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Fridman began his podcast in 2018. It was originally titled ''The Artificial Intelligence Podcast'', but changed to ''The Lex Fridman Podcast'' in 2020. By April 2023, Fridman had recorded more than 350 episodes which have been described as "hourslong conversations" by Business Insider.<ref name=":1" /> Episodes of the podcast have featured, among others, [[Elon Musk]], [[Kanye West]], [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], |
Fridman began his podcast in 2018. It was originally titled ''The Artificial Intelligence Podcast'', but changed to ''The Lex Fridman Podcast'' in 2020. By April 2023, Fridman had recorded more than 350 episodes which have been described as "hourslong conversations" by Business Insider.<ref name=":1" /> Episodes of the podcast have featured, among others, [[Elon Musk]], [[Kanye West]], [[Benjamin Netanyahu]], [[Yuval Noah Harari]] and [[Mohammed el-Kurd|Mohammed El-Kurd]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Ahmed |first1=Nasim |title=What did we learn from Fridman’s podcast with Netanyahu, Harari and El-Kurd? |url=https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20230727-what-did-we-learn-from-fridmans-podcast-with-netanyahu-harari-and-el-kurd/ |website=Middle East Monitor |date=2023-07-27}}</ref> |
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Fridman interviews people on "all sides", presenting himself as curious and neutral.<ref name="Robinson" /> |
Fridman interviews people on "all sides", presenting himself as curious and neutral.<ref name="Robinson" /> |
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Revision as of 03:23, 22 November 2023
Lex Fridman | ||||||||||
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| Born | Alexey Fedotov, Russian: Алексей Федотов 15 August 1983 | |||||||||
| Education | Drexel University (BS, MS, PhD) | |||||||||
| Occupation(s) | Computer scientist, podcaster, writer | |||||||||
| Scientific career | ||||||||||
| Fields | Computer science, artificial intelligence | |||||||||
| Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | |||||||||
| Thesis | Learning of Identity from Behavioral Biometrics for Active Authentication (2014) | |||||||||
| Doctoral advisor | Moshe Kam, Steven Weber | |||||||||
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| Years active | 2006–present | |||||||||
| Genre(s) | Talk, Technology | |||||||||
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Last updated: November 11, 2023 | ||||||||||
| Website | lexfridman | |||||||||
Lex Fridman (/ˈfriːdmən/; born 15 August 1983[2][3]) is a Russian-American computer scientist, podcaster, and writer. He hosts the Lex Fridman Podcast.
Early life and education
Fridman was born in Chkalovsk, Tajikistan (at that point the Tajik SSR was part of the Soviet Union) and grew up in Moscow.[2] He is of Jewish descent.[4][5][6] His father is plasma physicist Alexander Fridman, a professor at Drexel University.[2] His brother is Gregory Fridman, also a researcher in plasma physics.[2]
When he was about 11, Fridman's family moved from Russia to the Chicago area.[2] He attended Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, Illinois.[7] He then went on to obtain BS and MS degrees in computer science at Drexel University in 2010,[8] and completed his PhD in electrical and computer engineering at Drexel in 2014.[9] His PhD dissertation, Learning of Identity from Behavioral Biometrics for Active Authentication, was completed under the advisement of engineering educators Moshe Kam and Steven Weber and sought to "investigate the problem of active authentication on desktop computers and mobile devices".[10]
Career
MIT
In 2014, Fridman joined Google but left the company after six months.[9] In 2015, he moved to MIT's AgeLab to work on "psychology and big-data analytics to understand driver behavior."[2]
In 2019, Fridman published a study on Tesla Autopilot finding that drivers using semi-autonomous vehicles stayed focused, contrasting with established research on how humans interact with automated systems. Following his Tesla Autopilot study, Fridman was invited to Tesla offices for an interview with Elon Musk.[2] The study was later removed from MIT's website.[2]
In 2019, he left AgeLab and took up an unpaid role in the department of aeronautics and astronautics.[2] As of 2023, he is a research scientist at the MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems.[11][12]
Lex Fridman Podcast
Fridman began his podcast in 2018. It was originally titled The Artificial Intelligence Podcast, but changed to The Lex Fridman Podcast in 2020. By April 2023, Fridman had recorded more than 350 episodes which have been described as "hourslong conversations" by Business Insider.[2] Episodes of the podcast have featured, among others, Elon Musk, Kanye West, Benjamin Netanyahu, Yuval Noah Harari and Mohammed El-Kurd.[13]
Fridman interviews people on "all sides", presenting himself as curious and neutral.[14]
Reception
In regards to Fridman's study on Tesla Autopilot, the study's methodology was criticized by Missy Cummings, a professor at Duke University and advisor for the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, who described it as "deeply flawed".[2] AI researcher Anima Anandkumar suggested Fridman should submit his study for peer review before seeking press coverage.[2]
According to research experts interviewed by Business Insider in April 2023, Fridman "lacks the publications, citations and conference appearances required to be taken seriously in the hypercompetitive world of academia".[2] Computational biologist Lior Pachter said "some scientists and academics fear Fridman is contributing to the 'cacophony of misinformation'", while another AI researcher thought that Fridman may have "abandoned academic rigor in pursuit of fame". In contrast, his former colleague Sertac Karaman, LIDS's director, stated: "Dr. Fridman has been a research scientist at MIT LIDS and in our research group. I have known him for many years, and been very impressed by his ideas and his research accomplishments."[2]
Nathan J. Robinson of Current Affairs wrote, "Fridman is not an idealogue and seems genuine in his desire to empathetically understand leftists (he has also interviewed Richard Wolff, Steve Keen, and Noam Chomsky) and to be fair to all sides, he has hosted a debate between 'skeptical environmentalist' Bjorn Lomborg and climate journalist Andrew Revkin.” However, Robinson goes on to criticize Fridman, saying that “the Fridman podcast is an excellent way to see how the posture of neutrality actually fails to adequately challenge falsehoods and toxic beliefs.”[14]
Personal life
Lex Fridman is a first degree black belt in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. His black belt was awarded by Rick and Phil Migliarese at Balance Studios in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. [15]
References
- ^ a b c d "Lex Fridman's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats". SocialBlade.com. Retrieved 11 November 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n Black, Julia. "Peace, love, and Hitler: How Lex Fridman's podcast became a safe space for the anti-woke tech elite". Business Insider. Retrieved 1 October 2023.
- ^ "Thank you for the birthday wishes..." X (formerly Twitter). Retrieved 12 October 2023.
- ^ Fridman, Lex (18 June 2023). "Transcript for Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia | Lex Fridman Podcast #385". Lex Fridman. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
- ^ "Lex Fridman statement on Vladimir Putin and War in Ukraine". Youtube. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
- ^ Anca Dragan: Human-Robot Interaction and Reward Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #81, retrieved 31 May 2023
- ^ "Alex Fridman - About". lexfridman.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
- ^ Adams, Christine (8 June 2017). "AgeLab researching autonomous vehicle systems in ongoing collaboration with Toyota". MIT News. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
- ^ a b Plumb, Wendy (2 October 2018). "Alum Lex Fridman Visits From MIT To Lead Public "AI" Lecture". Drexel University College of Engineering. Drexel University. Archived from the original on 12 February 2021. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ Fridman, Lex (2014). "Learning of Identity from Behavioral Biometrics for Active Authentication". Dissertation, Drexel University. Archived from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 24 April 2022.
- ^ "Research Staff". MIT LIDS. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ Fridman, Lex (18 June 2023). "Transcript for Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia | Lex Fridman Podcast #385". Lex Fridman. Retrieved 8 October 2023.
- ^ Ahmed, Nasim (27 July 2023). "What did we learn from Fridman's podcast with Netanyahu, Harari and El-Kurd?". Middle East Monitor.
- ^ a b Robinson, Nathan (5 January 2023). "The Guy Who Just Loves Everyone". Current Affairs. Retrieved 9 October 2023.
- ^ Jones, Phil (17 April 2023). "Lex Fridman Promoted To First Degree BJJ Black Belt". Jits. Magazine.
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