Elon Musk: SpaceX, Mars, Tesla Autopilot, Self-Driving, Robotics, and AI | Lex Fridman Podcast #252
Why Hacker News recommends it
Mostly cited as a primary source for Musk's statements on self-driving and other topics, often with skepticism about his depth.
What it is
Lex Fridman's long conversation with Elon Musk covering SpaceX, Mars, Tesla Autopilot and self-driving, robotics and AI.
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Cites tim333 · 2022-01 · on “Why Tesla Cannot Solve Full Self-Driving – Deep Learning Is Hopelessly Flawed”
I agree the criticism on the basis of philosophy is kind of silly. Elon Musk's recent description of how the thing is going in real life on Lex Fridman Podcast 28 dec 21 was interesting [this video]
Cites mwattsun · 2022-01 · on “An anatomy of Bitcoin price manipulation”
I'm suspicious of Bitcoin as a store of value. Some seem to think that because there is a fixed amount of Bitcoin it will automatically rise in price as demand confronts scarcity, but that assumes there will continued demand. Elon Musk says Dogecoin is better because it has some inflation built in, encouraging people to spend instead of hoard, but adds "I'm not saying that it's the ideal system for a currency" "Elon Musk - SpaceX, Mars, Tesla Autopilot, Self-Driving, Robotics, and AI", Lex Fridman Podcast #252". Clip from a discussion about money starting minute 48:41 [this video] Lex: You mentioned that Doge is the people's coin. Elon: Yeah. Lex: And you said that you were literally going, Space
Critical belter · 2022-02 · on “Starship Update [video]”
That might be the case for rocket mechanics but watching this interview between: [this video] 1.02.40 and [this video] 1:34.01 looks more like the case of the manager repeating stuff heard from the engineers discussion. Lex Fridman asked the questions, was the one that clearly layout the challenges, and kindly enough repeated the answer that Elon Musk was not providing. Meaning its not a problem of "vector space". Humans interpret the world and give semantic meaning to the scene in front of them. He repeated it several times as Elon Musk answers completely missed the critical challenges, until he was perceptive enough to pick and regurgitate back the examples Lex Fridman was providing. Like the one wh
Critical belter · 2022-05 · on “Twitter Deal Temporarily on Hold”
If you are curious to see if he knows what he is talking about or not, you can hear it directly from him instead of from employees: "Elon Musk: SpaceX, Mars, Tesla Autopilot, Self-Driving, Robotics, and AI | Lex Fridman": [this video] My take after hearing the interview? Alex Fridman knows what is talking about, Elon Musk no.