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Combinations and Permutations Episode 40: John Henry was Here

It has been quite a while since we have recorded, or released, anything but here we are with a new epsidoe of Combinations and Permutations. Your host Samuel Hansen is joined by Rob Schultz from notART and Better Radio, as well as regulars Nathan Rowe and Christopher Bates to talk about the problem with Searle.

Here is a quick set of links to what they discussed:

Chinese Room
John Searle
Turing Test
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
John Henry
Lederhosen

Download the Episode
[wpaudio url=”https://www.acmescience.com/Podcasts/CP/cp40.mp3″]

Simian PI

Tom and Nick over at Math for Primates, fantastic podcast that you should be listening to, have a much better explanation of Pi than Combinations and Permutations will ever be able to do:

In this podcast:

  • Tom and Nick are not as happy with Pi Day as you’d expect.
  • Why do Hippies like Pi so much?
  • Where does pi come from, and why do we care?
  • Is mounting a Ferris Wheel on a Flat-Bed Truck a good idea?
  • How many digits of pi can YOU recite?  I’ll bet not 69,000!
  • Nick and Tom give you back 23 hours and 40 minutes of your life … ish

Math for Primates Blog Post