#380 – Neil Gershenfeld: Self-Replicating Robots and the Future of Fabrication

Neil Gershenfeld is the director of the MIT Center for Bits and Atoms. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors: – LMNT : https://drinkLMNT.com/lex to get free sample pack – NetSuite : http://netsuite.com/lex to get free product tour – BetterHelp : https://betterhelp.com/lex to get 10% off EPISODE LINKS: Neil’s Website: http://ng.cba.mit.edu/ MIT Center for Bits and Atoms: https://cba.mit.edu/ Fab Foundation: https://fabfoundation.org/ Fab Lab community: https://fablabs.io/ Fab Academy: https://fabacademy.org/ Fab City: https://fab.city/ PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://lexfridman.com/podcast Apple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2lwqZIr Spotify: https://spoti.fi/2nEwCF8 RSS: https://lexfridman.com/feed/podcast/ YouTube Full Episodes: https://youtube.com/lexfridman YouTube Clips: https://youtube.com/lexclips SUPPORT & CONNECT: – Check out the sponsors above, it’s the best way to support this podcast – Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/lexfridman – Twitter: https://twitter.com/lexfridman – Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lexfridman – LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lexfridman – Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lexfridman – Medium: https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) – Introduction (05:37) – What Turing got wrong (11:02) – MIT Center for Bits and Atoms (24:08) – Digital logic (30:44) – Self-assembling robots (41:12) – Digital fabrication (52:07) – Self-reproducing machine (59:53) – Trash and fabrication (1:04:49) – Lab-made bioweapons (1:09:04) – Genome (1:20:56) – Quantum computing (1:25:28) – Microfluidic bubble computation (1:30:49) – Maxwell’s demon (1:39:35) – Consciousness (1:46:35) – Cellular automata (1:51:07) – Universe is a computer (1:55:53) – Advice for young people (2:05:10) – Meaning of life