The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim came up with a genuine on-air endorsement 5 times across the episodes we processed. This page collects every one of those moments: who said it, what they said, and the exact point in the episode.
Lex Fridman has recommended The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim five times, which is notable given how rarely video games come up on a show focused on AI and physics.
Guests bring it up as the game they lost the most hours to. Each mention below links to the exact quote and the moment it was said.
“Skyrim and GTA 5. Skyrim yeah that's probably number one for me” — George Hotz 02:43:05
George Hotz returns for a wide-ranging, contrarian talk on AI doom, open-source as the only safe path, tinygrad, decentralizing compute, and standing eye to eye with God.
“I'm a fan of role playing games the Elder Scroll series like Skyrim or even Daggerfall it just takes you to another world” — Lex Fridman 03:26:22
Legendary programmer John Carmack spends over five hours with Lex Fridman on Doom, Quake, VR, rockets, and his all-in bet on building AGI.
“in terms of video games Elder Scrolls yeah did you play that yeah of course it's probably my favorite game if I could live in a world” — Bobby Lee 00:06:43
Comedian Bobby Lee opens up to Lex Fridman about addiction, a recent near-death rock bottom, love, childhood trauma, fame, and Skyrim.
“i really like the elder scrolls series it's a role-playing game uh skyrim for example why do i enjoy so deeply just walking around that world” — Lex Fridman 00:13:23
VR pioneer Jaron Lanier argues there's no real AI, social media's incentives make us cruel, and human dignity must come before algorithms.
“there's a game called uh skyrim it's an elder scrolls role playing game and i just uh i played it for quite a bit” — Lex Fridman 00:55:35
Caltech astrophysicist Konstantin Batygin explains the gravitational case for Planet Nine and the strange icy frontier at the edge of our solar system.
