Stephen Wolfram: How AI Works and How to Use It to Stay Ahead | Artificial Intelligence | AI Vault

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**Stephen Wolfram** (1:40)
AI is another step in the automation of things. This is the coming paradigm of the 21st century.

**Hala Taha** (1:47)
Dr. Stephen Wolfram. He's an award-winning renowned computer scientist, mathematician, a theoretical physicist, and the founder of Wolfram Research.

**Stephen Wolfram** (1:56)
More and more systems in the world will get automated. When things get automated, things humans used to have to do with their own hands, they don't have to do anymore. Of all the things that are out there to compute, the set that we humans have cared about so far in the developments of our civilization is a tiny, tiny, tiny slice. The AI left to its own devices is an infinite set of things that it could be doing. The question is.

**Hala Taha** (2:19)
AI potentially being sentient or having any sort of agency. How does this make you feel about human consciousness?

**Stephen Wolfram** (2:26)
The thing that we learned from the advance of AI is, well, actually, there's not as much distance between the amazing stuff of our minds and things that are just able to be constructed computationally. I mean, one of the things to realize is.

**Hala Taha** (2:40)
Hello, young and profiters. If you've been following along, you already know our AI Vault Series is well underway, and it's been filled with insights from the greatest minds in artificial intelligence. In the last episode, we featured the godmother of AI, Dr. Fei-Fei Li, and we talked about human-centered AI. And this week, we're featuring Stephen Wolfram. Stephen is the founder of Wolfram Research, the creator of Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha, and he's one of the greatest scientific thinkers of our time when it comes to computational science and the nature of intelligence. If you've ever wondered what's really happening inside ChatGPT or how AI systems actually think, this is a conversation you won't want to miss. Stephen will break down the mechanics of neural networks, large language models, and his groundbreaking concept of computational thinking, a powerful way to solve problems that could transform not just technology, but the way we approach life and work itself. We'll cover the future of AI, its impact on jobs, creativity and society, and why intelligence may be far bigger and more universal than we've ever imagined. And guys, if you're new here, don't just listen. Make sure you subscribe so you can stay plugged into all these different AI conversations coming up. Without further ado, here's my conversation with Stephen Wolfram. Stephen, welcome to Young and Profiting Podcast.

**Stephen Wolfram** (3:57)
Hello there.

**Hala Taha** (3:58)
Hi. I am so excited for today's interview. We love the topic of AI, and I wanted to talk a little bit about your childhood before we got to the meat and potatoes of today's interview. So from my understanding, you started as a particle physicist at a very young age. You even started publishing scholarly papers as young as 15 years old. So talk to us about how you first got interested in science and what you were like as a kid.