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The Evolution of Computers: From Human Memory to Billions of Machines
18:49 - 25:10 (06:21)
The speaker reflects on his past amusement of mental math and noticing the significant technological advancements since then, including the multitude of computers in the world and their ability to solve complex problems.
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The podcast host shares his experience of practicing mental math skills and its benefits, while also discussing the usefulness of math in the real world.
18:49 - 22:54 (04:05)
Summary
The podcast host shares his experience of practicing mental math skills and its benefits, while also discussing the usefulness of math in the real world.
ChapterThe Evolution of Computers: From Human Memory to Billions of Machines
Episode#111 – Richard Karp: Algorithms and Computational Complexity
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The first commercial computer acquired by a lab was a UNIVAC in the late 1950s with 2,000 words of storage, and the storage allocation had to be arranged in a particular way to make fetching data quicker.
22:54 - 24:19 (01:24)
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The first commercial computer acquired by a lab was a UNIVAC in the late 1950s with 2,000 words of storage, and the storage allocation had to be arranged in a particular way to make fetching data quicker. The physical implementation of mathematics in the form of a mathematical machine was limiting due to bugs and the allocation of memory.
ChapterThe Evolution of Computers: From Human Memory to Billions of Machines
Episode#111 – Richard Karp: Algorithms and Computational Complexity
PodcastLex Fridman Podcast
The interviewee discusses the early days of computers and the feeling in the laboratory that they were the wave of the future.
24:20 - 25:10 (00:50)
Summary
The interviewee discusses the early days of computers and the feeling in the laboratory that they were the wave of the future. While they couldn't have imagined the billions of computers we have today, there was a sense that they would change the world.