Episode · Lex Fridman Podcast · 2023-05-09
Lex Fridman & Stephen Wolfram: books mentioned on Lex Fridman Podcast #376
#376 – Stephen Wolfram: ChatGPT and the Nature of Truth, Reality & Computation
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: https://masterclass.
Lex Fridman discussed A new kind of science by Stephen Wolfram.
Books mentioned, in the order they came up
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A new kind of science
A New Kind of Science by Stephen Wolfram is a sprawling foundational text that explores cellular automata, complexity theory, and alternative computational models for understanding the universe.
Discussed“I'm deeply grateful that you wrote a new kind of science, that you explored this mystery of cellular automata and inspired this one little kid in me to, to pursue artificial intelligence in all this beautiful world.”
Where to get it
Other mentions in this episode (2) — ad reads, self-promotion and passing references, never counted
Passing A new kind of science
“This idea captured my attention, so I focused on the picture in the book, trying to understand it better.”
Plugged A new kind of science
“I mean, it's kind of like, like, you know, I think I gave an example of that, the little book I wrote about, about ChatGPT where it's kind of like, you know, Galileo was dropping cannonballs off the different floors of the Tower of Pisa. I read the book, and one significant takeaway for me was the book's claim that”