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#380 – Neil Gershenfeld: Self-Replicating Robots and the Future of Fabrication

#380 – Neil Gershenfeld: Self-Replicating Robots and the Future of Fabrication

FromLex Fridman Podcast


#380 – Neil Gershenfeld: Self-Replicating Robots and the Future of Fabrication

FromLex Fridman Podcast

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Length:
131 minutes
Released:
May 28, 2023
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Podcast episode

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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) - Introduction
(05:37) - What Turing got wrong
(11:02) - MIT Center for Bits and Atoms
(24:08) - Digital logic
(30:44) - Self-assembling robots
(41:12) - Digital fabrication
(52:07) - Self-reproducing machine
(59:53) - Trash and fabrication
(1:04:49) - Lab-made bioweapons
(1:09:04) - Genome
(1:20:56) - Quantum computing
(1:25:28) - Microfluidic bubble computation
(1:30:49) - Maxwell's demon
(1:39:35) - Consciousness
(1:46:35) - Cellular automata
(1:51:07) - Universe is a computer
(1:55:53) - Advice for young people
(2:05:10) - Meaning of life
Released:
May 28, 2023
Format:
Podcast episode

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