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Not to be confused with Lex Friedman.

Lex Fridman
Fridman in 2018
Born
Chkalovsk, Tajik SSR, Soviet Union (now Buston, Tajikistan)
Alma materDrexel University (BS, MS, PhD)
Occupation(s)Computer scientist, podcaster, writer
Scientific career
FieldsComputer science, artificial intelligence
InstitutionsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
ThesisLearning of Identity from Behavioral Biometrics for Active Authentication (2014)
Doctoral advisorMoshe Kam, Steven Weber
YouTube information
Channels
Years active2006–present
Genre(s)Talk, Technology
Subscribers
  • 3.03 million[1]
Total views
  • 450.2 million[1]
100,000 subscribers2019
1,000,000 subscribers2021
Last updated: June 14, 2023
Websitelexfridman.com

Lex Fridman (/'lɛks 'friːdmæn/; FREED-man, born Alexey Fedotov, Russian: Алексей Федотов) is a Russian-American computer scientist, podcaster, and writer. He hosts the Lex Fridman Podcast, a podcast and YouTube series.

Early life and education

Fridman is of Russian Jewish descent and was born in Chkalovsk, Tajikistan (at that point the Tajik SSR as part of the Soviet Union).[2][3][4] His father, plasma physicist Alexander Fridman is a professor at Drexel University.[5][6] His brother is Gregory Fridman, also a researcher in plasma physics.[7]

When he was about 11, Fridman's family moved from Russia to the Chicago area.[8] He attended Neuqua Valley High School in Naperville, Illinois.[9] He then went on to obtain BS and MS degrees in computer science at Drexel University in 2010,[10] and completed his PhD in electrical and computer engineering at Drexel in 2014.[11] 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".[12]

Career

Computer science

He currently is a research scientist at MIT.[13][14] In 2019, he left AgeLab and assumed a researcher role at the university following a controversy surrounding a study conducted on Tesla Autopilot.[15]

Lex Fridman Podcast

Fridman began his podcast in 2018, initially as part of the MIT course 6.S099 on artificial general intelligence. Its original title was the Artificial Intelligence Podcast, which was later changed to the Lex Fridman Podcast to reflect the wider range of topics it would address. The podcast is structured as a long-form interview program. Interviews are conducted in-person, typically running two to four hours in length.[citation needed]

The podcast has featured guests such as musician Kanye West,[16] 16th world chess champion Magnus Carlsen,[17] hedge fund manager Ray Dalio,[18] Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu,[19] and technology executives Jack Dorsey,[20] Elon Musk,[21] and Mark Zuckerberg.[22]

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Lex Fridman's YouTube Stats (Summary Profile) - Social Blade Stats". SocialBlade.com. Retrieved 14 June 2023.
  2. ^ Fridman, Lex (18 June 2023). "Transcript for Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia | Lex Fridman Podcast #385". Lex Fridman. Retrieved 18 June 2023.
  3. ^ "Lex Fridman statement on Vladimir Putin and War in Ukraine". Youtube. Archived from the original on 17 March 2022. Retrieved 17 March 2022.
  4. ^ Anca Dragan: Human-Robot Interaction and Reward Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #81, retrieved 31 May 2023
  5. ^ "Alexander Fridman: My Dad, the Plasma Physicist". Lex Fridman. Retrieved 9 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Alexander Fridman". Drexel University College of Engineering. 3 May 2021. Retrieved 10 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Alexander Fridman Earns Plasma Field's Highest Honor". Drexel University College of Engineering. 23 January 2019. See 2nd to last paragraph for relation to Alexander Fridman. Archived from the original on 22 March 2023. Retrieved 22 March 2023.
  8. ^ Black, Julia (3 April 2023). "Peace, love, and Hitler: How Lex Fridman's podcast became a safe space for the anti-woke tech elite". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Alex Fridman - About". lexfridman.com. Archived from the original on 2 October 2012. Retrieved 18 July 2022.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ 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.
  12. ^ 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.
  13. ^ Mui, Chunka (28 February 2018). "Driverless Cars: 90 Percent Done, 90 Percent Left To Go?". Forbes. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  14. ^ "MIT Directory - Massachusetts Institute of Technology". MIT. Archived from the original on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2022.
  15. ^ Black, Julia. "Peace, love, and Hitler: How Lex Fridman's podcast became a safe space for the anti-woke tech elite". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 3 April 2023. Retrieved 5 April 2023.
  16. ^ Price, Joe (27 October 2022). "New Report Details Kanye West's Alleged 'Obsession' With Hitler, Wanted to Name Album After Him". Complex Networks. Archived from the original on 30 October 2022. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  17. ^ Cowen, Tyler (22 September 2022). "Impostor Syndrome Is a Professional Superpower". Bloomberg. Retrieved 29 October 2022.
  18. ^ Sauer, Megan (5 January 2022). "Billionaire Ray Dalio's top advice for young people: Working together is 'the most effective way to achieve success'". CNBC. Archived from the original on 12 January 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  19. ^ Samuels, Ben (13 July 2023). "Netanyahu Uses Podcast Appearance to Denigrate Protests, Float Conspiracy". Haaretz. Retrieved 15 July 2023.
  20. ^ Stieg, Cory (16 May 2020). "Bill Gates and Jack Dorsey both recommend this book—it can help with anxiety and decision-making". CNBC. Archived from the original on 18 January 2022. Retrieved 18 January 2022.
  21. ^ Hamilton, Isobel Asher. "Everything you need to know about Neuralink, Elon Musk's company that wants to put microchips in people's brains". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 4 January 2022. Retrieved 10 January 2022.
  22. ^ Ray, Tiernan. "Meta's Zuckerberg: 'AI is perhaps the most important foundational technology of our time'". ZDNet. Archived from the original on 23 February 2022. Retrieved 26 February 2022.
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