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Future of Science and Technology Q&A (January 17, 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 00:20 SW starts talking 00:40 How would you think about approaching science in the future? Should we accept AI's role in future science or still pursue science without the help of AI? 17:09 What do you think the future of software development will be in the next decade or so? I hear very conflicting POVs from friends. 29:51 Thoughts on LLM use in academic writing? (including student theses and dissertations)? 35:56 How many new languages do we see a year these days? It wasn't long ago when I was hearing about new languages every now and then... 41:28 ​​I'm using an LLM to help me through a book on thermodynamics right now. Nice to just throw misunderstandings at it. 42:30 LLM can learn languages in a few hours, How would you think about making humans able to learn as fast ? 49:37 ​Hypothetically speaking if an ai system has access to all the images, cameras of the world, can it think through images, videos as if there is no language? can it surpass human intelligence like that? 57:19 Interestingly, current AI models are very good at creating natural images of people, but it totally fails for electronic circuits 59:32 How would you think about copyright, trademarks and other intellectual properties in the age of AI? 1:02:46 HOW Do we know this is Actually Stephen Wolfram?....it could just be another Oracle trained in Long answers... 1:19:40 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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