Adam Kucharski: How can we control the coronavirus pandemic?
As the threat of COVID-19 continues, infectious disease expert and TED Fellow Adam Kucharski answers five key questions about the novel coronavirus, providing necessary perspective on its transmission, how governments have responded and what might need to change about our social behavior to end the pandemic. (This video is excerpted from a 70-mi...
The TED Interview: Adam Kucharski on what should (and shouldn't) worry us about the coronavirus
Infectious disease expert Adam Kucharski uses mathematical models to help the world understand how diseases like Ebola and Zika spread -- and how they can be controlled. As the threat of COVID-19 continues to rise, he gives us a necessary perspective on its transmission, how governments have responded and what needs to change in order to end the...
Adam Kucharski: What superhuman poker bots can teach us about decision making
In poker, as in real-life, we have to make decisions in the face of hidden information. It's a remarkably difficult problem, which artificial intelligence has long struggled with. But with bots finally surpassing humans at poker - and challenging our notions of how the game should be played in the process - there's a lot we stand to learn. Foll...