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Hash Collisions & The Birthday Paradox - Computerphile
Mike Pound discusses hash collisions & the birthday paradox -- Learn more and apply to Jane Street’s WiSE program in New York, London or Hong Kong at https://jane-st.co/wise-computerphile (channel ...
Subroutines in Low Level Code - Computerphile
Bashing out low-level code, it can be annoying to re-type the same commands over and over when you need to repeat a routine. Matt Godbolt explains how we can save frequently used code as a subrouti...
AI's Version of Moore's Law? - Computerphile
This video features Sydney Von Arx --- Check out Brilliant's courses and start for free at https://brilliant.org/computerphile/ (episode sponsor) - More links in description below ↓↓↓ Research sug...
What is CUDA? - Computerphile
What is CUDA and why do we need it? An Nvidia invention, its used in many aspects of parallel computing. We spoke to Stephen Jones, one of the architects of CUDA at the recent GTC conference. Com...
Shortest Path Algorithm Problem - Computerphile
A seemingly simple problem that's "in general" incredibly difficult! CEO of Redwood Research Buck Shlegeris explains his favourite algorithmic fact! Buck wants to thank his friend Peter Schmidt-Ni...
Reputation Lag Attack - Computerphile
Discussing how scammers take advantage of the way certain online systems work to leverage the delays. Dr Tim Muller is based at the University of Nottingham. Computerphile is supported by Jane St...
Ai Will Try to Cheat & Escape (aka Rob Miles was Right!) - Computerphile
As Large Language Models improve, the tokens they predict form ever more complicated and nuanced outcomes. Rob Miles and Ryan Greenblatt discuss "Alignment Faking" a paper Ryan's team created - ide...
Jensen Huang on GPUs - Computerphile
Nvidia CEO and co-founder Jensen Huang on various applications of GPUs and the rise of AI in all aspects of parallel processing. #nvidia #JensenHuang #Ai #ComputerScience #gaming #GPU #GTC2025 C...
Behind the Scenes at GTC AI Conference - Computerphile
GTC AI Conference is held each year by Nvidia and showcases AI and related technologies. This year Computerphile visited, here's a taste of what we saw. Full interviews coming soon, and yes, we did...
Carbon: (C++)++ ? Can Carbon De-Throne C++? - Computerphile
This video features Dr Valerio Guiffrida. Full details plus info on the NVIDIA GTC offer can be found below in the full description ↓↓↓ Carbon is a brand new programming language still under devel...
Generative AI's Greatest Flaw - Computerphile
Described as GenAIs greatest flaw, indirect prompt injection is a big problem, Mike Pound from University of Nottingham explains how it is like SQL Injection, except not... This video was initial...
No Regrets - What Happens to AI Beyond Generative? - Computerphile
Discussing ideas of what happens after Generative AI plateaus, Dr Jakob Foerster is based at the University of Oxford. Try the FLAIR simulator here: https://kinetix-env.github.io/gallery.html?edi...
Finding The Slope Algorithm (Forward Mode Automatic Differentiation) - Computerphile
The algorithm for differentiation relies on some pretty obscure mathematics, but it works! Mark Williams demonstrates Forward Mode Automatic Differentiation. Computerphile is supported by Jane Str...
How CPU Memory & Caches Work - Computerphile
Relatively speedy-to-access cache saves your computer having to trudge over to the RAM, but with multiple levels of cache memory, how does it all work? Matt Godbolt is known as the creator of Com...
DeepSeek is a Game Changer for AI - Computerphile
An AI model that changed the fortunes of silicon valley overnight. Deep Seek has been released open source, and requires far less hardware and investment. Mike Pound is based at the University of N...
Quicksort Algorithm in Five Lines of Code! - Computerphile
Quicksort is a well known algorithm for sorting, Professor Graham Hutton shows how it works and then how to implement it in just five lines of code! EXTRA BITS: https://youtu.be/7cEaRVEz__I Prof...
Solve Markov Decision Processes with the Value Iteration Algorithm - Computerphile
Returning to the Markov Decision Process, this time with a solution. Nick Hawes of the ORI takes us through the algorithm, strap in for an epic episode! Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. ...
Computer Timescales Mapped onto Human Timescales - Computerphile
Delving into the various timescales I hereby your computer, and comparing it to an extremely slow human! Matt Godbolt takes us through computer time v human time! (All timings are approximate!) Ma...