Chapter
The Importance of Learning Fundamental Sciences
2:38:56 - 2:50:32 (11:36)
The speaker emphasizes the importance of learning fundamental sciences such as quantum mechanics and statistical physics over consumer technologies as they have a deeper impact on real-life applications such as drug design and machine learning.
Clips
This podcast episode dives into the history of electronic wind instruments, discussing their unique sound qualities and the various types of instruments.
2:38:56 - 2:41:48 (02:52)
Summary
This podcast episode dives into the history of electronic wind instruments, discussing their unique sound qualities and the various types of instruments. The speaker also shares some personal experience of playing traditional wind instruments like the recorder and oboe, and discusses some of his other eccentric creations like homemade electronic devices and flying contraptions.
ChapterThe Importance of Learning Fundamental Sciences
Episode#258 – Yann LeCun: Dark Matter of Intelligence and Self-Supervised Learning
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The speaker suggests to choose to learn about bigger and more useful concepts like quantum mechanics and classical mechanics instead of mobile programming and drones, and to get interested in big questions like what is intelligence and what is the universe made of.
2:41:49 - 2:45:16 (03:26)
Summary
The speaker suggests to choose to learn about bigger and more useful concepts like quantum mechanics and classical mechanics instead of mobile programming and drones, and to get interested in big questions like what is intelligence and what is the universe made of.
ChapterThe Importance of Learning Fundamental Sciences
Episode#258 – Yann LeCun: Dark Matter of Intelligence and Self-Supervised Learning
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
Exploring the potential improvements that could be made in the technology sector through the development of new materials such as designing proteins for drug development and creating lighter materials for cars and airplanes.
2:45:16 - 2:48:16 (02:59)
Summary
Exploring the potential improvements that could be made in the technology sector through the development of new materials such as designing proteins for drug development and creating lighter materials for cars and airplanes.
ChapterThe Importance of Learning Fundamental Sciences
Episode#258 – Yann LeCun: Dark Matter of Intelligence and Self-Supervised Learning
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
This podcast discusses the potential of machine learning in discovering complex emergent phenomena that are difficult to describe through traditional reductionist methods, using superconductivity as an example.
2:48:16 - 2:50:32 (02:16)
Summary
This podcast discusses the potential of machine learning in discovering complex emergent phenomena that are difficult to describe through traditional reductionist methods, using superconductivity as an example.