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:
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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

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