Growth Minds with Sean Kim The AI Expert: "Super AI Will Be Unstoppable!"– What’s Coming NEXT _ Stephen Wolfram
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May 13, 2025 
Stephen Wolfram, a pioneer in computer science and the creator of Mathematica, discusses the evolution and future of AI. He probes the origins of AI, detailing how early ideas have shaped today's technology. The conversation includes the challenges of achieving Artificial General Intelligence and the societal implications of automation on jobs. Wolfram emphasizes the need to redefine our understanding of value and creativity in a tech-driven world, raising thought-provoking questions about what it means to thrive amidst rapid technological advancements.
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Origin Story of AI Term
- The term "artificial intelligence" was coined by John McCarthy in 1956 at Dartmouth conference.
- Early AI faced clashes over programming languages like Lisp versus C and differing approaches like symbolic AI.
Two AI Paradigms
- AI research split early between symbolic AI and statistical approaches like neural networks.
- Neural networks model brain-like computation statistically rather than symbolically representing knowledge.
Accidental Breakthrough in AI
- A student's accidental month-long training of a neural net on millions of images led to breakthrough in image recognition.
- This won the ImageNet competition and revived interest in deep learning neural networks in 2011.
