How To Understand Computational Irreducibility

This enigmatic concept is fundamental to AI and cybersecurity!

The Computationally Irreducible Kid — Illustrative art created by the author

Computational irreducibility is a concept that dates back to the 1980s. What got me particularly interested in this topic is Stephen Wolfram’s contemporary take on it.

At its core, Wolfram’s notion of computational irreducibility says that some systems or…