Writing code before fully understanding its underlying algorithm can lead to bugs, so what’s a better alternative? Two options are flowcharts and pseudocode. A flowchart is a visual representati ...

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To clear things up, I drew you this flowchart on the back of an envelope so you can work out whether something is using AI or not. This originally appeared in our AI newsletter The Algorithm.

at core algorithms are built out of simple rational associations. It’s starting to sound like we’re just talking about computer code here. So many things! They’re used these days for a host ...

Algorithms are one of the four cornerstones of Computer Science. An algorithm is a plan, a set of step-by-step instructions to solve a problem. If you can tie shoelaces, make a cup of tea, get ...