How to tell a computer what to do? - Stephen Wolfram: Founder & CEO Wolfram Alpha
Oct 21, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Season 3Ep. 9
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Episode description
We talk about Stephen's long history in computation and the really big questions that we need to answer as a civilization to come into a more harmonious balance with the machines we are creating.
Get Stephen's Book here: https://www.amazon.com/Adventures-Computational-Explorer-Stephen-Wolfram/dp/1579550266
We discuss the following questions:
Where is the age of computation leading us to? Why did we stop innovating in terms of atoms and go into the innovation of bits?
To what extent has technology changed the nature of the human condition?
What is the key attribute for a strong or powerful human in the age of computation?
What is the temporality of ethics?
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