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 ... Alan Turing almost accidentally created the blueprint for the modern day digital computer. Here Mark Jago takes us through The ... 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 ... A web app that works out how many seconds ago something happened. How hard can coding that be? Tom Scott explains how ... Diffie Hellman has a flaw. Dr Mike Pound explains how a man in the middle could be a big Equality sounds a straightforward idea, but there are subtle So far, 'Chain of Thought' has allowed us a glimpse at the processes by which Large Language Models work their way through ... Why it's a bad idea to build a Virtual Private Network using TCP. Dr Steve Bagley on TCP over TCP... We've all got to the edge of the wifi coverage, but the idea of coverage produces a network Bug Byte puzzle here - bit.ly/4bnlcb9 - and apply to Jane Street programs here - bit.ly/3JdtFBZ (episode sponsor). As AI systems become more capable, rule-based safeguards, hard-coded restrictions, and simple alignment strategies start to ... How well sorted is your algorithm? Choosing the right method to sort numbers has a huge effect on how quickly a computer can ... Macroscope can auto-approve your team's PRs safely. Try it here: macroscope.com/?utm_source=fireship Anthropic just ...