I teach in the computer science department at Vanderbilt University. In my Algorithms class this past spring, I decided to regularly expose my students to ChatGPT so they could see firsthand that it ...

My top favorite algorithm is a "simple" one. I learned it in college; which went into exhausting details using fractions to show how much data it contains. I'll skip that part of the description.

The respondents to this canvassing offered a variety of ideas about how individuals and the broader culture might respond to the algorithm-ization of life. They noted that those who create and evolve ...