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Gerald Sussman: We Really Don't Know How to Compute (2011)

Strange Loop Conference · Talk · 1 h 4 min · 2021 · YouTube title: "We Really Don't Know How to Compute!" - Gerald Sussman (2011)
Why it's here

HN commenters recommend it as a mind-expanding talk on rethinking programming, and cite it in threads on propagators, constraints and brittleness.

What it covers

Gerald Sussman's 2011 Strange Loop keynote argues we still do not know how to compute, comparing biological systems with how we program machines. It touches on propagators, constraint programming and robustness.