Hari Tulsidas<p>The discovery of the fifth Busy Beaver number highlights the boundaries of computation itself. This elusive concept reveals complex tasks that even the most advanced machines can’t solve. As we push the limits of what can be calculated, we confront deeper questions: are there problems forever beyond the reach of algorithms? <br><a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Computation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Computation</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Mathematics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Mathematics</span></a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/LimitsOfKnowledge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>LimitsOfKnowledge</span></a><br><a href="https://www.quantamagazine.org/amateur-mathematicians-find-fifth-busy-beaver-turing-machine-20240702/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">quantamagazine.org/amateur-mat</span><span class="invisible">hematicians-find-fifth-busy-beaver-turing-machine-20240702/</span></a></p>