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#376 – Stephen Wolfram: ChatGPT and the Nature of Truth, Reality & Computation
Lex Fridman Podcast
May 09, 2023
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4 hr 20 min
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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 out our sponsors: - MasterClass:
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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
