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But, What Is A Computer?

9.8K views · Jul 10, 2025 · Education

Comments · 57

  • @PurpleMindCreations · 1 year ago · pinned

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  • @romanbucharist4708 · 1 year ago

    Veritasium like YouTubers are on the rise. Really love it

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  • @ImanRC · 2 weeks ago

    literally the one video that actally helped me

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  • @adeptmage2293 · 1 year ago

    Brilliant demonstration. That&apos;s so cool that the fundamental build block of computation is just long math by hand codified. Validates my want to work by hand somehow.

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  • @duq-vg5nf · 1 year ago

    So frickin cool. This is a way better explanation than any I’ve gotten from classes.

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  • @grep80 · 1 year ago

    Great video as always, just a little feedback regarding the thumbnail:<br>I think the whole concept of showing the belt is cool, but for me the turing head is a bit creepy. Again, thanks for a great video!

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  • @melainekerfaou · 1 year ago

    Kudos for daring to update and reupload. That takes guts

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  • @ai_outline · 1 year ago

    I can see this channel grow so much. It will be like the veritasium for Computer Science. Let’s gooo ❤️‍🔥

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  • @mat-hu5ys · 1 year ago

    This is an incredible video, I wondered how <b>exactly</b> a Turing machine works for years now, I was familiar with the concept of a tape, tape head, and that it was &quot;the simplest possible computer&quot;, but nothing more. This finally made me understand how it works, big thanks!

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  • @IvanToshkov · 10 months ago

    Good video as usual. I think it should emphasize more the fact that it&apos;s the program that makes the Universal Turing Machine special. The video kind of says this, but I suspect it would be somewhat easy to miss if you don&apos;t already know this.<br><br>And the bit I found clunky was the segue to the sponsor. IMO, most of the times it&apos;s better to just clearly separate the ad from the content, instead of trying to incorporate it in the narrative. Especially if they don&apos;t have much in common.

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  • @behind_math · 1 year ago

    Re-uploaded?

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  • @100percentARealName · 1 year ago

    If it can nand,it can run doom

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