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The AI Expert: "Super AI Will Be Unstoppable!"– What’s Coming NEXT _ Stephen Wolfram

May 13, 20252 hr 37 min
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Stephen Wolfram is a British-American computer scientist, physicist, and entrepreneur best known for founding Wolfram Research and creating Mathematica and the computational knowledge engine Wolfram|Alpha. A child prodigy, he published scientific papers in physics by the age of 15 and earned his Ph.D. from Caltech at 20. He later developed A New Kind of Science, proposing that simple computational rules can explain complex phenomena in nature. Wolfram has been a pioneer in symbolic computation, computational thinking, and AI. His work continues to influence science, education, and technology.


In our conversation we discuss:

(00:00) What was the first version of AI?

(23:38) What triggered the current AI revolution?

(34:19) Did OpenAI base its initial algorithm on Google's work?

(46:47) What is the technological gap between now and achieving AGI?

(1:15:59) Do you fear an AI-driven world you can’t fully understand?

(1:35:15) What do we need to unlearn if AI can replicate human abilities?

(1:47:39) What happens when there aren’t enough jobs due to automation?

(1:54:01) How is AI reshaping people’s views on wealth?

(2:25:48) The future of automating software development


Learn more about Stephen Wolfram

Website: https://www.stephenwolfram.com/index.php.en

Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Wolfram


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