Episode #177
Risto Miikkulainen: Neuroevolution and Evolutionary Computation
Risto Miikkulainen is a computer scientist at UT Austin.
What this episode covers
Risto Miikkulainen is a computer scientist at UT Austin.
Where to start
If we re-ran Earth over 1 million times
Risto Miikkulainen and Lex Fridman discuss if we re-ran earth over 1 million times.
Start at 6:51
How evolutionary computation works
Risto Miikkulainen and Lex Fridman discuss how evolutionary computation works.
Start at 46:49
Aliens communicating with humans
Risto Miikkulainen and Lex Fridman discuss aliens communicating with humans.
Start at 1:29:53
People and topics
Key takeaways
- Introduction
- If we re-ran Earth over 1 million times
- Would aliens detect humans?
- Evolution of intelligent life