Yuval Noah Harari and Mustafa Suleyman discuss how we might have to grapple with the biggest technological revolution of our times. They debate the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on our immediate futures, how the technology can be controlled, and whether it could ever have agency.
Is it possible to invent a computer that computes anything in a flash? Or could some problems stump even the most powerful of computers? How complex is too complex for computation? The question of how hard a problem is to solve lies at the heart of an important field of computer science called computational complexity.
Computational complexity theorists want to know which problems are practically solvable using clever algorithms and which problems are truly difficult, maybe even virtually impossible, for computers to crack. This hardness is central to what’s called the P versus NP problem, one of the most difficult and important questions in all of math and science.
This video covers a wide range of topics including: the history of computer science, how transistor-based electronic computers solve problems using Boolean logical operations and algorithms, what is a Turing Machine, the different classes of problems, circuit complexity, and the emerging field of meta-complexity, where researchers study the self-referential nature of complexity questions.
Smart grid introduces a two-way dialogue where electricity and information can be exchanged between the utility and its customers. It's a developing network of communications, controls, computers, automation, new technologies and tools working together to make the grid more efficient, more reliable, more secure and greener.
This smart grid enables integration of newer technologies such as wind and solar energy production and plug-in electric vehicle charging. With the participation of informed consumers, this smart grid will replace the aging infrastructure of today's grid, and utilities can better communicate with consumers to help manage electricity needs.
Educator and entrepreneur Sebastian Thrun wants us to use artificial intelligence (AI) to free humanity of repetitive work and unleash our creativity.
In an inspiring, informative conversation with TED Curator Chris Anderson, Thrun discusses the progress of deep learning, why we shouldn't fear runaway AI, and how society will be better off if dull, tedious work is done with the help of machines.
"Only one percent of interesting things have been invented yet," Thrun says. "I believe all of us are insanely creative... [AI] will empower us to turn creativity into action."