Algorithm

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of algorithm.

Video playlists about Algorithm

The influence of algorithms

6 talks • 1h 28m
Algorithms play a big part in our day-to-day lives. From search engines to architecture, explore how these formulas affect the way we view and interact with the world around us.

Math in unexpected places

8 talks • 1h 38m
These talks are here to set the record straight and illuminate the unexpected ways formulas and fractions influence everything, from love and war to origami and coral reefs.

Talks about Algorithm

17:34

Blaise Agüera y Arcas

How computers are learning to be creative

Posted Jun 2016
12:43

R. Luke DuBois

Insightful human portraits made from data

Posted Apr 2016
11:03

Linda Liukas

A delightful way to teach kids about computers

Posted Feb 2016
10:56

Oscar Schwartz

Can a computer write poetry?

Posted Jan 2016
12:25

Sebastian Wernicke

How to use data to make a hit TV show

Posted Jan 2016
9:18

Andreas Ekström

The moral bias behind your search results

Posted Nov 2015
19:45

Jeremy Howard

The wonderful and terrifying implications of computers that can learn

Posted Dec 2014
14:09

Deborah Gordon

What ants teach us about the brain, cancer and the Internet

Posted May 2014
12:10

Gavin Schmidt

The emergent patterns of climate change

Posted May 2014
23:30

Larry Page

Where’s Google going next?

Posted Mar 2014
17:27

Amy Webb

How I hacked online dating

Posted Oct 2013
7:55

Eric Berlow and Sean Gourley

Mapping ideas worth spreading

Posted Sep 2013
12:12

Shyam Sankar

The rise of human-computer cooperation

Posted Sep 2012
10:02

Hannah Fry

Is life really that complex?

Posted Aug 2012
11:07

Michael Hansmeyer

Building unimaginable shapes

Posted Jul 2012
4:26 Under 6 minutes

Jean-Baptiste Michel

The mathematics of history

Posted May 2012
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