#177 – Risto Miikkulainen: Neuroevolution and Evolutionary Computation

from Lex Fridman Podcast

by Lex Fridman

Published: Mon Apr 19 2021

Show Notes

Risto Miikkulainen is a computer scientist at UT Austin. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
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()– Introduction
()– If we re-ran Earth over 1 million times
()– Would aliens detect humans?
()– Evolution of intelligent life
()– Fear of death
()– Hyenas
()– Language
()– The magic of programming
()– Neuralink
()– Surprising discoveries by AI
()– How evolutionary computation works
()– Learning to walk
()– Robots and a theory of mind
()– Neuroevolution
()– Tesla Autopilot
()– Language and vision
()– Aliens communicating with humans
()– Would AI learn to lie to humans?
()– Artificial life
()– Cellular automata
()– Advice for young people
()– Meaning of life