Wolfram Physics Project: Implications for Computer Science Technical Q&A

Stephen Wolfram & Jonathan Gorard & Max Piskunov continue answering questions about the new Wolfram Physics Project, this time specifically for highly technical Computer Science implications. Begins at 2:36
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[@jw7196]

Just to make things super easy: 2:39

[@eugenbarbula9661]

My last intuition was, that the most unique component of neural networks seems to be a hidden layer with a hidden degree of freedom, from the usual user at least, not as an necesserity for the actual problem which the users do use them for, but for reasons of generalization.

[@elaineharvey5990]

Thanks

[@MrErickalvim]

I am amazed...

[@hmdshokri]

35:00 My question, I don't know jack shit about quantum computing and Fredkin gate, and Stephen made it clear.

[@Anders01]

I'm an amateur when it comes to physics but I read that the Casimir effect is caused by blocking wavelengths of the vacuum fluctuations, determined by for example the distance between two plates. And the shorter the distance, the stronger the force. I think that all forces can be explained as a form of Casimir effect, including gravity and the color force.

[@overreactengine]

You might be interested in John Macken's writing which similarly asserts that all forces are really a single repulsive force exerted by the vacuum, and any attractive force is simply a difference in the strength of repulsion on either side of an object The strong force could be described by this via analogy with an underwater car - the water pressure (vacuum) requires a massive amount of force to open the door (separate a nucleon from the nucleus), but once it's open just a bit (small separation distance), the "force" holding it closed seems to disappear

[@uploadJ]

@@overreactengine re: a single repulsive force exerted by the vacuum" When I see references to the "vacuum" like that, I stop reading ...

[@overreactengine]

@@uploadJ IIRC “pressure” from virtual particles is effectively the same as “pressure” from the vacuum in their view Given how hacky virtual particles are in the first place, I don’t think it’s a stretch to reclassify that aspect as a property of the vacuum. “Virtual particles” do have “constraints” on behavior based on QM, but I don’t know of any properties that would invalidate this interpretation

[@uploadJ]

@@overreactengine Rather, I choose a fully deterministic, based on fundamental constants in nature and using Maxwell's equ in the form of a Grand Unified Theory of Classical Physics.(GUTCP) as described by Dr. Randell Mills.

[@uploadJ]

@@overreactengine Even the fine structure constant (alpha) is determined (finally!!) using the GUToCP ... this perplexed Feynman to no end. Remember that.

[@iownedzezima]

It seems like they started in the middle of a conversation. Is this true?

[@KaliFissure]

Are multiple surfaces or they collapse into one?

[@elaineharvey5990]

Best to test offline, until sure of results.

[@KaliFissure]

Who knew there was a minimal Turing machine?

[@KaliFissure]

But even a very nebulous gas if charged relative to another now has strong interaction

[@KaliFissure]

Aren't we neural nets optimizing for contentment? Not happiness. Contentment.

[@johnalley8397]

Jonathan, if you are going to pass for human, you need to shrink all of your human tech. You forgot to shrink the stopwatch behind you down to your species' scale. Truth is though - most of us already knew.

[@KaliFissure]

The inside of black holes are the outside of the universe