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

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
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https://medium.com/@lexfridman OUTLINE: Here's the timestamps for
the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click
the timestamp to jump to that time. (00:00) - Introduction (06:45)
- WolframAlpha and ChatGPT (26:26) - Computation and nature of
reality (53:18) - How ChatGPT works (1:53:01) - Human and animal
cognition (2:06:20) - Dangers of AI (2:14:39) - Nature of truth
(2:36:01) - Future of education (3:12:03) - Consciousness (3:21:02)
- Second Law of Thermodynamics (3:44:36) - Entropy (3:57:36) -
Observers in physics (4:14:27) - Mortality