The Last Theory
The Last Theory
The Last Theory
    Newsletter #072    
12 July 2025
Stephen Wolfram on AI, human‑like minds & formal knowledge
with
Stephen Wolfram

I can’t say how much I’ve been looking forward to sharing this one with you.

My two obsessions are physics hypergraphs, which I’m exploring on The Last Theory, and knowledge hypergraphs, which I’m exploring at Open Web Mind.

It was my privelege to be able to ask Stephen Wolfram about both.

His fascinating exposition on knowledge connects two of the most important breakthroughs of our time: AI and the ruliad.

Stephen draws a distinction between human-like minds and formal knowledge.

He warns that though AI can explore the interconcept space in between the 50,000 or so concepts to which we humans have assigned words, such knowledge might remain forever inaccessible to us.

Tying this back to physics, Stephen Wolfram posits that the concepts of space, time, energy, etc. we have internalized occupy only a tiny part of the ruliad.

One last thing.

If you’re interested in Wolfram Physics, I’m confident that you’ll be interested in what I’m doing with knowledge hypergraphs.

So if you haven’t already, please do sign up for my other newsletter at Open Web Mind.

Thanks for your support!

Mark

The Last Theory is hosted by Mark Jeffery founder of Open Web Mind

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