#225 – Jeffrey Shainline: Neuromorphic Computing and Optoelectronic Intelligence

Jeffrey Shainline is a physicist at NIST working on. Note: Opinions expressed by Jeff do not represent NIST. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – Stripe: https://stripe.com – Codecademy: https://codecademy.com and use code LEX to get 15% off – Linode: https://linode.com/lex to get $100 free credit – BetterHelp: https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off EPISODE LINKS: Jeff’s Website: http://www.shainline.net Jeff’s Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=rnHpY3YAAAAJ Jeff’s NIST Page: https://www.nist.gov/people/jeff-shainline 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/lexfridman – 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 (05:56) – How are processors made? (25:15) – Are engineers or physicists more important (27:43) – Super-conductivity (43:31) – Computation (48:07) – Computation vs communication (51:48) – Electrons for computation and light for communication (1:02:32) – Neuromorphic computing (1:27:23) – What is NIST? (1:30:41) – Implementing super-conductivity (1:38:20) – The future of neuromorphic computing (1:57:54) – Loop neurons (2:04:09) – Machine learning (2:18:36) – Cosmological evolution (2:25:44) – Cosmological natural selection (2:43:05) – Life in the universe (2:50:52) – The rare Earth hypothesis