As I type, my computer starts suggesting things to me, underlining punctuation errors and showing me new music that I might like. Even Google replied to one of my searches with a ‘Did you mean artificial intelligence?’ in a kind of spooky/cheeky response.
How does a computer do something that appears to be intelligent when deep down it follows very specific, deterministic rules? Well it turns out there are many ways to do it, and some are better than others in different situations. Some Artificial Intelligences (AIs) require training, and some require constant supervision.
We talk to AI expert Marcus Hutter as he explains how to produce an intelligent program, and where does it take us? Well, an illegal mafia card game of course…
This is a episode is a re-release of the original episode released on June 17.
