Scott Aaronson — Quantumania (EP.240)
My guest today is Scott Aaronson, a theoretical computer scientist, OG blogger, and quantum computing maestro.
Scott has so many achievements and credentials that listing them here would take longer than recording the episode. Here's a select few:
Self-taught programmer at age 11, Cornell computer science student at 15, PhD recipient by 22!
Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Science at The University of Texas at Austin.
Director of UT Austin's Quantum Information Center.
Former visiting researcher on OpenAI's alignment team (2022-2024).
Awarded the ACM prize in computing in 2020 and…
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