Lex Fridman
Donald Knuth is one of the greatest and most impactful computer scientists and mathematicians ever. He is the recipient in 1974 of the Turing Award, considered the Nobel Prize of computing. He is the author of the multi-volume work, the magnum opus, The Art of Computer Programming. He made several key contributions to the rigorous analysis of the computational complexity of algorithms. He popularized asymptotic notation, that we all affectionately know as the big-O notation. He also created the TeX typesetting which most computer scientists, physicists, mathematicians, and scientists and engineers use to write technical papers and make them look beautiful. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast.
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0:00 – Introduction
3:45 – IBM 650
7:51 – Geeks
12:29 – Alan Turing
14:26 – My life is a convex combination of english and mathematics
24:00 – Japanese arrow puzzle example
25:42 – Neural networks and machine learning
27:59 – The Art of Computer Programming
36:49 – Combinatorics
39:16 – Writing process
42:10 – Are some days harder than others?
48:36 – What’s the “Art” in the Art of Computer Programming
50:21 – Binary (boolean) decision diagram
55:06 – Big-O notation
58:02 – P=NP
1:10:05 – Artificial intelligence
1:13:26 – Ant colonies and human cognition
1:17:11 – God and the Bible
1:24:28 – Reflection on life
1:28:25 – Facing mortality
1:33:40 – TeX and beautiful typography
1:39:23 – How much of the world do we understand?
1:44:17 – Question for God
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I really enjoyed this conversation with Donald. Here's the outline:
0:00 – Introduction
3:45 – IBM 650
7:51 – Geeks
12:29 – Alan Turing
14:26 – My life is a convex combination of english and mathematics
24:00 – Japanese arrow puzzle example
25:42 – Neural networks and machine learning
27:59 – The Art of Computer Programming
36:49 – Combinatorics
39:16 – Writing process
42:10 – Are some days harder than others?
48:36 – What's the "Art" in the Art of Computer Programming
50:21 – Binary (boolean) decision diagram
55:06 – Big-O notation
58:02 – P=NP
1:10:05 – Artificial intelligence
1:13:26 – Ant colonies and human cognition
1:17:11 – God and the Bible
1:24:28 – Reflection on life
1:28:25 – Facing mortality
1:33:40 – TeX and beautiful typography
1:39:23 – How much of the world do we understand?
1:44:17 – Question for God
Beautifully conducted interview of a brilliant mind.
16:38 This is amazing, but I have to say that I always get the feeling Nietzsche is typically very consistent with his intention and that his contradictions are meant to represent psychological shifts and change of opinion. His language is more literary than formally representative. Part of his persuasive power lies in the fact that he tells a story.
I just discovered this channel and it’s amazing
01:44:17 – Last question was hilarious 😀
This was really a peak behind the curtain, showing the fundamental difference between a true programmer's mind and my own. I especially appreciated when he said that not everyone can be a great programmer. Truth.
he's so old that he still believes in god and doesn't believe in machine leaning. how cute
The chair: https://www-cs-faculty.stanford.edu/~knuth/Knuth-vivian20181019B.jpg
Yoda of computer science.
Alan Kay!
how did i not find this podcast earlier…thank you lex
1:11:40
"What kind of browser do you have out there?" lol
james gosling next !
Amazing conversation!
Would you recommend reading also the fist volumes of the Art of Computer Programming? (going to read the new coming volume anyway))
I'm just at the beginning of my self education in the field of programming and algorithm design and am curious about the very fundamentals.
Great pleasure to watch The Master Yoda of Silicon Valley.
My guy speaks like a damn robot.
What a great channel
Alan Kay would be really nice to have him as a guest too.
you can't hide forever agent 47, i knew i would find you.
the best topic really interesting.. especially the number I love this. ❤️🌹✨💐🌷
He doesn't check email? What?
When are you going to have Church and Turing on?
Great interview! So great to have some insight into one of the greatest contributors to the Science and Art of Computing. Thanks!
"What kind of browser do you have up here?" hahahah that ad hoc answer was so beautiful
Aha ..Sanskrit the mother of all languages
Programmer experts, consider me a fool but are there any key or commentary to Donald books
Could please do Pavel Durov. Maybe he agrees to do the first interview 🙂
Priceless.
I'd rather try to read Einstein because it is less interesting and less challenging; Knuth is much more interesting and impossible.
I have found my home on the internet thanks to your AI Podcast Lex. Thank you for doing all this!
Donald Knuth is a legend. He is one of the top contributors to computer science, and sounds like he is still going strong. May he live long enough and be mentally present to finish his magnum opus and have that as a legacy as well.
I loved the part around 9:15 with considering multiple levels of abstraction. I think that ability and skill combined with curiosity is what makes the best programmers or computer scientists.
Благодарю Алексей за это интервью. Дональд действительно очень особенный человек. Желаю тебе много успеха в Ютубе и личной жизни.
Ты планируешь сделать несколько интересных интервью на русском языке?
Great Podcast! But the introduction was more like some funeral speech (Please take it lightly as a joke)
what kind of browser do you have here!! ha ha ha <3