Computing Up
Conversations about computation writ large, with Michael Littman and Dave Ackley.
Latest episodes
Oct 19, 2017 • 38min
The Meaning of Science - Computing Up Sixth Conversation
The meaning of science, and engineering, and philosophy of science, and the ultimate physicality of all things including ideas. [Title image based on Chalkboard in empty classroom licensed under CC-BY-2.0 by Thomas Galvez.]
Sep 29, 2017 • 39min
Emotions and Reinforcement Learning - Computing Up Fifth Conversation
Emotions and reinforcement learning. Partly inspired by Eric Barker's recent discussion of emotional intelligence. [Title background image: Happy robot and sad robot created, and placed in the public domain, by Lola Kno.]
Aug 8, 2017 • 42min
Elusive Randomness - Computing Up Fourth Conversation
Randomness writ large. With discussion of Brendan Koerner's recent Wired article on hacking casino slot machines. [Title background image: A photograph of Las Vegas slot machines, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported license by Yamaguchi先生]
Aug 1, 2017 • 33min
The AI Apocalypse - Computing Up Third Conversation
So how doomed are we? [Title background image: An Atlas robot image, supplied as public information by DARPA, overlaid on a post-apocalyptic cityscape licensed under CC-BY-2.0 by Ty'Onah Gallman]
Jul 1, 2017 • 31min
The Meaning of Life - Computing Up Second Conversation
Let's just get this sorted out right now. [Title background image: The Elakala Falls in West Virginia, from Wikipedia ]
Jun 1, 2017 • 28min
How We Got to Bellcore - Computing Up First Conversation
How Michael Littman and Dave Ackley met, in the 1980's. [Title image based on a
May 15, 2017 • 41sec
Test
A forty second test clip
