Scott Aaronson is a professor at UT Austin, director of its Quantum Information Center, and previously a professor at MIT. His research interests center around the capabilities and limits of quantum computers and computational complexity theory more generally. This conversation is part of the Artificial Intelligence podcast. This episode is presented by Cash App. Download it & use code "LexPodcast":
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0:00 - Introduction
5:07 - Role of philosophy in science
29:27 - What is a quantum computer?
41:12 - Quantum decoherence (noise in quantum information)
49:22 - Quantum computer engineering challenges
51:00 - Moore's Law
56:33 - Quantum supremacy
1:12:18 - Using quantum computers to break cryptography
1:17:11 - Practical application of quantum computers
1:22:18 - Quantum machine learning, questinable claims, and cautious optimism
1:30:53 - Meaning of life
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