Lex Fridman (/'lɛks 'friːdmæn/; FREED-man) is a Russian-born American computer scientist, artificial intelligence researcher, and podcast host working and teaching at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Outside of academia, Fridman is more popularly known for his podcast and YouTube video series where he interviews a wide variety of guests including scientists, mathematicians, political commentators, authors, historians, philosophers, economists and artists.
