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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:

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  EPISODE LINKS:
  Stephen’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephen_wolfram
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  Blog posts:
  A 50-Year Quest: https://bit.ly/3NQbZ2P
  What Is ChatGPT doing: https://bit.ly/3VOwtuz
  
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  OUTLINE:
  Here’s the timestamps for the episode. On some podcast players you should be able to click the timestamp to jump to that time.
  (00:00) - Introduction
  (06:45) - WolframAlpha and ChatGPT
  (26:26) - Computation and nature of reality
  (53:18) - How ChatGPT works
  (1:53:01) - Human and animal cognition
  (2:06:20) - Dangers of AI
  (2:14:39) - Nature of truth
  (2:36:01) - Future of education
  (3:12:03) - Consciousness
  (3:21:02) - Second Law of Thermodynamics
  (3:44:36) - Entropy
  (3:57:36) - Observers in physics
  (4:14:27) - Mortality

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