作品简介

　　ChatGPT是OpenAI开发的人工智能聊天机器人程序，于2022年11月推出，能够自动生成一些表面上看起来像人类写出的文字的东西，是一件很厉害且出乎大家意料的事。那么，它是如何做到的呢？又是为何能做到的呢？本书会大致介绍ChatGPT的内部机理，然后探讨一下为什么它能很好地生成我们认为是有意义的文本。

　　本书适合想了解ChatGPT的所有人阅读。

　　斯蒂芬·沃尔弗拉姆（Stephen Wolfram）

　　计算机科学、数学和理论物理学家，当今科学和技术领域重要的革新者之一。他创造了在全世界备受推崇的软件系统——Mathematica、Wolfram|Alpha和Wolfram语言。35年来，他一直担任科技公司Wolfram Research的首席执行官，并负责基础科学领域的一系列突破性进展，包括最近的Wolfram物理项目（Physics Project）。著有畅销书《一种新科学》《这就是ChatGPT》《计算探索者之旅》《创想者》等。

　　伊利诺斯大学物理学、数学和计算机科学教授。“科学天才”15岁发表首篇粒子物理方面的学术论文；19岁，到加州理工学院研究基本粒子物理学，一年内获得理论物理学博士学位。随后他和费曼一起研究起元胞自动机。

　　软件工程师、企业老板，他创办的Wolfram Research软件公司，研发出当今世界四大数学软件之一Mathematica。Mathematica的发布标志着现代科技计算的开始，它是世界上通用计算系统中最强大的系统。沃尔夫勒姆本人也因为这个发明被认为是“人类的伟大赞助者”，并跨入千万富翁的行列。

　　1981年，沃尔弗拉姆被授予麦克阿瑟“天才人物”奖，并成为该奖有史以来最年轻的获得者。

　　2009年5月，沃尔弗拉姆发布了一个搜索引擎WolframAlpha。“第一个真正实用的人工智能”。可以给出针对问题的有效答案，所以，WolframAlpha问世不久后便被称为“谷歌杀手”。他跟乔布斯也是好友，比如苹果手机助手Siri，背后的知识库，其实就是Wolfram|Alpha支持的。

　　他的大部头著作，1197页的《一种新科学》（A New Kind of Science）在2002年出版的时候登上了亚马逊的榜首，畅销无比。

Introduction of works

ChatGPT is an artificial intelligence chatbot program developed by OpenAI, launched in November 2022, which can automatically generate something that looks like human writing on the surface, which is a very powerful and unexpected thing. So, how does it do it? How is it possible to do that? This book will give an overview of the inner workings of ChatGPT, and then explore why it is so good at generating text that we find meaningful.

This book is for anyone who wants to learn about ChatGPT.

Stephen Wolfram

Computer scientist, mathematical and theoretical physicist, one of the leading innovators in science and technology today. He is the creator of the world's most admired software systems - Mathematica, Wolfram|Alpha, and the Wolfram language. For 35 years, he has been CEO of Wolfram Research, a technology company, and has been responsible for a number of breakthroughs in basic science, including most recently the Wolfram Physics Project. He is the author of bestselling books such as A New Kind of Science, This Is ChatGPT, Computational Explorer's Journey, and Creatives.

Professor of physics, mathematics and Computer Science, University of Illinois. "Science genius" published his first academic paper on particle physics at 15; At age 19, he went to the California Institute of Technology to study elementary particle physics, earning a doctorate in theoretical physics within a year. He then worked with Feynman on cellular automata.

A software engineer and business owner, he founded Wolfram Research, a software company that developed Mathematica, one of the four major mathematical programs in the world today. Mathematica, the release of which marked the beginning of modern technological computing, is the most powerful general-purpose computing system in the world. Wolfram himself was considered a "great patron of mankind" for his invention and became a multimillionaire.

In 1981, Wolfram was awarded the MacArthur "Person of Genius" Award, making him the youngest ever recipient of the award.

In May 2009, Wolfram launched a search engine called WolframAlpha. "The first truly practical artificial intelligence". It can provide effective answers to questions, so soon after WolframAlpha came out, it was called the "Google killer." He and Jobs are also friends, such as Apple's mobile phone assistant Siri, the knowledge base behind, in fact, Wolfram|Alpha support.

His tome, the 1,197-page "A New Kind of Science," hit No. 1 on Amazon when it was published in 2002 and was a runaway bestseller.