Quanta Magazine

For Algorithms, a Little Memory Outweighs a Lot of Time

One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling discovery about the relationship between time and memory in computing.
Wired

For Algorithms, Memory Is a Far More Powerful Resource Than Time

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...
Education Week

Is It Bad to Memorize All Those Algorithms in Math?

When it comes to teaching math, a debate has persisted for decades: How, and to what degree, should algorithms be a focus of learning math? The step-by-step procedures are among the most debated ...
The New York Times

I’m Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain

new video loaded: I’m Building an Algorithm That Doesn’t Rot Your Brain transcript “Our brains are being melted by the algorithm.” [MUSIC PLAYING] “Attention is infrastructure.” “Those algorithms are ...