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Stephen Wolfram: Cellular Automata, Computation, and Physics | Lex Fridman Podcast #89

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What it is

Lex Fridman interviews Stephen Wolfram for about three hours on cellular automata, computation, the Wolfram Physics Project and his career with Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN points to it as an accessible long-form introduction to Wolfram's ideas and a window into his passion, though some are critical of his claims.

  • 4 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2020, last 2023

What HN commenters said

  1. “i just see someone passionate, judge for yourself!”

    Long interview showing Wolfram's passion

    Pilottwave, 2022-04 · Strong recommendation · in “We’ve got a science opportunity overload: Launching the Wolfram Institute”

  2. “Wolfram has an alright interview where he considers this”

    Wolfram considers whether random computation counts as intelligence

    __s, 2020-06 · Recommendation · in “Odds of communicating with 36 other possible intelligent civilizations are small”

  3. “even more so after listening to Stephen Wolfram’s 3 part podcast [1] with Lex Fridman”

    Latest developments in Wolfram and Mathematica discussed

    erikig, 2021-11 · Recommendation · in “Ask HN: Whatever happened to Wolfram Alpha?”

  4. “accessible intro”

    Accessible intro to Wolfram's cellular automata theory

    SuoDuanDao, 2022-11 · Recommendation · in “What You (Want to)* Want”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: stephen wolfram, cellular automata, wolfram physics project, computation, mathematica

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