Computerphile

We rely on computers day-to-day, for most of us they are no longer just a luxury. What does it mean from a philosophical view-point; to live in the age of Hyper History?

Luciano Floridi is Professor of Philosophy and UNESCO Chair in Information and Computer Ethics at the University of Hertfordshire, and Fellow of St Cross College, Oxford.

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This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.

Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. See the full list of Brady's video projects at:http://periodicvideos.blogspot.co.uk/...

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After changes to pricing structures for LLM powered code assistants, Mike looks at how a seemingly simple task can burn through tokens when an agent 'looks after it' for you.

Published with three potential titles on a YouTube test:
Extreme Token Use of Agentic AI - Computerphile
Why AI Tokens are so Expensive - Computerphile
What is a token and why does it cost so much? - Computerphile

Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile

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Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com

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Quick Sort is a popular sorting algorithm, but how does it work? Alex continues our exploration of sorting algorithms with a quick look at quick sort.

Original 'get sorted' film: http://youtu.be/kgBjXUE_Nwc
Cookies: http://youtu.be/LHSSY8QNvew

Alex's code that generated the data for the tests on the original 'get sorted' video:
https://github.com/apinkney97/Sorts

Alex's graph of all the results from his tests on the original 'get sorted' video: http://eprg.org/allplots.pdf

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Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputer

Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. See the full list of Brady's video projects at:http://periodicvideos.blogspot.co.uk/...

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We brought a computer scientist and a physicist together to talk about Shor's algorithm - a famous factorisation algorithm for that can break some currently used encryption techniques if implemented in the quantum realm.

Phil's accompanying blog post: https://muircheartblog.wpcomstaging.com/2026/05/26/quantum-computing-one-universe-is-more-than-enough/

Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile

This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.

Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com

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Most of us deal with data compression on a daily basis, but what is it and how does it work? Professor David Brailsford introduces compression with regards to text and pictures.

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(some questions from Brady, in case you are confused!)

Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputer

Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. See the full list of Brady's video projects at:http://periodicvideos.blogspot.co.uk/...

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Something odd was going on with the signals broadcast by the GPS satellites. Steven Murdoch of University College London explains how he used statistical analysis to work out what might be going on.

To read more about Steven's findings: https://sjmurdoch.github.io/gps-special-messages/

Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile

This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.

Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com

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How well sorted is your algorithm? Choosing the right method to sort numbers has a huge effect on how quickly a computer can process a task. Alex Pinkney talks about two popular sorting algorithms and how they 'scale up.'

Follow up film "Quick Sort": http://youtu.be/XE4VP_8Y0BU

Alex's code that generated the data for the tests:
https://github.com/apinkney97/Sorts

Alex's graph of all the results:
http://eprg.org/allplots.pdf

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This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.

Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputer

Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. See the full list of Brady's video projects at:http://periodicvideos.blogspot.co.uk/...

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Exploring how quantum computing can have an impact on the established area of Machine Learning. Professor Mohammad Reza Mousavi is a Professor of Software Engineering in the Department of Informatics at King's College London.

Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile

This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.

Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com

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The BBC Microcomputer was one of the first home computers. Physicist Richard Hill explains how it inspired him.

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Computer Science at the University of Nottingham: http://bit.ly/nottscomputer

Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. See the full list of Brady's video projects at:http://periodicvideos.blogspot.co.uk/...

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The PDP6 was a DEC computer from the early 1960's - Angelo Papenhoff takes us through the machine and shows us some Lisp 'Poetry'

Computerphile is supported by Jane Street. Learn more about them (and exciting career opportunities) at: https://jane-st.co/computerphile

This video was filmed and edited by Sean Riley.

Computerphile is a sister project to Brady Haran's Numberphile. More at https://www.bradyharanblog.com

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