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Manolis Kellis

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Lex Fridman Podcast
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI

Just let the AI train the students.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI

I mean, please, because like, what do I want?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI

Do I want jobs for humans or do I want better outcome for humanity?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI

That's exactly right.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI

That's exactly right.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI

And as an individual, I gained a tremendous amount from teaching at MIT.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI

This is like an extremely fulfilling job.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI

I often joke about if I were a billionaire in the stock market, I would pay MIT an exorbitant amount of money to let me work day in, day out, all night with the smartest people in the world.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI

And that's what I already have.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI

So that's a very fulfilling experience for me.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI

But why would I deprive those students from a better advisor if they can have one?

Lex Fridman Podcast
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI

Take them.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI

First of all, education is the way out of poverty.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI

Education is the way to success.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI

Education is what let my parents escape, you know, islands and sort of let their kids come to MIT.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI

And this is a basic human right.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI

Like we should basically get extraordinarily better at identifying talent across the world and give that talent opportunities.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI

So we need to nurture the nature.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI

We need to nurture the talent across the world.

Lex Fridman Podcast
#373 – Manolis Kellis: Evolution of Human Civilization and Superintelligent AI

And there's so many incredibly talented kids who are just sitting in underprivileged places in Africa, in Latin America, in the middle of America,