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Eric Weinstein: Revolutionary Ideas in Science, Math, and Society | Lex Fridman Podcast #16

Lex Fridman · 860.7K views · 2019-03-20 · 1:21:56

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Lex Fridman interviews mathematician and economist Eric Weinstein about science, mathematics, and society. The conversation ranges across physics, academia, AI and job displacement.

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HN refers to it for Weinstein's views on advanced math and physics and academia's problems, though some find him a bit kooky.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2019–2019

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abledon · 2019-09 · Recommendation

In this Lex Freidman interview, Eric Weinstein (a bit kooky) explains his view on the trenches of advanced mathematics/physics: [VIDEO] He goes into depths about the problems right now in academia

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cronix · 2019-04 · Recommendation

You'd probably be interested in watching Ray Dalios recent interview: [LINK] Here's a good one from Eric Weinstein. The whole interview is good (about AI), but at the end he discusses this kind of issue (time is bookmarked): [VIDEO] This is part of a good lecture by Dr. Jordan Peterson on IQ, AI, and how AI is and will continue to displace people who will have no means to work to support themselves: [LINK]

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adaptiveValleys · 2019-03 · Reference

He doesn't consider himself a physicist either.[1] [1] [VIDEO] At 33:45 of the podcast after he gives the kinetic-potential energy analogy to describe his distrust of Pinker's optimism.

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