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Future of Science and Technology Q&A (February 14, 2025)

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Stephen Wolfram hosts an unscripted Ask Me Anything about the future of science and technology for all ages. Find the playlist of Q&A's here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa Originally livestreamed at: https://twitch.tv/stephen_wolfram If you missed the original livestream of this episode, feel free to submit a question you would like Stephen to answer in a future Q&A livestream here: https://wolfr.am/12cczmv5J 00:00 Start stream 00:55 SW starts talking 1:07 In the spirit of Valentine's Day, what is the future of bionic hearts? Would this be a way to make humans more efficient? 20:55 How would you think about a world in which all of the work is done by robots and AI? 29:54 Architects using computerized/AI tools will result in less demand for architects overall, thus less people getting to do architecture. 33:35 Do you think the current methods of training and using AI/LLM are here to stay for a while, or is there a real possibility of an alternative machine learning approach appearing and being superior and more efficient? 39:18 What would you think about spiking neural nets with a new non-differentiable learning algorithm? Is it the path to smarter AI? 47:00 ​​I read from an expert that correcting the errors in a later prompt results in more errors. It's better to go back to the original prompt. 50:44 Do you or your team actively work on the alignment issues with AI and are you worried about the next 10 years with regard to that? 58:36 Do you see a danger in the trend toward anthropomorphic AI and providing AI systems with human-like attributes? 1:01:43 I wonder what will happen when future AI models are trained on material that shows them the actual results of their past actions. 1:03:58 What are some near- and medium-term breakthroughs that could potentially make the creator a trillionaire? Off the top of my head, fusion power, far more efficient batteries or novel propulsion systems. 1:10:03 End stream Follow us on our official social media channels. X: https://twitter.com/WolframResearch/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wolframresearch/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wolframresearch/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/wolfram-research/ Stephen Wolfram's Twitter: https://twitter.com/stephen_wolfram/ Contribute to the official Wolfram Community: https://community.wolfram.com/ Stay up-to-date on the latest interest at Wolfram Research through our blog: https://blog.wolfram.com/ Follow Stephen Wolfram's life, interests, and what makes him tick on his blog: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/

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