Lex Fridman
American computer scientist at MIT who hosts the Lex Fridman Podcast.
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- Lex Fridman is an American computer scientist and podcaster.
- He was born in Chkalovsk in Soviet Tajikistan, grew up in Moscow and moved to the Chicago area at about 11.
- He earned his degrees at Drexel University, finishing a PhD in electrical and computer engineering in 2014.
- He worked at MIT's AgeLab on driver behaviour and semi-autonomous vehicles, and is a research scientist at MIT's Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems.
- He began his podcast in 2018 as The Artificial Intelligence Podcast and renamed it in 2020.
Key facts
- Born
- 15 August 1983, Chkalovsk, Tajik SSR1
- Education
- BS and MS in computer science (2010), PhD in electrical and computer engineering (2014), Drexel University1
- Research
- Research scientist, MIT Laboratory for Information and Decision Systems (LIDS), as of 2022; earlier at MIT AgeLab from 20151
- Podcast
- Lex Fridman Podcast, started in 2018 as The Artificial Intelligence Podcast and renamed in 20201
- Lives
- Texas (as of February 2024)1
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