Richard Hamming
A legendary mathematician credited with the Hamming code. His lecture from the 80s/90s, which pinpointed human ego as a barrier to AI progress, is cited as still relevant today.
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Videos Mentioning Richard Hamming
Sam Altman on Choosing Projects, Creating Value, and Finding Purpose
Y Combinator
A mathematician known for his work in information theory and coding theory, whose lecture on research is referenced.
Gmail Creator Paul Buchheit On AGI, Open Source Models, Freedom
Y Combinator
A legendary mathematician credited with the Hamming code. His lecture from the 80s/90s, which pinpointed human ego as a barrier to AI progress, is cited as still relevant today.
Scaling Test Time Compute to Multi-Agent Civilizations — Noam Brown, OpenAI
Latent Space
Author of 'The Art of Doing Science and Engineering,' cited for his ideas on technological shifts and the need to adapt workflows rather than simply replicating old tasks in new technology.
Grant Sanderson: Math, Manim, Neural Networks & Teaching with 3Blue1Brown | Lex Fridman Podcast #118
Lex Fridman
Mentioned as a brilliant person who likely benefited from sharing an office with Claude Shannon at Bell Labs, facilitating idea exchange.
Jim Gates: Supersymmetry, String Theory and Proving Einstein Right | Lex Fridman Podcast #60
Lex Fridman
A computer scientist who, in the 1940s, developed error-correcting codes to reliably transmit digital information, a concept found to be inherent in Adinkra symbols.
Patrick Collison — CEO of Stripe | The Tim Ferriss Show (Podcast)
Tim Ferriss
A mathematician and computer scientist who worked at Bell Labs, and author of 'The Art of Doing Science and Engineering,' highly recommended for its insights on research and problem-solving, particularly the chapter 'You and Your Research'.