It from Bit: The Science of Information

Physicist John Wheeler asked the famous 'It from bit?' question: what if at its heart the universe is not a collection of particles, forces and fields but rather a collection of bits? If this is true, it leads us to new insights in compression, machine learning, artificial intelligence and maybe even the universe and life itself. A lecture by Professor Richard Harvey, IT Livery Company Professor of IT 23 October 2018 The transcript and downloadable versions of the lecture are available from...