![]() If something is non-algorithmic, it is not computable. Every computer follows a step-by-step procedure for doing something. So those are step-by-step procedures to get me from point A to point B.Ĭomputers can only do things which are algorithmic. When I’m told to go to someone’s place, I’m supposed to go two miles on the freeway, turn left at the 7-11, go a couple blocks, turn right on Oriole Street, et cetera. Marks: Google driving instructions are algorithms. A partial transcript and notes, Show Notes, and Additional Resources follow. Marks, a Distinguished Professor of Computer and Electrical Engineering, Engineering at Baylor University, has a new book, coming out Non-Computable You (June, 2022), on the need for realism in another area as well - the capabilities of artificial intelligence. ![]() Marks points out, can either sharpen or derail services, depending on their content.īefore we get started: Note: Robert J. Marks continued his podcast discussion with anesthesiologist Richard Hurley in “Good and bad algorithms in the practice of medicine” (May 19, 2022).Īn algorithm is “a procedure for solving a mathematical problem (as of finding the greatest common divisor) in a finite number of steps that frequently involves repetition of an operation.” (Merriam–Webster) We most commonly think of algorithms in connection with computers because that is how programmers instruct them. Share Facebook Twitter Print arroba Email
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