This film or show by Stanley Kubrick has come up 7 times across 2 different shows: Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman. 7 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Joe Rogan, Lex Fridman, Neri Oxman, guest. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2018-10-20 and the most recent from 2024-06-27. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Joe Rogan Experience #2012 - Gad Saad
“that movie is amazing it's not just amazing it's amazing visually and it's from 1968”— Joe Rogan
The guest here is Gad Saad: Evolutionary behavioral scientist and professor; author of The Parasitic Mind and The Saad Truth about Happiness; making his ninth appearance on the Joe Rogan Experience. Gad Saad's ninth JRE visit roams over tribalism, free speech, MMA, sports fandom, pandemic policy, and gender ideology.
Neri Oxman: Biology, Art, and Science of Design & Engineering with Nature | Lex Fridman Podcast #394
“2001 is up there I would watch that film again and again and again it's incredible the last scene in Odyssey 2001”— Neri Oxman
The guest here is Neri Oxman: Engineer, scientist, designer, architect and artist who led MIT's Mediated Matter group and now runs OXMAN, a company pioneering biology-driven design and fabrication that works with nature rather than against it. Neri Oxman explains her vision of growing products with nature instead of building them, and connecting AI's intelligence to nature's wisdom.
Martin Rees: Black Holes, Alien Life, Dark Matter, and the Big Bang | Lex Fridman Podcast #305
“still a classic it's still probably for me the greatest AI movie ever made yes yes I agree one of the great space movies ever made”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Martin Rees: Lord Martin Rees is Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at Cambridge University and co-founder of the Centre for the Study of Existential Risk. He is the UK's Astronomer Royal and a member of the House of Lords. Cosmologist Martin Rees explores black holes, alien life, dark matter, the Big Bang, and the existential risks facing humanity.
Nic Carter: Bitcoin Core Values, Layered Scaling, and Blocksize Debates | Lex Fridman Podcast #173
“probably one of my favorites is the 2001 space odyssey it's so obviously it's many many decades ago but it's quite brilliant”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Nic Carter: Partner at Castle Island Ventures, co-founder of Coin Metrics, and former crypto asset research analyst at Fidelity Investments. A prominent writer, speaker, and podcaster focused on Bitcoin and decentralized finance. Nic Carter unpacks Bitcoin's core values, the blocksize wars, and why layered scaling, not bigger blocks, is the right path.
Roger Penrose: Physics of Consciousness and the Infinite Universe | Lex Fridman Podcast #85
“you mentioned in conversation with Eric Weinstein on the portal podcast that 2001 Space Odyssey is your favorite movie”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Roger Penrose: Physicist, mathematician and philosopher at the University of Oxford, famous for foundational work in general relativity, black holes and cosmology, and for the controversial theory that consciousness is non-computational. Roger Penrose argues consciousness is non-computational, rooted in quantum gravity in brain microtubules, and that the universe cycles endlessly.
Alex Garland: Ex Machina, Devs, Annihilation, and the Poetry of Science | Lex Fridman Podcast #77
“there isn't a fundamental discussion of issues to do with AI that isn't already and better dealt with by 2001 2001 does a very very good account”— guest
The guest here is Alex Garland: British writer and director of philosophical science-fiction films including Ex Machina, Annihilation, and the series Devs. Known for weaving rigorous science and philosophy into mainstream cinema. Filmmaker Alex Garland and Lex Fridman explore AI, consciousness, free will, and the poetry of science behind Ex Machina, Annihilation, and Devs.
Yoshua Bengio: Deep Learning | Lex Fridman Podcast #4
“let's enter a sign science fiction world to say Space Odyssey 2001 with hell yeah or which is probably one of my favourite AI movies”— Lex Fridman
The guest here is Yoshua Bengio: Turing Award-winning deep learning researcher, founder of the Mila AI institute in Montreal, and professor at the University of Montreal. Deep learning pioneer Yoshua Bengio on the limits of neural nets, causal reasoning, AI safety, and instilling moral values in machines.
