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I'm not exactly going to curate a list of blocks. All I will say is make any constructive criticism towards him, or one of the things he seems to love such as Musk and chances are you will be blocked. He seems to even block other researchers who have never interacted with him.
People with a platform and large audience have a really bad relationship with social media. Don't take it personally.
Lex Fridman is a guy who talks about being open minded and humble then proceeds to block everyone that doesn't share the same set of opinions. Seems only capable of asking the same set of questions as well.
Lex is a creep. Amazing he's managed to fool so many people into subscribing to his mediocre podcast.
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Lex is a creep. Amazing he's managed to fool so many people into subscribing to his mediocre podcast.
Considering the otherwise thoughtful and considerate tone of HN, why do you think comments such as yours belong here?
Lex is bringing CS nerdiness to mainstream culture by mixing poetry/music/fitness/philosophy and I don't get why are you so bitter about it. Yes, he didn't ask the nitty gritty questions we'd like to hear from Donald Knuth or Jim Keller or dozens of quantum computing, computational biology etc researchers he has interviewed. But if you read their blogs, that's what they like about their appearance on the podcast. The…
I recall his podcast with Stephen Wolfram. His reputation as a human being is not great and he often shows up defensive. With Lex he is not afraid to be vulnerable and is able to share a lot.
Lex Fridman is a guy who talks about being open minded and humble then proceeds to block everyone that doesn't share the same set of opinions. Seems only capable of asking the same set of questions as well.
Lex is a creep. Amazing he's managed to fool so many people into subscribing to his mediocre podcast.
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Lex is a creep. Amazing he's managed to fool so many people into subscribing to his mediocre podcast.
Considering the otherwise thoughtful and considerate tone of HN, why do you think comments such as yours belong here?
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I agree, I find many of his interviews to be boring these days.
Can you share what interviews you enjoy more?
I have to admit though, Dan Carlin on Joe Rogan isn't a good interview either. His podcasts are incredible, but maybe he just doesn't interview well.
His interview with Jim Keller is a real waste. He's not a bad interviewer, but having Jim Keller's once in a blue moon interview done by someone who doesn't even know what branch prediction is a loss. I have no reason to believe he isn't a good AI researcher, but he doesn't seem to know much about programming - that a branch predictor that just predicts what happened last time next time gets it right about 80% of the…
Why would an AI researcher need to be an expert programmer? Furthermore, why would an AI researcher need to have intricate understandings of the inner workings of modern CPUs? Lex is not a software engineer. Lex is not an electrical engineer. I know people actively working in the AI/ML field who don't even have a B.A./B.S. - they're literally self-taught from watching YouTube videos; reading books, textbooks, article…
His interview with Jim Keller is a real waste. He's not a bad interviewer, but having Jim Keller's once in a blue moon interview done by someone who doesn't even know what branch prediction is a loss. I have no reason to believe he isn't a good AI researcher, but he doesn't seem to know much about programming - that a branch predictor that just predicts what happened last time next time gets it right about 80% of the…
Why would an AI researcher need to be an expert programmer? Furthermore, why would an AI researcher need to have intricate understandings of the inner workings of modern CPUs? Lex is not a software engineer. Lex is not an electrical engineer. I know people actively working in the AI/ML field who don't even have a B.A./B.S. - they're literally self-taught from watching YouTube videos; reading books, textbooks, article…
I am entirely self-taught in CS and I know what I know, I'm not inflicting it on anyone else I'm just saying Jim Keller doesn't do these very often and I want to hear him in more depth.
His interview with Jim Keller is a real waste. He's not a bad interviewer, but having Jim Keller's once in a blue moon interview done by someone who doesn't even know what branch prediction is a loss. I have no reason to believe he isn't a good AI researcher, but he doesn't seem to know much about programming - that a branch predictor that just predicts what happened last time next time gets it right about 80% of the…
I found it the other way around, I got enlightened about many subjects and you took a peak on how Jim Keller perceives some problems and how he breaks them down - really remarkable. For example, I really liked these two approaches regarding Moore's Law (Jim Keller: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c01BlUDIlK4 , and David Patterson : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c01BlUDIlK4 )