Same here. I've found the "me me me" a bit off-putting over the years, but can't deny that he is a genuinely smart, interesting, and forward thinking person. I especially enjoyed his writings on measuring every aspect of his life [1].

Also Wolfram (person and company) don't seem to be stodgy and stuck in old ways. At least as an outside observer (I'm not a mathematician, nor do I use Wolfram's main tools), seem to handle new trends with their own unique contributions to augment those trends:

Wolfram Alpha was a genuinely useful and good tool, perfect for the times.

These tools will actually further supercharge LLMs in certain use cases. They've provided multiple ways to adopt them.

Looking forward to see what people will do with this stuff.

1: https://writings.stephenwolfram.com/2012/03/the-personal-ana...