#376 Stephen Wolfram: ChatGPT and the Nature of Truth, Reality & Computation

Published: May 9, 2023, 5:12 p.m.

Stephen Wolfram is a computer scientist, mathematician, theoretical physicist, and the founder of Wolfram Research, a company behind Wolfram|Alpha, Wolfram Language, and the Wolfram Physics and Metamathematics projects. Please support this podcast by checking out our sponsors:
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\n(00:00) - Introduction
\n(06:45) - WolframAlpha and ChatGPT
\n(26:26) - Computation and nature of reality
\n(53:18) - How ChatGPT works
\n(1:53:01) - Human and animal cognition
\n(2:06:20) - Dangers of AI
\n(2:14:39) - Nature of truth
\n(2:36:01) - Future of education
\n(3:12:03) - Consciousness
\n(3:21:02) - Second Law of Thermodynamics
\n(3:44:36) - Entropy
\n(3:57:36) - Observers in physics
\n(4:14:27) - Mortality