Stephen Wolfram Livestreams

UPCOMING: APRIL 2, 2025 @ 2:30PM ET

Live CEOing 878: Language Design in Wolfram Language »

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Future of Science & Technology Q&A:
Live CEOing #877:
Future of Science & Technology Q&A:
What, exactly, is an "AI agent"? "Agentic"? It seems like nobody knows what those words actually mean today. Can you tell us about the future of media/information consumption? Will we become a society of "AI summaries" as our main form of information gathering? Before AI summaries, there were encyclopedias and textbooks and CliffsNotes and such, and while they were useful and convenient, they never became de facto. When will we get the first AI/robot news reporter? I see these being useful in cases of dangerous live broadcasting like hurricanes, to keep people up to date. How far are we from LLMs generating a Stephen Wolfram–style long-form post, with similar elucidations, based on a short prompt of the key insight or topic? When you say the teaching is delegated to the machine, are you saying that the machine is telling the student what to think about instead of just answering questions? Can a sentient AI "understand" how humans learn? If we would delegate to them the teaching of human kids, would that be compatible with a biological point of view? Have you ever considered entering the robotics space? A Wolfram Robotics, so to speak? But if people delegate all calculations to the machines, then might it not happen that the machine actually learns to ask better questions than the humans can, since the machines have the experience built from the calculations and the humans don't? What will AI not be able to do? Do you believe that something like that exists? Tiny humans care about those questions about clouds and trees. Robotic trade shows sound interesting. The company Boston Dynamics shows a lot of progress in the humanoid department. Anything to say about the future of pi? (Happy Pi Day!) ​​​​Do you expect LLM development to hit significant diminishing returns within the next 2–3 years? Automated theorem proving is so interesting. I'm trying to figure out how to make a theorem prover that demonstrably collapses a/the wavefunction. Like Stephen said; quantum LLMs. View Less »
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Live CEOing #876:
Business, Innovation & Managing Life Q&A:
Is academia the only real career path if one just wants to learn and do research? What are the risks for using AI/LLMs to do my technical writing job so I can focus on prompt engineering for the future of my field? You've at the very least been told all sorts of interesting things that you can't currently repeat publicly. Would you ever consider writing a book or articles that would be locked for x years? How would you guarantee an AI doesn't break an NDA accidentally? Will "LLM psychologist" be a future career path? Are websites receiving fewer visits due to the rise of AI agent/assistant apps that provide advice on products or services? I, Robot by Asimov is a highly recommended, excellent collection of problems with the three laws. Any suggestions on how to get someone to review my papers? I'm an antisocial autodidact with no academic backing. It's been impossible to get anyone to even consider my work. If you make better rules, people will find better loopholes. What are your thoughts on how a business specifically can do high-quality science? Companies like big AI labs seem to be doing well in this respect. Are they a good model for other companies doing science in other fields? Historically, how much effort have great scientists with important contributions put into showing, or "marketing," their ideas? The best teachers are the ones that ask the right questions from the students. Not telling them what to think. How is a STEM background useful in entrepreneurship? View Less »
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Live CEOing #875:
Science & Technology Q&A for Kids & Others:
History of Science & Technology Q&A:
Live CEOing #874:
Business, Innovation & Managing Life Q&A:
Physicists that "could code" used to be the hot commodity; is it helpful now? Seems like CS/ML people are more in demand than physicists now—why? ​​​​I find that building simple frameworks in software GREATLY helps understanding of the underlying material. Mathematics especially, but I don't think it's limited to hard sciences. I kind of doubt my trying to self-teach cryptanalysis is going to be very transferrable. Would you consider "science communicator" a career? What skills would be most important? How would you think about approaching school in the age of AI and LLMS? Should I, as a university student, embrace AI and LLMs? Or should I avoid them to eliminate risks of being too dependent on technology? I did specialized things for the government and just got laid off. There are no similar jobs in the public sector. How can/should I pivot? Is it better to stay at one job and "move up the ladder" over decades like our parents did or adopt this trend of staying at a company for no more than three years before salary-shopping elsewhere? ​​Do you see any solution to the "iron law of oligarchy" on the scale of generations? Interesting point; so how do we break the mold? I'm northeast England, a deprived region—any advice to get my children (15F, 20F) to realize their potential? What about economic barriers to "success" and fields where someone can be successful needing expensive education? What would you say to someone who could change the world but who lacks any resources or academic backing, so nobody wants to help? View Less »
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Live CEOing #873: