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There’s an interview of Chris Lattner by Lex Friedman and he goes in depth on Mojo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pdJQ8iVTwj8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pdJQ

There’s an interview of Chris Lattner by Lex Friedman and he goes in depth on Mojo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pdJQ8iVTwj8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pdJQ8iVTwj8

kaba0 3y ago
Off topic, but I really can’t stand Friedman. I would much prefer a more intelligent interviewer asking many of those CS giants he interviewed. (If I hear the randomly brought up, completely unrelated musk hype question again...)
- grugagag 3y ago
  It’s a long interview, you can skip through if you want. I’m impartial to Lex Friedman, I just enjoy long interviews and a lot of his guests give me a lot to digest.
- unsupp0rted 3y ago
  What the problem with Lex Fridman? He speaks slowly (listen on 2x for regular person speed) and he’s trite, but he interviews people and lets them talk. That’s good enough. And it’s especially good enough in that he gets big names to come talk. He doesn’t need to be a genius or to ask clever questions. Merely letting Chris Lattner geek out for 2 hours on audio about his project is a win.
  - waboremo 3y ago
    Not being able to ask clever questions is the problem though, because once you've heard one of his guests speak elsewhere, you're getting a basic repeat through Lex. His podcast is alright for people who aren't in any of the domains and therefore just want overviews. Anything else, and it's about as useful as listening to an actor repeat the summary for the movie they're promoting for the millionth time.
  - 634636346 3y ago
    > What the problem with Lex Fridman? It's pretty clear he's playing up some kind of "rainman autistic AI savant" persona, and also, he exaggerates his credentials. On his website he describes himself as: >AI researcher working on autonomous vehicles, human-robot interaction, and machine learning at MIT and beyond Which could lead one to erroneously assume that he attended MIT, or even has a degree from MIT, when neither of which are true.
    - cxr 3y ago
      If someone says they're "working at <institution>", I don't assume some counterposition to their statements, like that they're really trying to say that it's their alma mater. I interpret it to mean that they're working there.
    - wazoox 3y ago
      He is a research scientist at MIT, which sounds quite solid credentials as compared to <some random anonymous person on reddit or HN>.
      - kaba0 3y ago
        > his father is
  - whimsicalism 3y ago
    In my opinion, asking clever questions actually is quite important in an interviewer and Lex Fridman is no Joe Rogan in terms of letting the other person talk.
    - hbn 3y ago
      Yeah I've only seen a few clips of him but the questions he asks are so boring, and asking good questions is THE essential skill for a good interviewer. He had John Carmack on his show which piqued my interest, but he was asking questions like "what's the best programming language" and "what's the best IDE." Such a blown opportunity to be asking useless first year CS student questions like that when interviewing a great mind like Carmack.
      - unsupp0rted 3y ago
        What would you have asked Carmack on Fridman’s show (with Fridman’s audience) if you were Fridman?
      - botro 3y ago
        He once asked Jim Keller 'What is Love?'. His interview with Grant Sanderson is cathartic in that Grant has very little patience for that kind of questioning, when Lex goes on about 'isn't e^iπ so pretty', Grant responds to the effect 'not if you actually understand it, it's math'. I saw a quote on reddit that does a great job helping me understand my distaste for these kinds of questions: 'The man who loves everything and everyone, loves only himself.'
        unsupp0rted 3y ago
        Those are solid examples, you’re right. The “isn’t this math thing beautiful?” and “don’t you love love?” digressions are banal, but I give him a pass because a) the guests are interesting people who say interesting things and b) in Lex’s world I guess it’s unusual to slow down and smell the roses. It makes sense to get touchy-feely with Bert Kreischer, who’s basically an alcoholic gigantic third grader. Or with Michael Malice because they’re goofy best buds. Still it’s nice when a serious guest kind of shrugs and sticks to the topic. I can’t listen to Neil Degrasse Tyson talk because of that same kind of “the wonder of the poetry of the cosmic ballet” nonsense.
  - jewba 3y ago
    He claims to not have any bias whatsoever and be an absolute centrist, which leads to him being a pawn on whatever his guests want to promote while also asking the most awful, bland questions he can possible think of
- jasode 3y ago
  >, but I really can’t stand Friedman. I would much prefer a more intelligent interviewer asking many of those CS giants he interviewed. Fyi... CL said he likes being interviewed by Lex Fridman: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24831157 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24831157 So for your wish of someone else instead of Lex to be granted... (1) the hypothetical "more intelligent interviewer" you'd prefer has to ask CL to be interviewed -- and -- (2) in turn, CL has to say "yes" to the interviewer. So far, Lex got (1) and (2) to happen. (Three times.) So here we are. Any suggestions on who else should interview CL and would CL grant the interview?
- rdevsrex 3y ago
  As a fan of the podcast, I give 0 shits what you think. Just don't watch instead of moaning about it.
  - regularjack 3y ago
    If you would have given zero shits, you wouldn't have written this comment.
- rsfinn 3y ago
  Lex Friedman[0][1][2] (with an “E”) would probably prefer not being confused with Lex Fridman[3][4][5] (without an “E”), the host of the interview linked above. The More You Know... [0] <https://lexfriedman.com/ https://lexfriedman.com/> [1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Friedman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Friedman> [2] <https://www.youtube.com/c/lexfriedman https://www.youtube.com/c/lexfriedman> [3] <https://lexfridman.com/ https://lexfridman.com/> [4] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Fridman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Fridman> [5] <https://youtube.com/c/lexfridman https://youtube.com/c/lexfridman>

There’s an interview of Chris Lattner by Lex Friedman and he goes in depth on Mojo https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pdJQ8iVTwj8 https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=pdJQ8iVTwj8

kaba0 3y ago

Off topic, but I really can’t stand Friedman. I would much prefer a more intelligent interviewer asking many of those CS giants he interviewed. (If I hear the randomly brought up, completely unrelated musk hype question again...)

grugagag 3y ago
It’s a long interview, you can skip through if you want. I’m impartial to Lex Friedman, I just enjoy long interviews and a lot of his guests give me a lot to digest.
unsupp0rted 3y ago
What the problem with Lex Fridman? He speaks slowly (listen on 2x for regular person speed) and he’s trite, but he interviews people and lets them talk. That’s good enough. And it’s especially good enough in that he gets big names to come talk. He doesn’t need to be a genius or to ask clever questions. Merely letting Chris Lattner geek out for 2 hours on audio about his project is a win.
- waboremo 3y ago
  Not being able to ask clever questions is the problem though, because once you've heard one of his guests speak elsewhere, you're getting a basic repeat through Lex. His podcast is alright for people who aren't in any of the domains and therefore just want overviews. Anything else, and it's about as useful as listening to an actor repeat the summary for the movie they're promoting for the millionth time.
- 634636346 3y ago
  > What the problem with Lex Fridman? It's pretty clear he's playing up some kind of "rainman autistic AI savant" persona, and also, he exaggerates his credentials. On his website he describes himself as: >AI researcher working on autonomous vehicles, human-robot interaction, and machine learning at MIT and beyond Which could lead one to erroneously assume that he attended MIT, or even has a degree from MIT, when neither of which are true.
  - cxr 3y ago
    If someone says they're "working at <institution>", I don't assume some counterposition to their statements, like that they're really trying to say that it's their alma mater. I interpret it to mean that they're working there.
  - wazoox 3y ago
    He is a research scientist at MIT, which sounds quite solid credentials as compared to <some random anonymous person on reddit or HN>.
    - kaba0 3y ago
      > his father is
- whimsicalism 3y ago
  In my opinion, asking clever questions actually is quite important in an interviewer and Lex Fridman is no Joe Rogan in terms of letting the other person talk.
  - hbn 3y ago
    Yeah I've only seen a few clips of him but the questions he asks are so boring, and asking good questions is THE essential skill for a good interviewer. He had John Carmack on his show which piqued my interest, but he was asking questions like "what's the best programming language" and "what's the best IDE." Such a blown opportunity to be asking useless first year CS student questions like that when interviewing a great mind like Carmack.
    - unsupp0rted 3y ago
      What would you have asked Carmack on Fridman’s show (with Fridman’s audience) if you were Fridman?
    - botro 3y ago
      He once asked Jim Keller 'What is Love?'. His interview with Grant Sanderson is cathartic in that Grant has very little patience for that kind of questioning, when Lex goes on about 'isn't e^iπ so pretty', Grant responds to the effect 'not if you actually understand it, it's math'. I saw a quote on reddit that does a great job helping me understand my distaste for these kinds of questions: 'The man who loves everything and everyone, loves only himself.'
      - unsupp0rted 3y ago
        Those are solid examples, you’re right. The “isn’t this math thing beautiful?” and “don’t you love love?” digressions are banal, but I give him a pass because a) the guests are interesting people who say interesting things and b) in Lex’s world I guess it’s unusual to slow down and smell the roses. It makes sense to get touchy-feely with Bert Kreischer, who’s basically an alcoholic gigantic third grader. Or with Michael Malice because they’re goofy best buds. Still it’s nice when a serious guest kind of shrugs and sticks to the topic. I can’t listen to Neil Degrasse Tyson talk because of that same kind of “the wonder of the poetry of the cosmic ballet” nonsense.
- jewba 3y ago
  He claims to not have any bias whatsoever and be an absolute centrist, which leads to him being a pawn on whatever his guests want to promote while also asking the most awful, bland questions he can possible think of
jasode 3y ago
>, but I really can’t stand Friedman. I would much prefer a more intelligent interviewer asking many of those CS giants he interviewed. Fyi... CL said he likes being interviewed by Lex Fridman: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24831157 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24831157 So for your wish of someone else instead of Lex to be granted... (1) the hypothetical "more intelligent interviewer" you'd prefer has to ask CL to be interviewed -- and -- (2) in turn, CL has to say "yes" to the interviewer. So far, Lex got (1) and (2) to happen. (Three times.) So here we are. Any suggestions on who else should interview CL and would CL grant the interview?
rdevsrex 3y ago
As a fan of the podcast, I give 0 shits what you think. Just don't watch instead of moaning about it.
- regularjack 3y ago
  If you would have given zero shits, you wouldn't have written this comment.
rsfinn 3y ago
Lex Friedman[0][1][2] (with an “E”) would probably prefer not being confused with Lex Fridman[3][4][5] (without an “E”), the host of the interview linked above. The More You Know... [0] <https://lexfriedman.com/ https://lexfriedman.com/> [1] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Friedman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Friedman> [2] <https://www.youtube.com/c/lexfriedman https://www.youtube.com/c/lexfriedman> [3] <https://lexfridman.com/ https://lexfridman.com/> [4] <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Fridman https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lex_Fridman> [5] <https://youtube.com/c/lexfridman https://youtube.com/c/lexfridman>