Lex Fridman interviews Stephen Wolfram: computer scientist, mathematician, and theoretical physicist who is the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research, a company behind Mathematica, Wolfram Alpha, Wolfram Language, and the new Wolfram Physics project.

He is the author of several books including A New Kind of Science, which on a personal note was one of the most influential books in my journey in computer science and artificial intelligence. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast.

Time Index:

• 0:00 – Introduction
• 4:16 – Communicating with an alien intelligence
• 12:11 – Monolith in 2001: A Space Odyssey
• 29:06 – What is computation?
• 44:54 – Physics emerging from computation
• 1:14:10 – Simulation
• 1:19:23 – Fundamental theory of physics
• 1:28:01 – Richard Feynman
• 1:39:57 – Role of ego in science
• 1:47:21 – Cellular automata
• 2:15:08 – Wolfram language
• 2:55:14 – What is intelligence?
• 2:57:47 – Consciousness
• 3:02:36 – Mortality
• 3:05:47 – Meaning of life