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Last updated about 10 hours ago

More on whether useful quantum computing is “imminent”

about 10 hours ago

These days, the most common question I get goes something like this...

Happy Chanukah

6 days ago

This (taken in Kiel, Germany in 1931 and then colorized) is one...

Understanding vs. impact: the paradox of how to spend my time

10 days ago

Not long ago William MacAskill, the founder of the Effective Altruist movement...

Theory and AI Alignment

15 days ago

The following is based on a talk that I gave (remotely) at...

Mihai Pătrașcu Best Paper Award: Guest post from Seth Pettie

21 days ago

Scott’s foreword: Today I’m honored to turn over Shtetl-Optimized to a guest...

Podcasts!

29 days ago

A 9-year-old named Kai (“The Quantum Kid”) and his mother interviewed me...

Quantum Investment Bros: Have you no shame?

about 1 month ago

Near the end of my last post, I made a little offhand...

Quantum computing: too much to handle!

about 1 month ago

Tomorrow I’m headed to Berkeley for the Inkhaven blogging residency, whose participants...

UT Austin’s Statement on Academic Integrity

about 2 months ago

A month ago William Inboden, the provost of UT Austin (where I...

On keeping a packed suitcase

about 2 months ago

This Halloween, I didn’t need anything special to frighten me. I walked...

An Experimental Program for AI-Powered Feedback at STOC: Guest Post from David Woodruff

about 2 months ago

This year for STOC, we decided to run an experiment to explore...

My talk at Columbia University: “Computational Complexity and Explanations in Physics”

2 months ago

Last week, I gave the Patrick Suppes Lecture in the Columbia University...