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Stephen Wolfram hosts an unscripted Ask Me Anything about the future of science and technology for all ages.
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
00:28 Stephen starts talking
0:41 Could there be entire branches of science that humans can't discover until we invent new kinds of senses?
7:28 Could machines already be "sensing" things in data that humans simply can't perceive yet?
14:36 Could there already be patterns in the universe that our current senses filter out without us realizing it?
16:17 Do you expect the near-future of human employment (if any) will be "bring your own personal agentic swarm" (akin to the "bring your own device" transition some years ago)?
47:57 Do you think future scientists will spend more time choosing which questions to ask than actually solving them?
49:40 Do you see the end of AI coming with the recent news from Nvidia about pulling back investments in OpenAI
54:06 In the AI revolution, is it important to distinguish between the concepts of intelligence and consciousness/self-awareness?
Can there be intelligent machines, including those more intelligent than humans, but unconscious (as LLM models currently appear to be)?
1:00:21 So, will one get employed as a "human individual", or as one's personal agentic AI stack included - presuming we'll all need one to stay relevant sooner than later.
1:02:37 How can we automate data visualizations and user interfaces? does this relate to your observer theory and quantifying us as observers so that we can measure the intelligibility and aesthetics of GUIs?
1:04:51 Freeman Dyson thought the great difference in the future of humanity will be genetic modification of both plants + humans. How feasible and how dangerous will this be ?
1:14:21 End stream
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Stephen Wolfram hosts an unscripted Ask Me Anything about the future of science and technology for all ages.
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
00:28 Stephen starts talking
0:41 Could there be entire branches of science that humans can't discover until we invent new kinds of senses?
7:28 Could machines already be "sensing" things in data that humans simply can't perceive yet?
14:36 Could there already be patterns in the universe that our current senses filter out without us realizing it?
16:17 Do you expect the near-future of human employment (if any) will be "bring your own personal agentic swarm" (akin to the "bring your own device" transition some years ago)?
47:57 Do you think future scientists will spend more time choosing which questions to ask than actually solving them?
49:40 Do you see the end of AI coming with the recent news from Nvidia about pulling back investments in OpenAI
54:06 In the AI revolution, is it important to distinguish between the concepts of intelligence and consciousness/self-awareness?
Can there be intelligent machines, including those more intelligent than humans, but unconscious (as LLM models currently appear to be)?
1:00:21 So, will one get employed as a "human individual", or as one's personal agentic AI stack included - presuming we'll all need one to stay relevant sooner than later.
1:02:37 How can we automate data visualizations and user interfaces? does this relate to your observer theory and quantifying us as observers so that we can measure the intelligibility and aesthetics of GUIs?
1:04:51 Freeman Dyson thought the great difference in the future of humanity will be genetic modification of both plants + humans. How feasible and how dangerous will this be ?
1:14:21 End stream
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