S3

Sitdown interview with Blake Scholl 3 days after filming Boom Supersonic's 3rd flight test.

Interview with the @ridevalo team where we go in depth on hydrofoiling, reimagining mass transport logistics, and being a great team member at a deep tech startup.

While filming with Neo in my apartment I sat down with VP of AI @ericjang11 to learn about 1X's approach to robot intelligence and his his curiosity around immortality.

0:00 Intro

1:27 1X Overview

2:12 Eric's Origin

5:15 Why humanoids?

11:30 Supercomputers & deep learning

12:45 World models

14:21 Neuromorphic computing

14:40 Immortality

20:15 Robotics at Google

21:35 Skepticism of humanoids

27: 00 Joining 1X

31:20 Benefits of LLMs

33:50 Training models

35:30 Tele-op to autonomous 

43:30 Data quality vs. quantity

47:00 How to train your robot

50:50 Data sponge

53:30 The 1X team

54:45 Safety

57:45 A lab in the cloud

59:26 Bio advancements

1:03:54 How does your brain work

1:06:14 Conway’s law

1:08:45 Eric’s favorite sci-fi

1:10:50 Life philosophy

After filming our S3 with 1X (https://youtu.be/2ccPTpDq05A) I sat down with Founder &CEO Bernt Bornich to go deeper on 1X's truly ambitious manufacturing plans.

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0:00 Intro
1:16 Why humanoids?
5:40 AI transfer of knowledge
8:40 Power of scale
9:50 Heritage of Eve
11:50 Tendron drives
18:35 Letting robots experiment
22:00 Designing for safety
25:07 Intelligence diversity
27:45 Moravec’s paradox
32:50 Difficulty of reasoning
35:40 Training models & data
40:40 Humanoid ecosystem
42:50 You can’t retrofit cost
46:30 10x every year
56:30 Hire for who you are
57:50 Be nice
1:00:00 Trust your intuition
1:05:50 2040
1:07:50 Bernt’s favorite Sci-Fi
1:09:09 Individualism
1:12:00 Life philosophy

Astranis just announced a new round of funding, led by A16z, to build more satellites! I sat down with John Gedmark, CEO of Astranis, to talk about how they'll use this $200M of capital and the future of building in America and space 🇺🇸🛰️🛰️

0:00 I used to work here
1:02 Mission of Astranis
3:54 GEO? (Sci-fi)
8:43 Childhood to college
14:30 Silicon Valley for space?
19:14 Founding Commercial Spaceflight Federation
22:07 Why GEO is hard
24:42 Meeting Ryan, CTO
28:18 COVID story
32:40 Early days
35:53 How to raise $750M
47:08 Astranis + US Government
51:15 Manufacturing learnings
53:40 US vs China
58:16 War in space
1:01:18 Astranis longterm vision
1:03:58 Why?
1:05:28 Current life philosophy
1:06:20 1 year of S3