Wolfram | Future of Science and Technology Q&A (August 30, 2024) @WolframResearch | Uploaded August 2024 | Updated October 2024, 1 day ago.
Stephen Wolfram hosts an unscripted Ask Me Anything about the future of science and technology for all ages. Find the playlist of Q&A's here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa
Originally livestreamed at: twitch.tv/stephen_wolfram
If you missed the original livestream of this episode, feel free to submit a question you would like Stephen to answer in a future Q&A livestream here: https://wolfr.am/12cczmv5J
00:00 Start stream
0:59 SW starts talking
1:13 What are your thoughts on machine learning to create new genera? Like what would be a good way to go about doing something like that? Like a new genera of plants/animals?
10:12 Can you talk about the future of information gathering and research? Say I am discussing with a robot a paper I am writing and the robot is providing examples and evidence to support my arguments–do I cite the robot as my source? Or do I have to find where the robot got the information?
19:27 How advanced do you think AI available to consumers (like ChatGPT) will be by August 2029?
24:33 Hello, Dr. Wolfram. My name is Grace and I'm currently preparing to pursue a PhD in fiber science. My research interests lie at the intersection of computational materials science and sustainable textile innovation. I have a background in pharmaceutical sciences. I've recently been exploring how advanced computational methods can be applied to fiber science, specifically in developing smart and sustainable textiles. How do you foresee quantum computing impacting the modeling and simulation of complex fibers and polymers?
30:37 What's your take on integrating memory into LLMs to enable retention across sessions? How could this impact their performance and capabilities?
32:55 What are your intuitions about the AI-generated fake content to deceive people, whether using deep fake face swaps or voice cloning or one or more things combined? Are we rapidly approaching a point where we won't be able to trust anything on the internet?
41:54 When do you expect the discovery of life on an exoplanet?
48:15 Is the hype around LLMs dying, finally relegating the toys to the toy box where they belong, or do you think anyone will ever be able to make them useful and accurate?
50:41 Do you think future cars will be able to get rid of wheels?
57:49 What algorithms changed the world the most? What's the next algorithm that will change the world? How does one release such an algorithm so that the result is positive?
1:09:40 End stream
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Stephen Wolfram hosts an unscripted Ask Me Anything about the future of science and technology for all ages. Find the playlist of Q&A's here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa
Originally livestreamed at: twitch.tv/stephen_wolfram
If you missed the original livestream of this episode, feel free to submit a question you would like Stephen to answer in a future Q&A livestream here: https://wolfr.am/12cczmv5J
00:00 Start stream
0:59 SW starts talking
1:13 What are your thoughts on machine learning to create new genera? Like what would be a good way to go about doing something like that? Like a new genera of plants/animals?
10:12 Can you talk about the future of information gathering and research? Say I am discussing with a robot a paper I am writing and the robot is providing examples and evidence to support my arguments–do I cite the robot as my source? Or do I have to find where the robot got the information?
19:27 How advanced do you think AI available to consumers (like ChatGPT) will be by August 2029?
24:33 Hello, Dr. Wolfram. My name is Grace and I'm currently preparing to pursue a PhD in fiber science. My research interests lie at the intersection of computational materials science and sustainable textile innovation. I have a background in pharmaceutical sciences. I've recently been exploring how advanced computational methods can be applied to fiber science, specifically in developing smart and sustainable textiles. How do you foresee quantum computing impacting the modeling and simulation of complex fibers and polymers?
30:37 What's your take on integrating memory into LLMs to enable retention across sessions? How could this impact their performance and capabilities?
32:55 What are your intuitions about the AI-generated fake content to deceive people, whether using deep fake face swaps or voice cloning or one or more things combined? Are we rapidly approaching a point where we won't be able to trust anything on the internet?
41:54 When do you expect the discovery of life on an exoplanet?
48:15 Is the hype around LLMs dying, finally relegating the toys to the toy box where they belong, or do you think anyone will ever be able to make them useful and accurate?
50:41 Do you think future cars will be able to get rid of wheels?
57:49 What algorithms changed the world the most? What's the next algorithm that will change the world? How does one release such an algorithm so that the result is positive?
1:09:40 End stream
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Stephen Wolfram hosts a live and unscripted Ask Me Anything about science and technology for all ages. Find the playlist of Q&As here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa
Originally livestreamed at: https://twitch.tv/stephen_wolfram
If you missed the original livestream of this episode, feel free to submit a question you would like Stephen to answer in a future Q&A livestream here: https://wolfr.am/12cczmv5J
00:00 Start stream
00:46 SW starts talking
00:59-22:52 How rare was the recent New Jersey earthquake? How can we predict future earthquakes?
22:55-23:17 The Indian Plate is moving very fast. Its increasing the height of Mt. Everest by six centimeters every year.
23:20-25:29 I wonder if digging for oil and fracking, etc., have any effect on the plates?
25:29-32:07 How do earthquakes cause tsunamis?
32:24-33:16 It seems like studying underwater earthquakes vs. those on land might be a good way to investigate the lubrication effect.
33:21-34:00 Solitary waves were discovered by the naval architect John Scott Russell in 1834.
34:30-36:36 Anything particularly interesting or surprising from the solar eclipse? It appeared that leading up to it, between the book and website, it was better understood than any previous solar eclipse before it happened. Now that it has happened, what interesting findings have there been, if any?
36:39-55:23 What causes Earth to have different biomes?
55:29-59:29 Why is there only one species of human? What happened to Neanderthals?
59:44-1:07:50 How do astronomers determine the composition of planets and stars that are light years away from us?
1:08:14 End stream
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