#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: – Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/lex and use code LEX to get 1 month of fish oil – Brooklinen: https://brooklinen.com and use code LEX to get $25 off + free shipping – ExpressVPN: https://expressvpn.com/lexpod and use code LexPod to get 3 months free – Belcampo: https://belcampo.com/lex and use code LEX to get 20% off first order EPISODE LINKS: Jim’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimkxa Jim’s Wiki: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_Keller_(engineer) Tenstorrent: https://www.tenstorrent.com/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (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