Stephen Wolfram: Dark Matter and AI in the Computational Universe

Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal

Curt Jaimungal

Physics, Philosophy, Society & Culture, Science

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🗓️ 27 March 2023

⏱️ 61 minutes

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Stephen Wolfram (Wolfram Research) reveals how physics emerges from computation and explains ChatGPT's mechanisms. He also connects these ideas to the Wolfram Physics Project and the broader quest for a Theory of Everything.- 00:00:00 - Introduction- 00:02:58 - Physics from computation- 00:11:30 - Generalizing Turing machines- 00:17:34 - Dark matter as atoms of space- 00:22:13 - Energy as density of space- 00:30:30 - Entanglement limit of computations- 00:34:53 - Concepts persisting across universe- 00:40:09 - How ChatGPT works- 00:41:41 - Irreducible computation and AI- 00:49:20 - Recovering GR from the ruliad- 00:58:38 - Coming up: Chalmers, Goertzel, more WolframSPONSORS:- Brilliant: https://brilliant.org/TOE for 20% off- TOE Website: https://theoriesofeverything.org/- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal- Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE- PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE- Twitter: https://twitter.com/TOEwithCurt- Discord Invite: https://discord.com/invite/kBcnfNVwqs- iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/better-left-unsaid-with-curt-jaimungal/id1521758802- Pandora: https://pdora.co/33b9lfP- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4gL14b92xAErofYQA7bU4e- Subreddit r/TheoriesOfEverything: https://reddit.com/r/theoriesofeverythingRESOURCES:- YouTube link: https://youtu.be/xHPQ_oSsJgg- Center for the Future Mind: https://www.fau.edu/future-mind/- Donald Hoffman, Bernardo Kastrup, Susan Schneider debate on Machines and Consciousness: https://youtu.be/VmQXpKyUh4g- Stephen Wolfram on Wolfram Physics Project on TOE: https://youtu.be/1sXrRc3Bhrs- Early audio version for TOE members: http://theoriesofeverything.org Theories of Everything with Curt Jaimungal features long-form, technically detailed interviews with leading researchers in physics, mathematics, consciousness, and philosophy, exploring topics at the level of active research. For academics, graduate students, and anyone seeking depth beyond popular science. SPONSOR: I personally subscribe to The Economist. TOE listeners get 35% off the annual subscription. No other podcast has this! https://economist.com/TOE FOLLOW: Substack | Spotify | YouTube | Twitter Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	So what is our universe made of? In the 1800s, people were still wondering what's matter made of?
0:05.0	The fact that we see, the physics that we see, is a consequence of the fact that we are observers of the kind that we are.
0:11.0	You know, low-level programming languages are about to be extinct, I think.
0:15.0	What is the world like when the world is run by AIs?
0:18.0	Today's episode is about the rules of the universe, a computational theory of everything,
0:23.6	and artificial intelligence.
0:25.6	The Toe Podcast usually outputs podcasts, but today we have a treat.
0:29.6	This is a lecture by Stephen Wolfram, who's the creator of Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha.
0:34.6	Actually, this is the second time we've been blessed enough to have Stephen Wolfram on the Toe Channel.
0:39.0	The first time was around here.
0:40.3	There's a thumbnail.
0:41.3	There's a link in the description.
0:42.7	In that episode, we delved into the mathematical details
0:45.3	of the Wolfram Physics Project.
0:46.9	Thank you to Professor of Philosophy, Susan Schneider,
0:50.0	for organizing this entire conference called Mindfest,
0:53.7	2023, where this lecture took place.
0:56.4	We were and are still honor that Toe was invited, but we're also grateful that Susan shares the same goal
1:02.6	of bringing the academy outside the academy.
1:05.4	That is, disseminating knowledge about the salutary nature and the deleterious nature of artificial
1:10.3	general intelligence,
1:11.6	as well as more abstruse philosophical concepts that ordinarily stay behind locked doors or by
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