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Computers

A collection of 6 posts

intelligence

Real Intelligence

Can a digital machine ever be truly intelligent? And if not, could it be an emergent property of a complex system?

  • Alan Jones
    Alan Jones
computers

Quantum Computing

Form bits to qubits: how computers leverage quantum quirks run things even faster By now [https://medium.com/snipette/the-curious-cat-1b63bf0daf77?source=friends_link&sk=0b0e383b2a27a0d9d318...

  • Sidharth Jain
    Sidharth Jain
Programming

Building Code

How were programming languages built? Here’s a brief history.

  • Paul Cathill
    Paul Cathill
Algorithms

A Promotion

When chess moves are logical but don’t make sense My brother was once playing chess against a computer. He was winning the game, though both sides had only a few pieces left. The computer h...

  • Badri Sunderarajan
    Badri Sunderarajan
communication

Speaking to Computers

Computers are good at doing their job, but you should remember to tell them to do it. Have you ever spoken to a computer? I don’t mean saying hi to Siri or Alexa, or asking Google what the ...

  • Badri Sunderarajan
    Badri Sunderarajan
computers

Drawing with Lines

Introducing vectors, the hidden arrows that make your images sharp Normally, computers don’t draw lines. They only draw dots. “Green dot,” they say, “green dot, green dot, blue dot, blue do...

  • Badri Sunderarajan
    Badri Sunderarajan
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