How to make our software more trustworthy | Elizabeth Polgreen | TEDxUniversityofEdinburgh

Software is becoming more complicated every year, and scandals like the Post Office Horizon fiasco demonstrate that humans who build them are certainly not infallible.
Not only that, but we are increasingly embedding machine learning into the heart of these systems and even delegating programming to tools like ChatGPT. How can we possibly know that any software is safe?
Elizabeth argues that Victorian fictional detective, Sherlock Holmes, might have the answers. Holmes is famous for his incredible logical reasoning, so how does he do it, and can the maths behind his methods help us police the behaviour of computer systems?
Dr. Elizabeth Polgreen is a lecturer in Informatics at the University of Edinburgh and a Royal Academy of Engineering research fellow. Her research focuses on automatically proving code is correct (verification) and synthesizing correct code (program synthesis). Despite, or perhaps because of, this expertise she still does not trust computers. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at www.ted.com/tedx

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  • @agentNirmites
    @agentNirmites4 күн бұрын

    What I learnt in 4 years of Computer Engineering, you explained it in 15 minutes.

  • @rounaksharmaaa
    @rounaksharmaaaАй бұрын

    Great Content Here! 🔥

  • @JC-jz6rx
    @JC-jz6rxАй бұрын

    Been a while since I’ve enjoyed a Ted talk this much

  • @anyagetman8596
    @anyagetman8596Ай бұрын

    I just got a half dozen personal patents approved. Most of them involve real time adaptive controls and learning databases. I need a best place to start.

  • @mubin-ansari
    @mubin-ansariАй бұрын

    Good watch!

  • @bukurie6861
    @bukurie6861Ай бұрын

    Thank you share❤

  • @bukurie6861

    @bukurie6861

    Ай бұрын

    Thanks😍

  • @raquelsiqueira10
    @raquelsiqueira10Ай бұрын

    Muito obrigada

  • @steeeeeeeeeeep2189
    @steeeeeeeeeeep2189Ай бұрын

    1970-s: creation of logical programming language TED in 2024: Sherlock Holmes

  • @cyber-psych2503
    @cyber-psych2503Ай бұрын

    Thanks, great post with much needed reminder info ... Trust, trust, but verify

  • @theycallmetext
    @theycallmetextАй бұрын

    Fire!!!

  • @MegaBaellchen
    @MegaBaellchenАй бұрын

    The more pressing questions to me right now are, how will they weaponize it, and can it run on my server at home

  • @melissareiter2962
    @melissareiter2962Ай бұрын

    Only people who already understand this info will understand this info. Plus, Harry was Watson's sister.

  • @d0hzer453
    @d0hzer453Ай бұрын

    9:50 B didn't say anything. Not enough information to give a certifiable answer.

  • @celestialcircledance
    @celestialcircledanceАй бұрын

    Sadly if a message popped up on Amazon saying that my information could be made public, I'd likely ignore it unless I was not allowed access to my account and forced to address it . I've learned from experience to think of those kind of messages as inconveniences at best and and solicitation at worst like companies trying to get me to buy privacy software . I feel like there is the rare tech savvy user who this talk is for and the rest of us who are just monkeys clicking around in the dark , God help us .

  • @waadmo365
    @waadmo365Ай бұрын

    55

  • @nickherbert5812
    @nickherbert5812Ай бұрын

    !! Wow

  • @Daniii25
    @Daniii25Ай бұрын

    Мен үшінші😂

  • @mudithakulasuriya7385
    @mudithakulasuriya7385Ай бұрын

    Those who died were apologized, but how?😂

  • @rosebronikowski2022
    @rosebronikowski2022Ай бұрын

    Jessica says that we( meaning Democrats) have to shore up social security. You forgot about Pres. Johnson who spent all of it to pay for the virt nam war.

  • @Anne2u

    @Anne2u

    Ай бұрын

    That's odd. She's in Scotland, why does she give a pug's fart about your politics?

  • @BUY_YOUTUBE_VIEWS_d133
    @BUY_YOUTUBE_VIEWS_d133Ай бұрын

    aww so excited for this vlog 🥰🥰🥰

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