Stephen Wolfram on AI’s rapid progress & the “Post-Knowledge Work Era” | E1711

Stephen Wolfram of Wolfram Research joins Jason for an all-encompassing conversation about AI, from the history of neural nets (7:53) to how modern ai emulates the human brain (19:33). This leads to an in-depth discussion about the pace at which AI is evolving (43:46), The “Post-Knowledge Work” era (58:45), the unintended consequences of AI (1:03:52), and so much more. (0:00) Nick kicks off the show (1:24) Under the hood of ChatGPT (7:53) What is a neural net? (10:05) Cast.ai - Get a free cloud cost audit with a personal consultation at https://cast.ai/twist (11:33) Determining values and weights in a neural net (18:28) Vanta - Get $1000 off your SOC 2 at https://vanta.com/twist (19:33) Emulating the human brain (23:26) Defining computational irreducibility (26:14) Emergent behavior and the rules of language (31:49) Discovering logic + creating a computational language (38:10) Clumio - Start a free backup, or sign up for a demo at https://clumio.com/twist (39:38) Wolfram’s ChatGPT plugin (43:46) The rapid pace of AI (58:45) The “Post-Knowledge Work” era (1:03:52) The unintended consequences of AI (1:11:45) Rewarding innovation (1:16:12) The possibility of AGI (1:20:07) Creating a general-purpose robotic system FOLLOW Stephen: https://twitter.com/stephen_wolfram FOLLOW Jason: https://linktr.ee/calacanis Subscribe to our YouTube to watch all full episodes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCkkhmBWfS7pILYIk0izkc3A?sub_confirmation=1 FOUNDERS! Subscribe to the Founder University podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/founder-university/id1648407190