#162 – Jim Keller: The Future of Computing, AI, Life, and Consciousness

Jim Keller is a legendary microprocessor engineer, previously at AMD, Apple, Tesla, Intel, and now Tenstorrent. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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(00:00)– Introduction
(07:02)– Good design is both science and engineering
(13:03)– Javascript
(17:09)– RISC vs CISC
(21:09)– What makes a great processor?
(22:38)– Intel vs ARM
(24:27)– Steve Jobs and Apple
(27:05)– Elon Musk and Steve Jobs
(32:50)– Father
(36:33)– Perfection
(42:48)– Modular design
(48:22)– Moore’s law
(55:20)– Hardware for deep learning
(1:02:14)– Making neural networks fast at scale
(1:09:51)– Andrej Karpathy and Chris Lattner
(1:14:05)– How GPUs work
(1:18:12)– Tesla Autopilot, NVIDIA, and Mobileye
(1:22:52)– Andrej Karpathy and Software 2.0
(1:29:13)– Tesla Dojo
(1:31:49)– Neural networks will understand physics better than humans
(1:34:02)– Re-engineering the human brain
(1:38:56)– Infinite fun and the Culture Series by Iain Banks
(1:40:50)– Neuralink
(1:46:13)– Dreams
(1:50:06)– Ideas
(2:00:19)– Aliens
(2:05:16)– Jordan Peterson
(2:10:13)– Viruses
(2:13:22)– WallStreetBets and Robinhood
(2:21:25)– Advice for young people
(2:23:15)– Human condition
(2:25:43)– Fear is a cage
(2:30:34)– Love
(2:36:57)– Regrets