Book · 2018 · Technology & Engineering
Life 3.0
Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence
Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark has been mentioned in 8 episodes across 7 podcasts (5 episodes recommend it and 3 episodes discuss it), through . Most frequently brought up by Lex Fridman (3 episodes), Neil deGrasse Tyson (1 episode) and Steve Levitt (1 episode) on Lex Fridman Podcast (2 episodes), Dwarkesh Podcast (1 episode) and How I Write (1 episode).
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If you've enjoyed this conversation check out Max's best-selling book it's entitled Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence.
Steve Levitt · People I (Mostly) Admire · Jan 2023 Listen at 28:22 Questions about Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark
Who recommends Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark on podcasts?
Lex Fridman (2 episodes), Neil deGrasse Tyson (1 episode) and Steve Levitt (1 episode) have recommended Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark on podcasts. In all, 5 people brought it up across 7 podcasts (3 people recommended it).
Which podcasts mention Life 3.0 the most?
Lex Fridman Podcast (2 episodes), Dwarkesh Podcast (1 episode), How I Write (1 episode), People I (Mostly) Admire (1 episode) and StarTalk Radio (1 episode), among 7 podcasts in all.
Is Life 3.0 recommended, or only discussed?
Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark was recommended in 5 episodes and discussed without a recommendation in 3 episodes, as of 2025-08-20.
What do people say about Life 3.0?
Steve Levitt on People I (Mostly) Admire (2023-01-09): "If you've enjoyed this conversation check out Max's best-selling book it's entitled Life 3.0: Being Human in the Age of Artificial Intelligence."
When was Life 3.0 last mentioned on a podcast?
Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark was last discussed on How I Write by John Lennox on 2025-08-20.
What they say about it
- Recommends the book“recommend people read his book”2
The best things said about it
I recommend people read his book on the artificial general intelligence.
Lex Fridman The Joe Rogan Experience · Oct 2018 Max Tegmark has written a book called Life 3.0. Okay. And he has a dozen different scenarios for the future.
Max Tegmark in his book Life 3.0 discusses among scenarios to avoid the possibility of devices with some fatal instruments.
The book, which at this point is becoming more and more visionary that you've written, I guess over five years ago, Life 3.0.
Lex Fridman Lex Fridman Podcast · Apr 2023 Life 3.0 where you're exploring the future of what we even think of as life.
Neil deGrasse Tyson StarTalk Radio · Mar 2021 Where and when it comes up
Most episodes, by podcast
5 people who brought it up
Why people recommend it
Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark is a bestselling exploration of artificial general intelligence and the future of life in an automated age. The book has been recommended and discussed across numerous podcasts, including by the host of The Ezra Klein Show and Steve Levitt on People I (Mostly) Admire in 2023. Lex Fridman recommended the book on The Joe Rogan Experience in 2018 and featured Tegmark on the very first episode of the Lex Fridman Podcast, later revisiting the text in 2023 to discuss how visionary its scenarios have become over time. John Lennox mentioned the book on How I Write in 2025, noting that serious-minded physicists like Tegmark outline a dozen different futuristic scenarios. Carl Shulman discussed the book on the Dwarkesh Podcast in 2023, specifically referencing scenarios where advanced AI might utilize surveillance and remotely controlled devices like explosives or poison injectors to suppress human rebellion and avoid existential threats. Neil deGrasse Tyson also brought up the book on StarTalk Radio in 2021, praising its exploration of the future of life and mathematical universes, cementing its status as a seminal text for understanding artificial intelligence.
Every mention
Lex Fridman so there's a Max tegmark brilliant guy life 3.0 I recommend people read his book on the artificial general… 3
“Well, allow me to briefly look at the book, which at this point is becoming more and more visionary that you've written, I guess over five years ago, "Life 3.0."”
“so there's a Max tegmark brilliant guy life 3.0 I recommend people read his book on the artificial general intelligence”
“second is life 3.0”
“is it important on that complex goals where the sea is rising for there to be something creative creative or am I being very human centric and thinking creativity somehow special relative to intelligence”
Neil deGrasse Tyson at least one of my favorites is our mathematical universe where you argue that everything is math and if ev… 1
“at least one of my favorites is our mathematical universe where you argue that everything is math and if everything is math someone could have programmed it that way and so a brilliant exercise there and of course life 3.0 um where you're exploring the future of what we even think of as life and i've enjoyed both of those”
Steve Levitt if you've enjoyed this conversation check out Max's best-selling book it's entitled life 3.0 Being Human in… 1
“if you've enjoyed this conversation check out Max's best-selling book it's entitled life 3.0 Being Human in the age of artificial intelligence”
Carl Shulman Max Tegmark in his book Life 3.0 discusses among scenarios to avoid the possibility of devices with some fa… 1
“Max Tegmark in his book Life 3.0 discusses among scenarios to avoid the possibility of devices with some fatal instruments, a poison injector, an explosive that can be controlled remotely by an AI.”
John Lennox And you get seriousminded physicists like Max Tegmark. Is he in Princeton or MIT? I can't remember which. B… 1
“And you get seriousminded physicists like Max Tegmark. Is he in Princeton or MIT? I can't remember which. But Max Tegmark has written a book called Life 3.0. Okay. And he has a dozen different scenarios for the future.”
Mentioned on the show without a named speaker1
“and I'm sure you probably know Max tegmarks life 3.0 and third one Helene landamer open democracy”
Other mentions (2: passing, ad reads, own books)
“he is a physicist and artificial intelligence researcher at mit co-founder of the future of life institute and author of life 3.0 being human in the age of artificial intelligence”
“as I mentioned a lot of detail in my book”