Scott Aaronson
Person on 3 sites
Theoretical computer scientist at the University of Texas at Austin working on quantum computing; author of the blog Shtetl-Optimized.
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1 channel on ppll (opens ppll.app)
Where public figures publish, and what they are on record saying.
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3 beliefs on korrents (opens korrents.com)
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Human-level artificial intelligence is plausibly centuries or millennia away, and no trend supports a shorter estimate. (opens korrents.com)
“I was wrong, of course, not to contemplate more seriously the prospect that AI might enter a civilization-altering trajectory, not merely eventually but within the next decade.”
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Because a few specialists already devote themselves to superintelligent AI, the rest of us have correspondingly less reason to spend our own effort on it. (opens korrents.com)
“I accepted what’s turned into a two-year position at OpenAI, thinking about what theoretical computer science can do for AI safety.”
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Human-level AI is most likely centuries or millennia away, so there is no reason to reorganise one's work around its arrival. (opens korrents.com)
“I was wrong, of course, not to contemplate more seriously the prospect that AI might enter a civilization-altering trajectory, not merely eventually but within the next decade.”
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Human-level artificial intelligence is plausibly centuries or millennia away, and no trend supports a shorter estimate. (opens korrents.com)
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6 recommendations on rcmnd (opens rcmnd.app)
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2040 (opens rcmnd.app)
“Having said all that: I confess I enjoyed "2040." The plot is tightly constructed, the dialogue crackles (certainly for a CS professor writing a first novel), the satire at least provokes chuckles, and at just 215…”
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Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything (opens rcmnd.app)
“So I can now state with confidence: beating out a crowded field, this is the worst book about quantum computing, for some definition of the word "about," that I've ever encountered.”
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Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19 (opens rcmnd.app)
“Briefly, I think that this is one of the most important books so far of the twenty-first century.”
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2040 (opens rcmnd.app)