The Goodbye Problem Computerphile

Summary

You say "bye" first! - no, you say "bye" first! - how do you know when to close the connection? Dr Richard G. Clegg of Queen Mary ... How do you implement an on/off switch on a General Artificial Intelligence? Rob Miles explains the perils. Part 1: ... Following a report on the situation with Social Media and bots, Lewis Stuart of University of Nottingham is inspired to see just how ... We've all got to the edge of the wifi coverage, but the idea of coverage produces a network A web app that works out how many seconds ago something happened. How hard can coding that be? Tom Scott explains how ... Equality sounds a straightforward idea, but there are subtle Diffie Hellman has a flaw. Dr Mike Pound explains how a man in the middle could be a big AI was supposed to replace software developers, slash costs, and make Big Tech more productive than ever. So why are ... Why it's a bad idea to build a Virtual Private Network using TCP. Dr Steve Bagley on TCP over TCP... They're called 'Finite State Automata" and occupy the centre of Chomsky's Hierarchy - Professor Brailsford explains the ultimate ... The smarter way to dither. Dr Bagley takes us through the Floyd-Steinberg How well sorted is your algorithm? Choosing the right method to sort numbers has a huge effect on how quickly a computer can ... As AI systems become more capable, rule-based safeguards, hard-coded restrictions, and simple alignment strategies start to ... Bug Byte puzzle here - bit.ly/4bnlcb9 - and apply to Jane Street programs here - bit.ly/3JdtFBZ (episode sponsor).