Leonard Susskind: Quantum Mechanics, String Theory and Black Holes

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s78hvV3QLUE

Leonard Susskind is a professor of theoretical physics at Stanford University, and founding director of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics. He is widely regarded as one of the fathers of string theory and in general as one of the greatest physicists of our time both as a researcher and an educator. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast.

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OUTLINE:
00:00 — Introduction
01:02 — Richard Feynman
02:09 — Visualization and intuition
06:45 — Ego in Science
09:27 — Academia
11:18 — Developing ideas
12:12 — Quantum computers
21:37 — Universe as an information processing system.
26:35 — Machine learning
29:47 — Predicting the future
30:48 — String theory
37:03 — Free will
39:26 — Arrow of time
46:39 — Universe as a computer
49:45 — Big bang
50:50 — Infinity
51:35 — First image of a black hole
54:08 — Questions within the reach of science.
55:55 — Questions out of reach of science.