Bücher von Stephen Wolfram

Nobody expected this--not even its creators: ChatGPT has burst onto the scene as an AI capable of writing at a convincingly human level. But how does it really work? What's going on inside its "AI mind"? In this short book, prominent scientist and computation pioneer Stephen Wolfram provides a readable and engaging explanation that draws on his decades-long unique experience at the frontiers of science and technology. Find out how the success of ChatGPT brings together the latest neural net technology with foundational questions about language and human thought posed by Aristotle more than two thousand years ago.

Total eclipses of the Sun are rare and dramatic--and on April 8, 2024, one will cross the US. But when exactly will it happen? In this short but richly illustrated book, prominent scientist and computation pioneer Stephen Wolfram tells the triumphant and hard-won story--spanning more than two thousand years--of how science, mathematics and computation have brought us to the point where we can now predict the time of the eclipse to within one second. Learn how the problem of eclipses brought us some of the earliest exact science, the first known computer, contributions from many of the all-time greats of mathematics and physics, and critical technology for the space program. See how all this provides a clear, modern understanding of a phenomenon that has surprised and amazed throughout human history.

Niemand hat damit gerechnet - nicht einmal die Entwickler. ChatGPT hat sich als KI entpuppt, die in der Lage ist, überzeugend auf menschlichem Niveau zu schreiben. Aber wie funktioniert das genau? Was geht in dem »Verstand« einer KI vor?Der bekannte Wissenschaftler und Pionier Stephen Wolfram liefert in diesem Buch eine lesenswerte fesselnde Erläuterung der Funktionsweise von ChatGPT, die aus seiner jahrzehntelangen Erfahrung an den Grenzen von Wissenschaft und Technologie schöpft. Finden Sie heraus, wie der Erfolg von ChatGPT die modernste Technologie neuronaler Netze mit grundlegenden Fragen über Sprache und menschliches Denken vereinigt, die Aristoteles bereits vor mehr als zweitausend Jahren stellte.

"Ever since it was first formulated a century and a half ago, the Second Law of thermodynamics (or "law of entropy increase") has had an air of mystery about it. Why is it true? Is it even always true? In this book, Stephen Wolfram builds on recent breakthroughs in the foundations of physics to finally provide a resolution to the mystery of the Second Law, elegantly showing how it emerges as a general feature of processes that can be described computationally, as well as their interplay with our computational characteristics as observers. For Wolfram, the effort to understand the Second Law has been a 50-year quest, beginning when he was 12 years old. In the book, Wolfram tells the story of this quest as well as traces the whole remarkable history of the Second Law. Written with great clarity and richly illustrated with both striking modern diagrams and extensive historical material, the book will be of interest to anyone who wants to understand the foundations and origins of one of the most important and widely applied principles of modern science"--

Wolfram Language representa un avance importante en los lenguajes de programación, ya que hace que la computación de vanguardia sea accesible para todos. Único en su enfoque de construir a partir de una vasta base de conocimiento y automatización, Wolfram Language permite escalar de una línea de código interactiva y fácil de comprender a sistemas de producción de millones de líneas.Este libro proporciona una introducción elemental a Wolfram Language y al pensamiento computacional moderno. No asume ningún conocimiento previo en programación, y es adecuado tanto para estudiantes universitarios, técnicos y no técnicos, como para estudiantes de secundaria, así como para cualquier persona interesada en la última tecnología y su aplicación práctica.