulainen on Neuroevolution & Evolutionary Algorithms | Lex Fridman Podcast #177

Risto Miikkulainen is a computer scientist at UT Austin. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - The Jordan Harbinger Show: https://jordanharbinger.com/lex/ - Grammarly: https://grammarly.com/lex to get 20% off premium - Belcampo: https://belcampo.com/lex and use code LEX to get 20% off first order - Indeed: https://indeed.com/lex to get $75 credit EPISODE LINKS: Risto's Website: https://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/risto/ 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/ Full episodes playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOdP_8GztsuKi9nrraNbKKp4 Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrAXtmErZgOeciFP3CBCIEElOJeitOr41 OUTLINE: 0:00 - Introduction 1:07 - If we re-ran Earth over 1 million times 4:24 - Would aliens detect humans? 7:02 - Evolution of intelligent life 10:47 - Fear of death 17:03 - Hyenas 20:28 - Language 23:59 - The magic of programming 29:59 - Neuralink 37:31 - Surprising discoveries by AI 41:06 - How evolutionary computation works 52:28 - Learning to walk 55:41 - Robots and a theory of mind 1:04:45 - Neuroevolution 1:15:03 - Tesla Autopilot 1:18:28 - Language and vision 1:24:09 - Aliens communicating with humans 1:29:45 - Would AI learn to lie to humans? 1:36:20 - Artificial life 1:41:12 - Cellular automata 1:46:49 - Advice for young people 1:51:25 - Meaning of life SOCIAL: - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman - Reddit: https://reddit.com/r/lexfridman - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman