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

Why HN readers recommended 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.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Lex Fridman

Topic

cellular automata and computation

Format

podcast

Level

intermediate

HN recommenders in dataset

4

HN mentions in dataset

7

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2023

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From the original HN conversations

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• Lots of comments about his "arrogance" but i just see someone passionate, judge for yourself! He has three long interviews on Lex Fridmans youtube channel! I greatly enjoyed watching those those. 1:[Stephen Wolfram: Cellular Automata, Computation, and Physics]( [VIDEO] ) 2:[Stephen Wolfram: Fundamental Theory of …

• Random math doesn't imply intelligence: [LINK] is that shell intelligent? Wolfram has an alright interview where he considers this: [VIDEO] My own thoughts: intelligence is something which you need to observe predicting the future, ie something proactively reacting to the future in order to achieve …

• I still use it regularly too - even more so after listening to Stephen Wolfram’s 3 part podcast [1] with Lex Fridman where he discussed the latest developments in Wolfram, Mathematica etc [1] [VIDEO]