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  • What Is ChatGPT Doing

    ... and Why Does It Work?

    Nobody expected this—not even its creators: ChatGPT has burst onto the scene as an AI capable of writing at a convincingly human level. But how does it really work? What's going on inside its "AI mind"? In this short book, prominent scientist and computation pioneer Stephen Wolfram provides a readable and engaging explanation that draws on his decades-long unique experience at the frontiers of ... Read more

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  • What’s Really Going On in Machine Learning? Some Minimal Models

    Series series Stephen Wolfram Writings ePub Series
    The Hidden Workings of Machine LearningWhy does machine learning work at all? Neural networks power everything from image recognition to language models, yet the science behind their success remains strangely elusive. In this essay, Stephen Wolfram strips machine learning down to its barest forms—minimal models built from simple rules—and shows that even at this level, systems can learn. What ... Read more

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  • Adventures of a Computational Explorer

    Through his pioneering work in science, technology and language design, Stephen Wolfram has developed his own signature way of thinking about an impressive range of subjects. In this lively book of essays, Wolfram takes the reader along on some of his most surprising and engaging intellectual adventures.From science consulting for a Hollywood movie, solving problems of AI ethics, hunting for the ... Read more

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  • Idea Makers

    Personal Perspectives on the Lives & Ideas of Some Notable People

    This book of thoroughly engaging essays from one of today's most prodigious innovators provides a uniquely personal perspective on the lives and achievements of a selection of intriguing figures from the history of science and technology. Weaving together his immersive interest in people and history with insights gathered from his own experiences, Stephen Wolfram gives an ennobling look at some of ... Read more

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  • How to Teach Computational Thinking

    In a world where jobs are continually being outsourced to machines and algorithms, the question of how best to educate the next generation becomes more important with every year. Stephen Wolfram, author of A New Kind of Science and Idea Makers and creator of Wolfram|Alpha, says the answer is computational thinking. Wolfram defines computational thinking as "formulating things with enough clarity ... Read more

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  • On the Nature of Time

    Series series Stephen Wolfram Writings ePub Series
    What is time, really—and why does it seem to flow?In this short essay, Stephen Wolfram explores time not as a coordinate or backdrop but as something generated by the ongoing computation of the universe itself. Drawing on ideas from his Physics Project, he explains how the passage of time—our experience of one moment giving way to the next—arises from the limits of what observers like us can ... Read more

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  • Computation and the Future of the Human Condition

    Stephen Wolfram is the creator of Mathematica and Wolfram|Alpha and the author of A New Kind of Science and An Elementary Introduction to the Wolfram Language. In this short ebook, Dr. Wolfram dives into his theories of computation and the universe.Take a look at this short excerpt from the ebook Computation and the Future of the Human Condition:“In traditional engineering, one starts with some ... Read more

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  • Towards a Computational Formalization for Foundations of Medicine

    Series series Stephen Wolfram Writings ePub Series
    A Metamodel for Foundations of MedicineWhat would a general theory of medicine look like? Stephen Wolfram proposes one grounded in computation. By evolving simple programs as model organisms, he shows how perturbations can stand in for disease and how counter-perturbations can mimic treatment, with genetic diversity reflected in variant rules. The results mirror core challenges of medical science: ... Read more

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  • Cellular Automata And Complexity

    Collected Papers

    Are mathematical equations the best way to model nature? For many years it had been assumed that they were. But in the early 1980s, Stephen Wolfram made the radical proposal that one should instead build models that are based directly on simple computer programs. Wolfram made a detailed study of a class of such models known as cellular automata, and discovered a remarkable fact: that even when the ... Read more

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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. ... Read more

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  • Why Machines Learn

    The Elegant Math Behind Modern AI

    A rich, narrative explanation of the mathematics that has brought us machine learning and the ongoing explosion of artificial intelligenceMachine learning systems are making life-altering decisions for us: approving mortgage loans, determining whether a tumor is cancerous, or deciding if someone gets bail. They now influence developments and discoveries in chemistry, biology, and physics—the study ... Read more

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