The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [February 18, 2022]


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Stephen Wolfram answers general questions from his viewers about science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa

Questions include: The term \"spatom\" as a portmanteau of space atom (atom of space): yes or no? - Did you ever meet Vladimir Arnold? What do you think of the Erlangen program? - ​Can spoken language be broken into a set of logical primitives? What major attempts have been made at this, and in what ways did they fail? Is GPT-3 an example of building up from language primitives? - Language is to all things; the context of its content - Will we have a better designed/optimized cities, homes, everyday objects in future? - Since the world is now built around humans, would humanoid robots be the most general? (like a Rosie for in home tasks)

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