This film or show by Pixar has come up 3 times on Lex Fridman. 3 of those mentions were genuine on-air recommendations, not just passing references. The people who brought it up: Jack Dorsey, guest. The earliest mention we indexed is from 2020-03-19 and the most recent from 2020-05-23. Every occurrence below links to the episode page and to the exact second it was said on YouTube.
Every time it came up
Kate Darling: Social Robotics | Lex Fridman Podcast #98
“so what's your favorite robots and movies in fiction wall-e wall-e what do you like about wall-e the humor the cuteness”— guest
The guest here is Kate Darling: A researcher at MIT Media Lab specializing in social robotics and robot ethics. She studies the emotional connections humans form with lifelike machines and how technology intersects with society. MIT researcher Kate Darling explains why we treat robots like living things and what that reveals about human empathy.
Jack Dorsey: Square, Cryptocurrency, and Artificial Intelligence | Lex Fridman Podcast #91
“in the other movie wall-e well Richard I think is one of Pixar's best movies besides ratatouille right”— Jack Dorsey
The guest here is Jack Dorsey: Co-founder and CEO of Twitter and founder and CEO of Square (now Block), a pioneer in payments and a prominent Bitcoin advocate. Jack Dorsey on building Square at scale, why Bitcoin should be the internet's native currency, AI, fasting, and finding meaning.
Anca Dragan: Human-Robot Interaction and Reward Engineering | Lex Fridman Podcast #81
“my favorite fictional robot is Wally and I love how amazingly expressive it is some personal things a little bit about expressive motion”— guest
The guest here is Anca Dragan: A professor at UC Berkeley working on human-robot interaction and reward engineering algorithms, who also consults at Waymo. She studies how robots can generate behavior that accounts for coordinating with people. Berkeley roboticist Anca Dragan on why robots must model messy humans, learn hidden rewards, and treat human-robot interaction as a shared game.
