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The Quanta Podcast

Every Tuesday, editor in chief Samir Patel sits down with writers and editors to discuss our most thought-provoking stories in science and math. Audio editions of Quanta’s stories with Susan Valot will appear biweekly on Thursdays.

All Episodes about computer science

For Algorithms, a Little Memory Outweighs a Lot of Time

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Mathematical Beauty, Truth and Proof in the Age of AI

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AI Is Nothing Like a Brain, and That’s OK

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Introducing The Quanta Podcast

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Can AI Models Show Us How People Learn? Impossible Languages Point a Way.

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Quantum Computers Cross Critical Error Threshold

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Computer Scientists Prove That Heat Destroys Quantum Entanglement

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Cryptographers Discover a New Foundation for Quantum Secrecy

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Never-Repeating Tiles Can Safeguard Quantum Information

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Tiny Language Models Come of Age

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To Move Fast, Quantum Maze Solvers Must Forget the Past

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Chatbots Don’t Know What Stuff Isn’t

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Machines Learn Better if We Teach Them the Basics

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New Chip Expands the Possibilities for AI

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Researchers Achieve ‘Absurdly Fast’ Algorithm for Network Flow

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Deep Learning Poised to ‘Blow Up’ Famed Fluid Equations

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