Stephen Wolfram: ChatGPT and the Nature of Truth, Reality & Computation | Lex Fridman Podcast #376

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:
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OUTLINE:
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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