140 = ABBABAAB and AI-Bah!  episode artwork

EPISODE · Aug 10, 2026 · 1H 10M

140 = ABBABAAB and AI-Bah! 

from A Problem Squared · host Matt Parker, Bec Hill

⚽ What’s the fairest way to pick teams?🤖 How do you discourage colleagues from using AI to write everything?🚗 And this road trip is jeopardised by playing ‘Accelerator or Break?’Thanks to all of you who sent in answers to “what are you doing while you’re listening to A Problem Squared?” - we go through as many as we possibly can in this episode!Here is kram1032’s post on Maths Stack Exchange that helped Matt with his problem solving:https://math.stackexchange.com/questions/2078609/whats-the-fairest-turn-sequence-for-n-players Here’s more info on Open Sauce: https://www.opensauce.com/And here’s a kind stranger’s Insta reel of the Ratatouille robot: https://www.instagram.com/reels/DbGwSh4vHQq/ And here’s more info on UKIE: https://ukie.org.uk/ And the stream of Bec hosting the event: https://www.youtube.com/live/4lw_ypXroa4 Head to our BlueSky/Twitter/Instagram to see the U-Haul-Truck-Camera photo of Matt. If you’re at the Edinburgh Fringe and would like to see Bec’s Work In Progress show, tickets are available here: https://www.edfringe.com/tickets/whats-on/bec-hill-s-work-in-progress Matt has extended his tour - and he’s filming the show in London in October - all the dates, venues and tickets can be found here: http://standupmaths.com/shows Want to pose a problem for Bec and Matt to solve? Head over to https://www.aproblemsquared.com/ Join us on Patreon for early releases and our monthly bonus podcast I’m A Wizard!If you’re already on Patreon and have a creative Wizard offer to give Bec and Matt, please comment on our pinned post!   If you want to (we’re not forcing anyone) please do leave us a review, share the podcast with a friend, or give us a rating! Please do that. It really helps. Finally, if you want even more from A Problem Squared you can connect with us and other listeners on BlueSky, Twitter, Instagram, and on Discord.

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