#177 – Risto Miikkulainen: Neuroevolution and Evolutionary Computation
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<p><b>OUTLINE:</b><br />
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(00:00) – Introduction<br />
(06:51) – If we re-ran Earth over 1 million times<br />
(10:08) – Would aliens detect humans?<br />
(12:46) – Evolution of intelligent life<br />
(16:31) – Fear of death<br />
(22:47) – Hyenas<br />
(26:12) – Language<br />
(29:43) – The magic of programming<br />
(35:43) – Neuralink<br />
(43:15) – Surprising discoveries by AI<br />
(46:49) – How evolutionary computation works<br />
(58:12) – Learning to walk<br />
(1:01:25) – Robots and a theory of mind<br />
(1:10:29) – Neuroevolution<br />
(1:20:47) – Tesla Autopilot<br />
(1:24:11) – Language and vision<br />
(1:29:53) – Aliens communicating with humans<br />
(1:35:29) – Would AI learn to lie to humans?<br />
(1:42:03) – Artificial life<br />
(1:46:56) – Cellular automata<br />
(1:52:32) – Advice for young people<br />
(1:57:09) – Meaning of life</p>