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Algorithms at Work

By: Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths
Narrated by: Brian Christian, Tom Griffiths
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In this highly intoxicating original series, researchers Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths, authors of the best-selling smash hit, Algorithms to Live By, tackle some of the biggest ideas in computer science today - and, in the process, illuminate cutting-edge ways of understanding how we live, work and play.

They take us inside a tomato factory where no one has a job title to shed new light on decentralized network structures; visit an Olympic fencer to explore the game theory of when to make the first move; and tour the birthplace of the internet, a buzzing laboratory on the border of France and Switzerland, to examine the true - and truly human - limits to what a network of nearly one million machines can achieve.

Along the way, they interview key figures in the world of computer science - from Google's Vice President of Infrastructure Eric Brewer to ‘the godfather of distributed systems’ Leslie Lamport - plus preeminent neuroscientists, sociologists, and even the co-founder of Instagram.

Algorithms at Work is a playful and deeply inquisitive exploration of the overlapping questions of computer science and society. The result is six episodes that examine the world in unexpected and memorable ways.

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  • Algorithms at Work Trailer

    Algorithms at Work Trailer
    Jan 27 2022
    In this highly intoxicating original series, researchers Brian Christian and Tom Griffiths, authors of the best-selling smash hit, Algorithms to Live By, tackle some of the biggest ideas in computer science today - and, in the process, illuminate cutting-edge ways of understanding how we live, work and play.

    They take us inside a tomato factory where no one has a job title to shed new light on decentralized network structures; visit an Olympic fencer to explore the game theory of when to make the first move; and tour the birthplace of the internet, a buzzing laboratory on the border of France and Switzerland, to examine the true - and truly human - limits to what a network of nearly one million machines can achieve.

    Along the way, they interview key figures in the world of computer science - from Google's Vice President of Infrastructure Eric Brewer to ‘the godfather of distributed systems’ Leslie Lamport - plus preeminent neuroscientists, sociologists, and even the co-founder of Instagram.

    Algorithms at Work is a playful and deeply inquisitive exploration of the overlapping questions of computer science and society. The result is six episodes that examine the world in unexpected and memorable ways.
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  • Episode 1: Distributed Systems - Working Together

    Episode 1: Distributed Systems - Working Together
    Feb 10 2022
    An introduction to how multi-machine systems can help us with multi-person challenges in our relationships, organizations, and world.
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  • Episode 2: Queuing Theory - Waiting Better

    Episode 2: Queuing Theory - Waiting Better
    Feb 10 2022
    A look at the math and psychology of lines.
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Very interesting. Really hoping there will be more episodes in the future. Will be keeping an eye out!

Hope there's a 2nd season

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I liked this podcast. Well made, well structured and intellectually stimulating. Some great examples and some good guests.

Entertaining and rigorous

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