Future of Science and Technology Q&A (May 19, 2023)
Stephen Wolfram hosts a live and 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
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00:00 Start stream
00:31 SW starts talking
1:38-15:44 Aside from faster processing speeds, what are some other ways computers may be improved in the future?
15:52-21:14 Will we still use books in 5-10 years, or will they be replaced by chatting with an AI?
21:25-25:31 It's moving toward narrative-driven, AI-powered, procedural generated VR environments with metahuman characters interacting with AI speech and whisper.... Create me a film experience....
25:33-28:18 Yeah, I can't read books on the computer beyond like two hundred pages–too much eye strain.
28:21-38:11 Are we close to imitating senses of smell and touch in VR?
38:18-42:52 I lost my sense of smell due to a brain injury in 2016. Is there any realistic way this could ever be fixed?
43:07-59:34 How much of biology is untapped? I'm in the biology/biotech/genetics/metabolics field and it feels like most researchers never leave the lab.
59:45-1:03:51 Do you think deep neural nets etc. can help us build models of the human perceptual systems with vision and audio? How do we solve the problem of getting accurate training data for subjective experiences?
1:04:05-1:11:33 Technology and science mean nothing until we can chat with our dogs and cats. Will this ever be possible?
1:11:43-1:20:11 Do you think it will be possible to transition a real, living person into VR or code? Or it will be just a "JPG of a person"?
1:20:49-1:25:05 Isn't it too early to assume that we can replace all parts of the brain with digital tech?
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