From Minecraft to Minds
IEEE Software's "On Computing" with Grady Booch
English - February 20, 2013 19:37 - ★★★★★ - 1 ratingTechnology News Tech News Homepage Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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The subject of the computability of the mind introduces complex philosophical, ethical, and technical issues. That aside, this topic draws us in to the nature of algorithms. We are surrounded by algorithms; much of the history of computing is also the history of the advance of algorithms. For the public, algorithms are part of computing’s self-made mystery, but to understand their nature is an important part of computational thinking.