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Is there anything computers can't do? Does Alan Turing's revolutionary work remain relevant in a world with generative AI and quantum computers? Announcing a new mini-series, for a general audience, on Computation and Its Limits. This is one of several short courses on the new Ergo platform, "a nonprofit... show more

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Dariia Porechna 🇺🇦2 months ago

I bet Wolfram would have things to say about limits of computation

Yash2 months ago

This looks amazing, breaking it down for general audience with this quality is highly appreciated

Michael Ball2 months ago

Excellent Tim. Great public service!

Lakshay Sagar Rana2 months ago

Supplementary to your youtube videos?

Tim Roughgarden2 months ago

Aimed a more non-technical audience than most of my YT videos. (The new series is also on my YT channel, see

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