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Gaming the Future: The Book!

SCOTT AARONSON: QUANTUM COMPUTING Q&A

+ last week’s video: Decentralization Architectures as COVID-19 response: Ulex, Holocracy, DAOstack

 

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Join us this Thursday for a Q&A with Scott Aaronson on quantum computing, and its implications for other crucial technological developments that will shape our future.

Scott Aaronson is the David J. Bruton Centennial Professor of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin, and director of its Quantum Information Center. Prior to that, he taught Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. His research interests center around the capabilities and limits of quantum computers, and computational complexity theory more generally. He has a formidable blog and published the much-loved Quantum Computing Since Democritus.

We’ll kick off with a short interview before opening up for your questions.

 

Topics we hope to get Scott’s opinion on:

Would you mind taking us on a quick history of the field of quantum computation?

What are the most exciting current projects in quantum computing and how likely are they to succeed? e.g. Google claimed quantum supremacy; what do you think?

For what problems does quantum computing matter, and where doesn’t it? What are the current bottlenecks? Do we need different algorithms?

What scientific fields could benefit most from quantum computing? What are major risk vectors for society that we should monitor?

What, if anything, does quantum computation mean for encryption?

What, if anything, does quantum computing mean for AI take-off speed?

What, if anything, does quantum computing mean for the possibility of AI alignment?

Can computers be conscious? Does it matter if they’re quantum computers?

What, if anything, can we say about the quality of subjective experiences of computers? ems?

What is your position on Hameroff/Penrose’s Orchestrated Objective Reduction theory of consciousness?

Can you speculate what research on quantum computers may teach us about the nature of reality and offer a wild hypothesis about the possibilities of a sci-fi future?

 

… we can’t wait for your questions!

 

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Check out the video recordings of salons we have hosted so far here.

 

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DECENTRALIZED DECISION ARCHITECTURE AS COVID-19 RESPONSE

 

The video of last week’s wonderful salon can be found here & below!

 
The Q&A after each session is well-worth watching, as well as the final discussion but if you’re time-constrained, here are the shortcuts:
  • Tom Bell: The Ulex legal system, and its application in the first Honduran ZEDE 
  • Brian Robertson: How to deal with the crisis using Holacracy and self-management
  • Matan Field: Distributed governance architectures and the DAOstack holographic consensus

 

Decentralization post COVID-19: Ulex, Holocracy, DAOstack |Tom W. Bell, Brian Robertson, Matan Field

 

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