John Carmack: Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, Programming, Video Games, and Rockets | Lex Fridman Podcast #309

Lex Fridman · interview · Watch on YouTube

What it is

A five-hour Lex Fridman interview with John Carmack covering Doom, Quake, VR, AGI, programming, games and rockets.

HN mines it for Carmack's views on AGI, debuggers, tooling and the metaverse, and recommends it as worth the full length.

“The entire video is worth viewing, an impressive 5:15h!”
The interview behind Carmack's AGI company, 5h15m
kken, 2022-08 · Recommendation · in “John Carmack's new AGI company, Keen Technologies, has raised a $20M round”
“one episode I'd like to recommend is episode #309 with John Carmack.”
Recommended Lex Fridman episode with Carmack
joblazny, 2023-03 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Which tech podcasts would you recommend to a friend?”
“i would also recommend another two of his interviews”
Link to Carmack interview plus other recommended interviews
fernandotakai, 2023-07 · Recommendation · in “Commander Keen's Adaptive Tile Scrolling”

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Topics: john carmack, agi, id software, programming, virtual reality