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29 May 2024 Conversations with Tyler Michael Nielsen on Collaboration, Quantum Computing, and Civilization's Fragility
“If quantum computing happens as you’re predicting it will, that, I think, would also make matrix algebra rise in status, like, “Oh, this is a really important tool.”
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- Tyler Cowen
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- 29 May 2024
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…I never quite know what your status questions mean, Tyler. I don’t know what it means for something to rise in status. Well, AI now seems more important than it did five years ago, and matrix multiplication is a big part of that. If quantum computing happens as you’re predicting it will, that, I think, would also make matrix algebra rise in status, like, “Oh, this is a really important tool. It’s behind all our quantum money.” Do you mean it’s going to have more money go to it, more power go to it, more glamor go to it? Are people going to regard this as sexy or what?…
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