Stephen Wolfram is the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, and the creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and the Wolfram Language. He received his PhD in theoretical physics from Caltech when he was twenty years old. In addition to his work at the helm of Wolfram Research, he writes and researches widely across computer science, physics, mathematics, and more. Most recently, Stephen is the author of What Is ChatGPT Doing…and Why Does It Work? (2023). Robinson and Stephen begin by discussing just this, before moving on to some more theoretical questions about intelligence in general and artificial intelligence in particular. Then, after a long digression on the philosophy of mathematics and the foundations of computation, they turn to the ways in which ChatGPT may impact research in STEM fields and beyond.

What Is ChatGPT Doing…and Why Does It Work?: https://a.co/d/aADrGGh

Stephen’s Website: https://www.stephenwolfram.com

Stephen’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephen_wolfram

Wolfram Research on YouTube: https://a.co/d/aADrGGh

OUTLINE

00:00 In This Episode…

00:29 Introduction

03:42 How Does ChatGPT Work?

11:58 Does ChatGPT Pass the Turing Test?

34:33 Will Philosophy Be a Growth Industry?

41:02 Will Mathematicians be Replaced by Computers?

49:26 What is the Ruliad? 

01:08:57 Philosophy of Mathematics?

01:32:54 LLMs and STEM

01:43:16 Returning to ChatGPT and AI

Robinson’s Website: http://robinsonerhardt.com

Robinson Erhardt researches symbolic logic and the foundations of mathematics at Stanford University. Join him in conversations with philosophers, scientists, weightlifters, artists, and everyone in-between.