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Manolis Kellis is a professor at MIT and head of the MIT Computational Biology Group. He is interested in understanding the human genome from a computational, evolutionary, biological, and other cross-disciplinary perspectives.
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Here's the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
OUTLINE:
00:00 - Introduction
03:54 - Human genome
17:47 - Sources of knowledge
29:15 - Free will
33:26 - Simulation
35:17 - Biological and computing
50:10 - Genome-wide evolutionary signatures
56:54 - Evolution of COVID-19
1:02:59 - Are viruses intelligent?
1:12:08 - Humans vs viruses
1:19:39 - Engineered pandemics
1:23:23 - Immune system
1:33:22 - Placebo effect
1:35:39 - Human genome source code
1:44:40 - Mutation
1:51:46 - Deep learning
1:58:08 - Neuralink
2:07:07 - Language
2:15:19 - Meaning of life
Support this podcast by supporting our sponsors:
- Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex
- Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/lex
- MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex
If you would like to get more information about this podcast go to https://lexfridman.com/ai or connect with @lexfridman on Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook, Medium, or YouTube where you can watch the video versions of these conversations. If you enjoy the podcast, please rate it 5 stars on Apple Podcasts, follow on Spotify, or support it on Patreon.
Here's the outline of the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
OUTLINE:
00:00 - Introduction
03:54 - Human genome
17:47 - Sources of knowledge
29:15 - Free will
33:26 - Simulation
35:17 - Biological and computing
50:10 - Genome-wide evolutionary signatures
56:54 - Evolution of COVID-19
1:02:59 - Are viruses intelligent?
1:12:08 - Humans vs viruses
1:19:39 - Engineered pandemics
1:23:23 - Immune system
1:33:22 - Placebo effect
1:35:39 - Human genome source code
1:44:40 - Mutation
1:51:46 - Deep learning
1:58:08 - Neuralink
2:07:07 - Language
2:15:19 - Meaning of life