scott aaronson associate professor, eecs and why every other major sucks by comparison
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Scott AaronsonAssociate Professor, EECS
And Why Every Other Major Sucks By Comparison
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Stereotypes of CS Majors
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Moore’s Law
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So what’s next?
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Robot Uprising
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Uploading our brains to computers;replacement of “real life” by the Matrix
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=So what else is there?
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What we’ve learned from quantum computers so far:
15 = 3 × 5(with high probability)
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Relativity Computer
DONE
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Zeno’s Computer
STEP 1
STEP 2
STEP 3STEP 4
STEP 5
Tim
e (s
econ
ds)
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Time Travel Computer
R CTC R CR
C
0 0 0
Answer
“Causality-Respecting Register”
“Closed Timelike
Curve Register”
Polynomial Size Circuit
S. Aaronson and J. Watrous. Closed Timelike Curves Make Quantum and Classical Computing Equivalent, Proceedings of the Royal Society A 465:631-647, 2009. arXiv:0808.2669.
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Computer Science Is Interdisciplinary
Math
Biology
Economics
Physics
Brain/Cognitive
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Conclusions
- Great choice to get admitted here
- Come to MIT
- You could do a course other than 6-3, but why?