Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2023-03-25
Lex Fridman & Sam Altman: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #367
#367 – Sam Altman: OpenAI CEO on GPT-4, ChatGPT, and the Future of AI
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Sam Altman discussed Blitzed by Norman Ohler.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Blitzed
Blitzed by Norman Ohler is a historical investigation into the widespread, systematic use of narcotics like methamphetamine within Nazi Germany and its direct impact on military campaigns.
Discussed“I just read "Blitzed", which is this... - Oh, I wanna read that. - Yeah. - How is it. - It was really good. It gives a theory of Nazi Germany and Hitler that so much can be described about Hitler and a lot of the upper echelon of Nazi Germany through the excessive use of drugs.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (4) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing 1984
“The power to suffocate the human spirit in the totalitarian way of George Orwell's "1984" or the pleasure-fueled mass hysteria of "Brave New World"”
Passing Brave New World
“The power to suffocate the human spirit in the totalitarian way of George Orwell's "1984" or the pleasure-fueled mass hysteria of "Brave New World" where, as Huxley saw it, people come to love their oppression”
Passing 1984
“The power to suffocate the human spirit in a totalitarian way like in George Orwell's '1984', or the pleasure-fueled mass hysteria of 'Brave New World', where, as Huxley saw it, people come to love their oppression and adore the technologies that undermine their capacities to think.”
Passing Brave New World
“The power to suffocate the human spirit in a totalitarian way like in George Orwell's '1984', or the pleasure-fueled mass hysteria of 'Brave New World', where, as Huxley saw it, people come to love their oppression and adore the technologies that undermine their capacities to think.”