Interviews: Ask Stephen Wolfram a Question

Stephen Wolfram's accomplishments and contributions to science and computing are numerous. He earned a PhD in particle physics from Caltech at 20, and has been cited by over 30,000 research publications. Wolfram is the the author of A New Kind of Science, creator of Mathematica, the creator of Wolfram Alpha, and the founder and CEO of Wolfram Research. He developed Wolfram Language, a general multi-paradigm programming language, in 2014. Stephen has graciously agreed to answer any questions you may have for him. As usual, ask as many as you'd like, but please, one per post.

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Re:What do you like about physics?

[Anonymous Coward]

My life goal is to create an advanced robot that is, by all appearances, human. And then I will have sex with it, forever. Everything I've done with my life, all the math, getting my PhD at 20, my businesses...it's all to achieve that goal.

-Stephen Wolfram

Re:Alpha not so great.

[Whiney Mac Fanboy]

For instance, "How do I plot a course from earth to Uranus?"

The really tragic thing about this particular example is that Alpha could just return (and indeed to any question involving Uranus):

"To plot a course to my anus, you're going to need to start by buying me a drink"

Thanks folks, I'll be here all night.