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OUTLINE:
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(00:00) – Introduction
(07:50) – What is complexity
(20:51) – Randomness in the universe
(25:12) – The Wolfram Physics Project
(37:14) – Space and time are discrete
(49:19) – Quantum mechanics and hypergraphs
(58:33) – What is intelligence
(1:09:16) – Computational equivalence
(1:17:36) – What it is like to be a cellular automata
(1:32:00) – Making prediction vs explanations
(1:45:20) – Why does the universe exist
(1:51:01) – The universe and rulial space
(1:59:44) – Does an atom have consciousness
(2:10:10) – Why does our universe exist
(2:18:41) – What is outside the ruliad
(2:29:15) – Automated proof systems
(2:45:10) – Multicomputation for biology
(3:03:41) – Cardano NFT collaboration with Wolfram Alpha
(3:10:41) – Global theory of economics
Stephen Kotkin: Stalin, Putin, and the Nature of Power
Donald Knuth: Algorithms, TeX, Life, and The Art of Computer Programming
Melanie Mitchell: Concepts, Analogies, Common Sense & Future of AI
Jim Gates: Supersymmetry, String Theory and Proving Einstein Right
Sebastian Thrun: Flying Cars, Autonomous Vehicles, and Education
Michael Stevens: Vsauce
Rohit Prasad: Amazon Alexa and Conversational AI
Judea Pearl: Causal Reasoning, Counterfactuals, Bayesian Networks, and the Path to AGI
Whitney Cummings: Comedy, Robotics, Neurology, and Love
Ray Dalio: Principles, the Economic Machine, Artificial Intelligence & the Arc of Life
Noam Chomsky: Language, Cognition, and Deep Learning
Gilbert Strang: Linear Algebra, Deep Learning, Teaching, and MIT OpenCourseWare
Dava Newman: Space Exploration, Space Suits, and Life on Mars
Michael Kearns: Algorithmic Fairness, Bias, Privacy, and Ethics in Machine Learning
Elon Musk: Neuralink, AI, Autopilot, and the Pale Blue Dot
Bjarne Stroustrup: C++
Sean Carroll: Quantum Mechanics and the Many-Worlds Interpretation
Garry Kasparov: Chess, Deep Blue, AI, and Putin
Michio Kaku: Future of Humans, Aliens, Space Travel & Physics
David Ferrucci: IBM Watson, Jeopardy & Deep Conversations with AI
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