Multiway computation is a new computational paradigm where instead of a single deterministic sequence of states (as in classical computation) or a single probabilistic thread (as in traditional quantum mechanics), there are multiple asynchronous, parallel threads of execution happening simultaneously with no inherent ordering—and observers embedded in such a system can only detect causal relationships between events, not a global ordering.

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Speaker

Steven Wolfram

Evidence Quote

multiple threads of time... all these different possible... you know there's all these different paths

Source

Stephen Wolfram: Complexity and the Fabric of Reality | Lex Fridman Podcast #234Lex Fridman
Created: 8/11/2026, 1:35:57 AM

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