The Stephen Wolfram Podcast21 Apr 2023

History of Science & Technology Q&A (June 1, 2022)

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

Questions include: Do you think we'll ever get to the stage of having flying cars? Is there any historical evidence? - Even now with traction control, anti-lock braking systems, automatic crash avoidance and the like, driving cars has automated "smart" safeguards nowadays. - It seems like many science discoveries or inventions happen due to some mistake or error that ultimately makes the insight or experiment work. How prevalent is this? - Can you talk a little bit about the history of automated theorem proving? Do you think we are on the cusp of an era when computers will be proving theorems and mathematicians will interpret them? - I think one interesting question would be to flip that around: could one use theorem-proving algos to figure out why black-box neural nets do what they do? - Will artificial general intelligence be the future of automation or a symbolic language like the Wolfram Language? - I think the computational mathematics system of the future will be generating new languages, new notations, new proofs, new theorems and new conjectures. - Artificial intelligence is an effort to create electronic learning. Not human thinking. A self-learning program will not develop human-like emotions. It has no physiological needs, and it has no need to fear. It can be replicated, it can be backed up, it can be turned off and on.

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2026 Wolfram Summer Research Institute: Opening Keynote

Stephen gives his opening keynote for the 2026 Wolfram Summer Research Institute. https://education.wolfram.com/summer-research-institute/

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30 Jun 1h 41min

Future of Science and Technology Q&A (June 12, 2026)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about the future of science and technology as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?...

29 Jun 1h 14min

Business, Innovation and Managing Life (June 10, 2026)

Stephen Wolfram answers questions from his viewers about business, innovation, and managing life as part of an unscripted livestream series, also available on YouTube here: https://www.youtube.com/wat...

28 Jun 1h 17min

History of Science & Technology Q&A (June 3, 2026)

27 Jun 1h 19min

Games between Programs: The Ruliology of Competition

Stephen reads a recent blog from https://writings.stephenwolfram.com and then answers questions live from his viewers.Read the blog along with Stephen: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2026/06/game...

23 Jun 1h 21min

Future of Science and Technology Q&A (May 29, 2026)

9 Jun 1h 25min

Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [May 22, 2026]

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-qaTopics...

28 Mai 52min