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AI

What AI is, the maths under it, and the agents built on it.

190 episodes
  • How AI WorksWhat AI is and how it works, in plain words.16 series · 69 filmsOpen the collection →
  • Machine LearningThe mathematics the AI collection left out, taught in full and shown moving: every number on screen comes from a real run on a real, public dataset, and every idea is a picture before it is a symbol.6 series · 30 episodesComing soon
  • AI AgentsYour employer has started using AI agents, and nobody has shown you what one is. One film at a time: what an agent is made of, what it can touch, what it works from, how it connects to other software, and when to trust it with your work, in plain words.5 series · 24 episodesComing soon
  • Data ScienceEvery chart in the news, every dashboard at work and every 'statistically significant' is a few simple ideas about numbers that nobody has shown you moving. One idea at a time, on real public data, in plain words.5 series · 23 episodesComing soon
  • RoboticsYou have seen a robot vacuum, a delivery drone, a car with nobody driving and a humanoid on stage, and nobody has shown you what is inside them or why they are so hard to build. One film at a time: how a robot senses, chooses and acts, and how AI took over the choosing, in plain words.5 series · 24 episodesComing soon
  • Computer VisionYour phone unlocks on your face, your photos app finds 'beach', your car reads the lane and your camera reads a QR code. Every one of them starts from the same thing: a grid of numbers. One idea at a time, with the pixels moving, in plain words.4 series · 20 episodesComing soon
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7 collections

How it works?

The machines under your day: the phone, the network, and what comes after both.

146 episodes
  • How Computers WorkYou use a phone and a laptop all day, and nobody has shown you what is inside. One part at a time, from a single switch to the phone in your hand, in plain words.5 series · 25 episodesComing soon
  • How the Internet WorksYour whole day runs over Wi-Fi, 4G and WhatsApp, and nobody has shown you a packet. One part at a time, from the message you send to the cable under the sea, in plain words.5 series · 25 episodesComing soon
  • Quantum ComputingYou have read the headlines: a chip that beats the fastest supercomputer, encryption about to fall, AI about to change again. Here is what a quantum computer actually is, what it has been shown to do, what it has not, and why banks and governments are changing their locks now. One idea at a time, on real machines, in plain words.1 series · 6 episodesComing soon
  • BlockchainEveryone has been told that something is 'on the blockchain', and almost nobody has been shown the machine. One part at a time, from a single payment to a ledger nobody owns, in plain words, with no price in sight.4 series · 22 episodesComing soon
  • Digital PaymentsEvery tap of a card and every scan of a QR code sets off a relay of banks and networks that nobody has shown you. One step at a time, from the tap to the settled balance, in plain words, with no money advice in sight.4 series · 24 episodesComing soon
  • Operating SystemsEvery app you open runs on a layer of software that nobody has shown you: the operating system. One idea at a time, from the power button to the AI agent that uses your computer, in plain words.4 series · 22 episodesComing soon
  • Electric VehiclesYou have ridden in an electric car, a scooter or a bus, you see chargers appearing in car parks, and you hear 'range anxiety' and 'the grid can't take it'. Nobody has shown you the machine. One part at a time, from a single battery cell to the grid every charger is plugged into, in plain words.4 series · 22 episodesComing soon
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5 collections

Building software

How apps are put together, and how they are attacked and defended.

124 episodes
  • Software ArchitectureEvery tap on your phone sets off a chain of machines that nobody has shown you. One part at a time, from your finger to the database and back, in plain words.6 series · 27 episodesComing soon
  • CybersecurityYour phone, your bank app and your work laptop are attacked every day, and nobody has shown you how. One attack and one defence at a time, slowly enough to recognise them, in plain words.5 series · 25 episodesComing soon
  • ProgrammingA model can write the code now. Someone still has to know what a program is, how it runs, how it is designed and whether it is right. One idea at a time, with no syntax, in plain words.5 series · 25 episodesComing soon
  • Databases and SQLAlmost everything you do online ends up as a row in a database, and more and more often an AI writes the questions that read and change those rows. One idea at a time, from one question to the engine that answers it, in plain words.5 series · 24 episodesComing soon
  • Cloud and DevOpsEvery app you use runs on someone else's computers, in buildings you could drive to, and is changed many times a day by a line of machines nobody shows you. One part at a time, from a programmer's change to the GPU hall, in plain words.5 series · 23 episodesComing soon
  • Many more to comeNew collections join this cluster as they are made.