The Chaitin Interview II: Defining Randomness

Mind Matters

Mar 11 2021 | 00:25:17

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Show Notes

In the 1960s, mathematician and computer scientist Gregory Chaitin published a landmark paper in the field of algorithmic information theory in the Journal of the ACM – and he was only a teenager. Listen in as Robert J. Marks explores that paper with Chaitin, covering Chaitin’s definition of randomness and his philosophical interest in algorithmic information theory. Show Notes Additional Resources (Portions of this transcript have been altered to clarify the content).

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