Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2021-08-29
Books mentioned on #215 – Wojciech Zaremba: OpenAI Codex, GPT-3, Robotics, and the Future of AI
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Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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Deep Work
Deep Work: Rules for Focused Success in a Distracted World by Cal Newport is a productivity guide that argues for the immense value of cultivating intense, distraction-free concentration.
Discussed“but it i mean cal newport talks about this as ideas of deep work it's you know most of us don't work much at all in terms of like like deeply think about particular problems whether it's math engineering all that kind of stuff you want to go to that place often and that's real hard work”
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2001, a Space Odyssey
2001, a Space Odyssey by Arthur C.
Recommended“and now let me leave you some words from arthur c clarke who is the author of 2001 a space odyssey it may be that our role on this planet is not to worship god but to create him”
Other mentions in this episode (1) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing 2001, a Space Odyssey
“and now let me leave you some words from arthur c clarke, who is the author of 2001 a space odyssey it may be that our role on this planet is not to worship god but to create him”