Why TED blows you away – pure genius
I am still reeling on this one.
Just watched an amazing TED Talk by Stephen Wolfram, creator of Mathematica and Wolfram Alpha (the game changer in mathematics teaching and learning). Truly amazing stuff.
Instead of trying to figure out our universe, he is using computational power to generate candidate universes that could be ours. And, he explains, already some decent candidates that have come up haven’t required particularly complex rules.
Wow.
Interestingly, as he talked about how his programming in Wolfram Alpha will hopefully be able to compute its way to creativity and innovation, I noticed he does not consider at all the ethical implications of a possibly conscious artificial intelligence. Perhaps he just saved it for another talk.
Any interest in math, science, a theory of everything, or just enjoy being amazed by what the human brain is capable of?
You have to watch this.
Thank you TED.
i so agree with you, dennis. he is amazing, and this TED talk is worth watching several times~
When you hear genius talk, it truly is mind-blowing. Do you use Wolfram Alpha at all with your students?
I really think it fundamentally changes how we can approach math learning in the classroom, when kids can do ANY problem that way… We need to give them those opportunities to check their work and instead put them in problem solving and application situations more and more.
I too love TED! I just ran into your blog, and I LOVE it! I will be adding it to my google reader ASAP. If you get a chance to check out my new site @ http://www.TeacherThink.com, it would be much appreciated.
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Thanks so much!
Jeff (TeacherThink)