That's not fully true that multicomputation and Wolfram's research with cellular automata and combinators is nothing more than noodling. I think there are some very interesting applications coming soon and the decentralized VPN product NKN/NKS/nConnect is doing something with Wolfram's research in application that I think has wider applications than their current model.
This discussion between the CEO of NKN and Wolfram is pretty good. [0]
I am not saying it is the most important thing happening in "multicomputation" but I think there's a lot that this approach can lead to when we start talking about using clusters of computers, GPUs, TPUs, cell phones, edge devices, etc in a secure fashion. I think there's something to it, but I am also an idiot and could be very wrong.
This discussion between the CEO of NKN and Wolfram is pretty good. [0]
I am not saying it is the most important thing happening in "multicomputation" but I think there's a lot that this approach can lead to when we start talking about using clusters of computers, GPUs, TPUs, cell phones, edge devices, etc in a secure fashion. I think there's something to it, but I am also an idiot and could be very wrong.
[0] https://medium.com/nknetwork/stephen-wolfram-creator-of-nks-...