What Happens When AI Can THINK Like a Human? (And How to Prepare NOW) | Dr. Stephen Wolfram
Episode description
Dr. Stephen Wolfram is a physicist and founder of Wolfram Research Inc. (creator of Wolfram Alpha, Mathematica, and the Wolfram Language). He is also recognized as the author of "A New Kind of Science," a groundbreaking work exploring computational systems and their implications in the natural world.
In our conversation, we discuss:
- The story of starting Wolfram Research
- Why he decided to bootstrap the company
- Lessons learned on people management and leadership
- How Stephen thinks about product design, and decision making framework
- Thinking in first principles
- Artificial Intelligence: thoughts on when AGI could arrive
- How AI will continue to shape society
- What skillsets people should be developing NOW to be successful in the future
- Stephen's relationship with money and what it means to him
- How to increase the chances that you'll be wealthy
- and much more
Learn more about Stephen:
- Website: https://www.stephenwolfram.com/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephen_wolfram
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