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On the Quest for Computable Knowledge
Wolfram discusses the history of computation from its earliest beginnings to current applications and the emergence of computable knowledge. Notable figures include: Pythagoras, Archimedes, Isaac Newton, Galileo, Gottfried Leibniz, Carl Linnaeus, John von Neumann, and many others.
33 pages, Kindle Edition
Published November 28, 2017
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Stephen Wolfram
45 books449 followersStephen Wolfram is the founder & CEO of Wolfram Research, creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha & Wolfram Language, author of A New Kind of Science and other books, and the originator of Wolfram Physics Project.
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January 29, 2018
Wolfram has this thrilling vision that we are at a tiny corner in the vast computational universe. All modern science, therefore, has been evolving to support civilization; he goes through a timeline to show that just recently we developed the tools to explore (math + computers + software + data = computable knowledge). Now we can set ourselves free from the usual human endeavours and start mining interesting computations in the unknown. Perhaps even behaving like freaking explorers.
May 23, 2023
Insightful
Stephen Wolfram suggests that a singularity is occurring around computability: that instead of using designs and systems that are historical we will design using AI and computability, designs we will not fully understand.
Stephen Wolfram suggests that a singularity is occurring around computability: that instead of using designs and systems that are historical we will design using AI and computability, designs we will not fully understand.
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