Recommended on this episode
BookRecommendedISBN verified
The Metamorphosis of Prime Intellect
Roger Williams (inferred)
“I recommended”
“I recommended Metamorphosis Prime Intellect last time, there is a sequel called A Casino Odyssey in cyberspace”— George Hotz
BookRecommended
A Casino Odyssey in Cyberspace
Roger Williams (inferred)
“I agree with that”
“There is a sequel called a Casino Odyssey in cyberspace and I don't want to give away the ending of this but it tells you what the last remaining human currency is and I agree with that”— George Hotz
MediaRecommended
World of Warcraft
Blizzard Entertainment (inferred)
“it opened my mind to ideas”
“I'm gonna say World of Warcraft and I remember in 2005 when it came out how it opened my mind to ideas”— George Hotz
MediaRecommended
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Bethesda Game Studios (inferred)
“that's probably number one for me”
“Skyrim and GTA 5. Skyrim yeah that's probably number one for me”— George Hotz
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The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Nintendo (inferred)
“it pulls you in you forget whatever troubles”
“I've recently played Zelda for the first time, Zelda breath of the wild, and like it's very quickly you come out of this cave, this world opens up, it pulls you in”— Lex Fridman
ProductRecommended
Meta Quest 3
Meta
“I just tried Quest 3 it was awesome”
“It's a 500 headset, Quest 3, and just having creatures run around the space, it really feels like a window”— Lex Fridman
The guest's own work
ProductBy the guest
tinygrad
George Hotz / tiny corp
“You've launched a new company called tiny Corp that leads the development of tiny grad”— George Hotz
ProductBy the guest
tinybox
tiny corp (George Hotz)
“You should buy a box from the tiny Corp, it's called the Tiny Box, it's fifteen thousand dollars and it's almost a petaflop of compute”— George Hotz
Also referenced (named, not recommended)
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Star Trek: Voyager
Rick Berman, Michael Piller, Jeri Taylor (inferred)
“There's a Star Trek Voyager episode where Catherine Janeway lost in the Delta quadrant makes herself a lover on the Holodeck”— Lex Fridman
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Infinite Jest
David Foster Wallace (inferred)
“Infinite Jest, it's introduced in the first 50 pages, is about a tape that once you watch it you only ever want to watch that tape”— George Hotz
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Into the Wild
Jon Krakauer (inferred)
“Into the wild, when Alexander Supertramp, he wants to explore something that's never been explored before but it's the 90s”— George Hotz
BookReferenced
My Little Pony: Friendship is Optimal
Iceman (inferred)
“There's a great, it's called My Little Pony Friendship is optimal, it's a Sci-Fi story that explores this idea”— George Hotz
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Eve Online
CCP Games (inferred)
“Eve online's kind of cool but to think that everyone, you know, people are always like”— George Hotz
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Grand Theft Auto V
Rockstar Games (inferred)
“GTA is real life, I know there's prostitutes and guns and stuff, it's just real life too”— George Hotz
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The Sims
Maxis (inferred)
“Because they're Sims right, which is also a game I like, but it's a gamified version of life”— George Hotz
MediaReferenced
Diablo IV
Blizzard Entertainment (inferred)
“I have not played Diablo 4. I will be doing that shortly I have to, there's just so much history with one two and three”— George Hotz
MediaReferenced
Westworld
Jonathan Nolan, Lisa Joy (inferred)
“I only watched season one of Westworld but yeah we gotta find the Maze and solve it”— George Hotz
ProductReferenced
Apple Vision Pro
Apple
“Apple I will buy it, I don't care if it's expensive and does nothing I will buy it, I will support this future endeavor”— George Hotz
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Visual Studio Code
Microsoft
“I do use vs code and I do like some amount of autocomplete, a very rules based autocomplete”— George Hotz
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