web02.fireside.fm Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:42:51 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Increments - Episodes Tagged with “Turing Completeness” https://www.incrementspodcast.com/tags/turing-completeness Wed, 03 Jan 2024 22:00:00 -0800 Vaden Masrani, a senior research scientist in machine learning, and Ben Chugg, a PhD student in statistics, get into trouble arguing about everything except machine learning and statistics. Coherence is somewhere on the horizon. Bribes, suggestions, love-mail and hate-mail all welcome at incrementspodcast@gmail.com. en-us episodic Science, Philosophy, Epistemology, Mayhem Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani Vaden Masrani, a senior research scientist in machine learning, and Ben Chugg, a PhD student in statistics, get into trouble arguing about everything except machine learning and statistics. Coherence is somewhere on the horizon. Bribes, suggestions, love-mail and hate-mail all welcome at incrementspodcast@gmail.com. no Philosophy,Science,Ethics,Progress,Knowledge,Computer Science,Conversation,Error-Correction Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani incrementspodcast@gmail.com #60 - Creativity and Computational Universality (with Bruce Nielson) https://www.incrementspodcast.com/60 1c458a1d-9763-4387-9217-c1c90d50df23 Wed, 03 Jan 2024 22:00:00 -0800 Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani full Ben Chugg and Vaden Masrani Bruce Nielsen makes his first appearance on the podcast to push us on machine intelligence and creativity, computational universality, Roger Penrose, and everything in between! 1:58:42 no <p>Today we [finally] have on someone who actually knows what they're actually talking about: Mr. Bruce Nielson of the excellent Theory of Anything Podcast. We bring him on to straighten us out on the topics of creativity, machine intelligence, Turing machines, and computational universality - We build upon our previous conversation way back in <a href="https://www.incrementspodcast.com/52" rel="nofollow noopener">Ask Us Anything I: Computation and Creativity</a>, and suggest listening to that episode first. </p> <p>Go follow Bruce on twitter (<a href="https://twitter.com/bnielson01" rel="nofollow noopener">https://twitter.com/bnielson01</a>) and check out his Theory of Anything Podcast <a href="https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-theory-of-anything/id1503194218" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>. </p> <p>(Also Vaden's audio was acting up a bit in this episode, we humbly seek forgiveness.) </p> We discuss <ul> <li>Does theorem proving count as creativity?</li> <li>Is AlphaGo creative?</li> <li>Determinism, predictability, and chaos theory</li> <li>Essentialism and a misunderstanding of definitions</li> <li>Animal memes and understanding</li> <li>Turing Machines and computational universality</li> <li>Penrose's "proof" that we need new physics </li> </ul> References <ul> <li><a href="https://www.incrementspodcast.com/52" rel="nofollow noopener">Ask Us Anything I: Computation and Creativity</a> (Listen first!)</li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Logic_Theorist" rel="nofollow noopener">Logic theorist</a> </li> <li><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AlphaGo_(film)" rel="nofollow noopener">AlphaGo movie</a> </li> </ul> Socials <ul> <li>Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani</li> <li>Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link</li> <li>Help us fund more 64 minute-long blog posts and get exclusive bonus content by becoming a patreon subscriber <a href="https://www.patreon.com/Increments" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>. Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations <a href="https://ko-fi.com/increments" rel="nofollow noopener">here</a>.</li> <li>Click dem like buttons on <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_4wZzQyoW4s4ZuE4FY9DQQ" rel="nofollow noopener">youtube</a></li> </ul> <p>Create us up an email with something imaginatively rote, cliche and formulaic, and mail that creative stinker over to <a href="mailto:incrementspodcast@gmail.com" rel="nofollow noopener">incrementspodcast@gmail.com</a><br> Special Guest: Bruce Nielson.</p> creativity, turing-completeness, universality, determinism, chaos theory Today we [finally] have on someone who actually knows what they're actually talking about: Mr. Bruce Nielson of the excellent Theory of Anything Podcast. We bring him on to straighten us out on the topics of creativity, machine intelligence, Turing machines, and computational universality - We build upon our previous conversation way back in Ask Us Anything I: Computation and Creativity, and suggest listening to that episode first.

Go follow Bruce on twitter (https://twitter.com/bnielson01) and check out his Theory of Anything Podcast here.

(Also Vaden's audio was acting up a bit in this episode, we humbly seek forgiveness.)

We discuss
  • Does theorem proving count as creativity?
  • Is AlphaGo creative?
  • Determinism, predictability, and chaos theory
  • Essentialism and a misunderstanding of definitions
  • Animal memes and understanding
  • Turing Machines and computational universality
  • Penrose's "proof" that we need new physics
References Socials
  • Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani
  • Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link
  • Help us fund more 64 minute-long blog posts and get exclusive bonus content by becoming a patreon subscriber here. Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations here.
  • Click dem like buttons on youtube

Create us up an email with something imaginatively rote, cliche and formulaic, and mail that creative stinker over to incrementspodcast@gmail.com

Special Guest: Bruce Nielson.

Support Increments

]]> Today we [finally] have on someone who actually knows what they're actually talking about: Mr. Bruce Nielson of the excellent Theory of Anything Podcast. We bring him on to straighten us out on the topics of creativity, machine intelligence, Turing machines, and computational universality - We build upon our previous conversation way back in Ask Us Anything I: Computation and Creativity, and suggest listening to that episode first.

Go follow Bruce on twitter (https://twitter.com/bnielson01) and check out his Theory of Anything Podcast here.

(Also Vaden's audio was acting up a bit in this episode, we humbly seek forgiveness.)

We discuss
  • Does theorem proving count as creativity?
  • Is AlphaGo creative?
  • Determinism, predictability, and chaos theory
  • Essentialism and a misunderstanding of definitions
  • Animal memes and understanding
  • Turing Machines and computational universality
  • Penrose's "proof" that we need new physics
References Socials
  • Follow us on Twitter at @IncrementsPod, @BennyChugg, @VadenMasrani
  • Come join our discord server! DM us on twitter or send us an email to get a supersecret link
  • Help us fund more 64 minute-long blog posts and get exclusive bonus content by becoming a patreon subscriber here. Or give us one-time cash donations to help cover our lack of cash donations here.
  • Click dem like buttons on youtube

Create us up an email with something imaginatively rote, cliche and formulaic, and mail that creative stinker over to incrementspodcast@gmail.com

Special Guest: Bruce Nielson.

Support Increments

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