The Stephen Wolfram Podcast show

The Stephen Wolfram Podcast

Summary: Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha and the Wolfram Language; the author of A New Kind of Science; and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research. Over the course of nearly four decades, he has been a pioneer in the development and application of computational thinking—and has been responsible for many discoveries, inventions and innovations in science, technology and business. On his podcast, Stephen discusses topics ranging from the history of science to the future of civilization and ethics of AI.

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 30+ Years in the Making—Discussing the Creation of Mathematica & the Computational Notebook—Part 3 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:34:49

Part 3—How Wolfram Notebooks have evolved. In this final part of a three-part series, Stephen and Theo talk about developing the functions Dynamic and Manipulate, symbolic expressions, and how Theo uses Wolfram Notebooks in his day-to-day projects.

 30+ Years in the Making—Discussing the Creation of Mathematica & the Computational Notebook—Part 2 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:23:52

Join a conversation with Stephen Wolfram and Theodore Gray as they remember inventing the Wolfram Notebook, developing and launching Mathematica 1.0, and what came next in their decades-long journeys in software design, the business of technology, and creating lasting products that changed the way people think about and do computation.

 30+ Years in the Making—Discussing the Creation of Mathematica & the Computational Notebook—Part 1 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:29:16

Part 1—Developing Mathematica and the Wolfram Notebook. In this first part of a three-part series, Stephen and Theo reminisce on early names for Mathematica, advice on notebooks from Steve Jobs, and the origins of the Wolfram Spikey logo in an informal conversation.

 Remembering Richard Feynman | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:24:14

Stephen Wolfram remembers his time spent with Richard Feynman on what would have been his 100th birthday. Based on a chapter in his book 'Idea Makers,' Stephen recalls personal interactions, anecdotes and correspondence with Feynman. You can read Stephen's blog post about it here: https://wolfr.am/ux6o86m5

 Buzzword Convergence: Making Sense of Quantum Neural Blockchain AI | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:43:56

What happens if you take four of today’s most popular buzzwords and string them together? Does the result mean anything? Stephen Wolfram explores his blog post "Buzzword Convergence: Making Sense of Quantum Neural Blockchain AI." Read the post here: https://wolfr.am/buzzword-convergence

 Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace—Part 4 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:21:59

In this final episode of a four-part series, Stephen Wolfram revisits an essay in his book Idea Makers and blog post titled "Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace." Stephen outlines Ada Lovelace's contributions to the Analytical Engine and speculates what may have happened to it had Ada not died an early death. Read the blog post here: https://wolfr.am/ada

 Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace—Part 3 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:12:15

In this third episode of a four-part series, Stephen Wolfram revisits an essay in his book Idea Makers and blog post titled "Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace." Stephen closely examines one of Ada Lovelace's most well-known contributions, her Bernoulli computations. Read the blog post here: https://wolfr.am/ada

 Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace—Part 2 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:32:18

In this second episode of a four-part series, Stephen Wolfram revisits an essay in his book Idea Makers and blog post titled "Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace." Stephen explores Ada's extensive notes, tensions with Charles Babbage, and events leading up to Ada's untimely death. Read the blog post here: https://wolfr.am/ada

 Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace—Part 1 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:35:24

In this first episode of a four-part series, Stephen Wolfram revisits an essay in his book Idea Makers and blog post titled "Untangling the Tale of Ada Lovelace." Ada Lovelace is a figure known for her pioneering contributions in the history of computing, and Stephen sets the stage of Ada's life and times in Victorian England, her burgeoning interest in mathematics, and the central figures in her life. Read the blog post here: https://wolfr.am/ada

 Communicating with the Past & Future, on Earth & Beyond | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 02:19:24

Science? Philosophy? Linguistics? Archaeology? Communicating the achievements of our civilization to aliens or the future: what should we send? Join Stephen Wolfram as he takes on these questions and more, based on his blog post "Showing Off to the Universe: Beacons for the Afterlife of Our Civilization." Read here: https://wolfr.am/s3SDV5mP

 The Future of AI and Civilization with Stephen Wolfram—Part 2 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:37:11

In this second episode of a three-part series live from the Wolfram Summer School, Stephen Wolfram discusses the future of digitized humanity as a box of a trillion souls computing and simulating reality and how AI can be thought of as an alien intelligence.

 The Future of AI and Civilization with Stephen Wolfram—Part 1 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:38:09

In this first episode of a three-part series live from the Wolfram Summer School, Stephen Wolfram gives an overview of his thoughts on theories of ethics, symbolic discourse language, and the possibilities of digitized humanity.

 A Brief History of Science with Stephen Wolfram—Part 4 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:42:58

In this final episode in a four-part series, Stephen Wolfram answers questions from students at the Wolfram Summer School about cybernetics, the simulation hypothesis, and the potential pitfalls of scientific reductionism.

 A Brief History of Science with Stephen Wolfram—Part 3 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:32:59

In this third episode in a four-part series exploring the history of science dating back to ancient Babylon recorded live at the Wolfram Summer School, Stephen Wolfram discusses linguistic theories, programming languages, the work of Einstein, and space-time quantum mechanics.

 A Brief History of Science with Stephen Wolfram—Part 2 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:33:15

In this second episode in a four-part series exploring the history of science recorded at the Wolfram Summer School, Stephen Wolfram picks up with the work of Ada Lovelace and explores scientific discoveries all the way to Alan Turing, John Von Neumann, and many others along the way.

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