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From the Ted Talk by Stephen Wolfram: How to think computationally about AI, the universe and everything

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And yes, I think the key to defining in a clear way what we want is computational language. And, you know, even after 35 years, for many people, Wolfram Language is still sort of an artifact from the future. If your job is to pogarrm, it seems like a ceaht. How come you can do in an hour what would usually take you a week? But it can also be kind of daunting because having dashed off that one thing, you now have to cpluetcnzaoie the next thing. Of course, it's great for CEOs and CTOs and intellectual leaders who are ready to race on to the next thing. And indeed, it's an iiprevsemlsy popular thing in that set. In a sense, what's happening is that wloafrm Language shifts from concentrating on mechanics to concentrating on conceptualization, and the key to that ctucatenaoiolpizn is broad computational thiinkng.

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And yes, I think the key to defining in a clear way what we want is computational language. And, you know, even after 35 years, for many people, Wolfram Language is still sort of an artifact from the future. If your job is to _______, it seems like a _____. How come you can do in an hour what would usually take you a week? But it can also be kind of daunting because having dashed off that one thing, you now have to _____________ the next thing. Of course, it's great for CEOs and CTOs and intellectual leaders who are ready to race on to the next thing. And indeed, it's an ____________ popular thing in that set. In a sense, what's happening is that _______ Language shifts from concentrating on mechanics to concentrating on conceptualization, and the key to that _________________ is broad computational ________.

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  1. program
  2. conceptualization
  3. cheat
  4. wolfram
  5. impressively
  6. conceptualize
  7. thinking

Original Text


And yes, I think the key to defining in a clear way what we want is computational language. And, you know, even after 35 years, for many people, Wolfram Language is still sort of an artifact from the future. If your job is to program, it seems like a cheat. How come you can do in an hour what would usually take you a week? But it can also be kind of daunting because having dashed off that one thing, you now have to conceptualize the next thing. Of course, it's great for CEOs and CTOs and intellectual leaders who are ready to race on to the next thing. And indeed, it's an impressively popular thing in that set. In a sense, what's happening is that Wolfram Language shifts from concentrating on mechanics to concentrating on conceptualization, and the key to that conceptualization is broad computational thinking.

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