Dan Kokotov: Speech Recognition with AI and Humans | Lex Fridman Podcast #151

Dan Kokotov is VP of Engineering at Rev.ai, an automatic speech recognition company. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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OUTLINE:
0:00 – Introduction
3:23 – Dune
6:39 – Rev
12:39 – Translation
19:28 – Gig economy
28:08 – Automatic speech recognition
38:58 – Create products that people love
47:08 – The future of podcasts at Spotify
1:08:46 – Book recommendations
1:10:08 – Stories of our dystopian future
1:13:50 – Movies about Stalin and Hitler
1:19:05 – Interviewing Putin
1:25:02 – Meaning of life

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