#177 – Risto Miikkulainen: Neuroevolution and Evolutionary Computation

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