Scott Aaronson: Quantum Computing | Lex Fridman Podcast #72

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.

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OUTLINE:
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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