Science & Technology Q&A for Kids (and others) [Part 126]

Stephen Wolfram hosts a live and unscripted Ask Me Anything about the history of science and technology for all ages. Find the playlist of Q&A's here: https://wolfr.am/youtube-sw-qa

Originally livestreamed at: https://twitch.tv/stephen_wolfram

If you missed the original livestream of this episode, feel free to submit a question you would like Stephen to answer in a future Q&A livestream here: https://wolfr.am/12cczmv5J

00:00 Start stream
00:09 SW starts talking
00:20-11:44 If you ask the AI the exact same question several times, will it give the same answer or will it change it based on some random function? Or do the neurons change during self-learning and change the answer?
11:48-32:20 Do you think at any point we will create an AI factory? Like specialized AI algorithms that create other AIs (which can do very well one specific task)?
32:32-36:57 Any thoughts on using physics simulations vs. the real world to teach robots?
37:01-41:00 Is it computer power then that speeds real progress?
41:13-1:12:32 What do you think about sources of energy now and in the future for developed and developing countries?
1:12:36-1:16:30 What will happen when oil runs out? Will there be a shift to "clean" energy well before this happens?
1:16:40-1:23:50 For nuclear energy, do the dangers pose a problem? Or do the pros outweigh the cons in this situation?
1:23:56-1:24:36 Apparently the death rate for nuclear energy is around 0.04 deaths per terawatt-hour, which is similar to wind and solar.
1:24:40-1:25:07 Nuclear is safer than coal, because people are more cautious when the stakes are higher.
1:25:07-1:25:20 What do you think of small modular reactors?
1:25:37-1:27:33 What is the connection between computational irreducibility and extracting usable energy? Can energy be "mined" with computation?
1:27:36-1:29:47 Nuclear is not going to be a good thing until we have some way of dealing with the waste products.

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