Stephen Wolfram: ChatGPT and the Nature of Truth, Reality & Computation | Lex Fridman Podcast #376
12,953Stephen 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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0:00 - Introduction
1:33 - WolframAlpha and ChatGPT
21:14 - Computation and nature of reality
48:06 - How ChatGPT works
1:47:48 - Human and animal cognition
2:01:07 - Dangers of AI
2:09:27 - Nature of truth
2:30:49 - Future of education
3:06:51 - Consciousness
3:15:50 - Second Law of Thermodynamics
3:39:23 - Entropy
3:52:23 - Observers in physics
4:09:15 - Mortality
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