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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
#394 – Neri Oxman: Biology, Art, and Science of Design & Engineering with Nature
#393 – Andrew Huberman: Relationships, Drama, Betrayal, Sex, and Love
#392 – Joscha Bach: Life, Intelligence, Consciousness, AI & the Future of Humans
#391 – Mohammed El-Kurd: Palestine
#390 – Yuval Noah Harari: Human Nature, Intelligence, Power, and Conspiracies
#389 – Benjamin Netanyahu: Israel, Palestine, Power, Corruption, Hate, and Peace
#388 – Robert F. Kennedy Jr: CIA, Power, Corruption, War, Freedom, and Meaning
#387 – George Hotz: Tiny Corp, Twitter, AI Safety, Self-Driving, GPT, AGI & God
#386 – Marc Andreessen: Future of the Internet, Technology, and AI
#385 – Jimmy Wales: Wikipedia
#384 – Matthew McConaughey: Freedom, Truth, Family, Hardship, and Love
#383 – Mark Zuckerberg: Future of AI at Meta, Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp
#382 – Bert Kreischer: Comedy, Drinking, Rogan, Segura, Churchill & Kim Jong Un
#381 – Chris Lattner: Future of Programming and AI
#380 – Neil Gershenfeld: Self-Replicating Robots and the Future of Fabrication
#379 – Randall Kennedy: The N-Word – History of Race, Law, Politics, and Power
#378 – Anna Frebel: Origin and Evolution of the Universe, Galaxies, and Stars
#377 – Harvey Silverglate: Freedom of Speech
#376 – Stephen Wolfram: ChatGPT and the Nature of Truth, Reality & Computation
#375 – David Pakman: Politics of Trump, Biden, Bernie, AOC, Socialism & Wokeism
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