Stephen Wolfram

Stephen Wolfram on Singularity 1 on 1: To Understand the Future, Explore the Computational Universe

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Yesterday I was privileged to have an hour long phone interview with Dr. Stephen Wolfram for my Singularity 1 on 1 podcast. We started our conversation on how Stephen got interested in exploring science in general and eventually focused on computation in particular. Then we moved on to a number of other interesting topics such as his work on Mathematica, his monumental book A New Kind of Science, his unique computational search engine Wolfram|Alpha, artificial intelligence and the technological singularity. I have to say that after spending 2 or 3 days in intense preparation for the interview I already knew that Dr. Wolfram is an exceptionally intelligent person. However, after our conversation and especially after taking into consideration Wolfram’s breadth and depth of work, and the profound actual and potential implications thereof, it seems to me that he may be [...]

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Stephen Wolfram: Computing Life, the Universe and Everything

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This is another cool TED video. Stephen Wolfram, the founder and creator of the Wolfram Alpha search engine, talks about computing the human condition, life, the universe and everything: As attested by the video below I was under the impression that all this has already been computed: But seriously, can we really “compute” (and answer) everything? Or is there more to it all than computation? Related articles by Zemanta Computing a theory of everything: Stephen Wolfram on TED.com (ted.com) Wolfram Alpha’s niche continues to elude (news.cnet.com) Wolfram Alpha Launches Mobile Site, Slashes iPhone App to $2 [Search Engines] (lifehacker.com) Wolfram Alpha Wants to Be a Google Maps for Data (gigaom.com)

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