STEMe

MARCH 31, 2024

A neural network is a computer model based on the brain and nervous system, while a transformer model is a data architecture used to learn about language and other tasks. Because of the general skepticism, the argument about whether AI could have a negative or positive impact continues.

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Stephen Wolfram

MARCH 5, 2024

of what’s now Wolfram Language —we were trying to develop algorithms to compute hundreds of mathematical special functions over very broad ranges of arguments. Perhaps even the architecture of the network can change. Probably it’s because neural nets capture the architectural essence of actual brains. Mostly we don’t know.

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Stephen Wolfram

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

I think Yves Pomeau already had a theoretical argument for this, but as far as I was concerned, it was (at least at first) just a “next thing to try”. People had discussed reaction-diffusion patterns as examples of structure being formed “away from equilibrium”. What kinds of models could realistically be made for these?

Physics 95

Physics Computer Mathematics Science 95

Stephen Wolfram

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Events are like functions, whose “arguments” are incoming tokens, and whose output is one or more outgoing tokens. Chemistry / Molecular Biology. But in thinking about molecular computing it may be crucial—and perhaps it’s also necessary for understanding molecular biology. There are many.

Physics 66

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Stephen Wolfram

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Events are like functions, whose “arguments” are incoming tokens, and whose output is one or more outgoing tokens. Chemistry / Molecular Biology. But in thinking about molecular computing it may be crucial—and perhaps it’s also necessary for understanding molecular biology. There are many.

Science 60

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Stephen Wolfram

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

The global structures of metamathematics , economics , linguistics and evolutionary biology seem likely to provide examples—and in each case we can expect that at the core is the ruliad, with its unique structure. And we can trace the argument for this to the Principle of Computational Equivalence. But that’s not all there is to it.

Physics 117

Physics Mathematics Computer Construction 117

Stephen Wolfram

AUGUST 22, 2023

Richard Feynman and I would get into very fierce arguments. He relishes calling his parents dopes, but aside from arguments about subjects like how late he should be able to hang out with his buddies, its clear that he doesn’t think we’re dopes. It’s just my nature. Some glide through that period of life without hassle.

Computer 69

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