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Chris Lattner is a world-class software & hardware engineer, leading projects at Apple, Tesla, Google, and SiFive. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: - Blinkist: https://blinkist.com/lex and use code LEX to get a free week of premium - Neuro: https://www.getneuro.com and use code LEX to get 15% off - MasterClass: https://masterclass.com/lex to get 15% off annual sub - Cash App: https://cash.app/ and use code LexPodcast to get $10 EPISODE LINKS: Chris's Twitter: https://twitter.com/clattner_llvm Chris's Website: http://nondot.org/sabre/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: - Check out the sponsors above, it's the best way to support this podcast - Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman - Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman - LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/LexFridmanPage - Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. 00:00 - Introduction 07:12 - Working with Elon Musk, Steve Jobs, Jeff Dean 12:42 - Why do programming languages matter? 18:42 - Python vs Swift 29:35 - Design decisions 34:53 - Types 38:41 - Programming languages are a bicycle for the mind 41:13 - Picking what language to learn 47:12 - Most beautiful feature of a programming language 56:36 - Walrus operator 1:06:03 - LLVM 1:11:15 - MLIR compiler framework 1:15:21 - SiFive semiconductor design 1:27:56 - Moore's Law 1:31:09 - Parallelization 1:35:37 - Swift concurrency manifesto 1:46:26 - Running a neural network fast 1:52:03 - Is the universe a quantum computer? 1:57:44 - Effects of the pandemic on society 2:14:56 - GPT-3 2:19:15 - Software 2.0 2:32:41 - Advice for young people 2:37:24 - Meaning of life

Brian Kernighan is a professor of computer science at Princeton University. He co-authored the C Programming Language with Dennis Ritchie (creator of C) and has written a lot of books on programming, computers, and life including the Practice of Programming, the Go Programming Language, his latest UNIX: A History and a Memoir. He co-created AWK, the text processing language used by Linux folks like myself. He co-designed AMPL, an algebraic modeling language for large-scale optimization. Support this podcast by supporting our sponsors: - Eight Sleep: https://eightsleep.com/lex - Raycon: http://buyraycon.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 04:24 - UNIX early days 22:09 - Unix philosophy 31:54 - Is programming art or science? 35:18 - AWK 42:03 - Programming setup 46:39 - History of programming languages 52:48 - C programming language 58:44 - Go language 1:01:57 - Learning new programming languages 1:04:57 - Javascript 1:08:16 - Variety of programming languages 1:10:30 - AMPL 1:18:01 - Graph theory 1:22:20 - AI in 1964 1:27:50 - Future of AI 1:29:47 - Moore's law 1:32:54 - Computers in our world 1:40:37 - Life