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Michael Brett @michaelsbrett.bsky.social · 28/06/2025

Watch Oskar Painter's presentation from Quantum Korea in Seoul. As Director of Quantum Hardware at AWS Center for Quantum Computing, he discusses the 'quantum tyranny of numbers' & forecasts major quantum error correction advances www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ojnf... #QuantumComputing #AWS

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퀀텀 코리아 2025 키노트① Oskar Painter

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 26/06/2025

A major milestone in my career, as one of the self-appointed knights of quantum.

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Since I don’t think it’s possible to be this obtuse, I’m assuming this is just marketing for your widget. I’m sorry I wasted my time thinking you actually wanted a definition for a quantum computer. I’m also sorry you need to waste people’s time to sell the thing but c’est la vie.

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

A quantum computer is a physical machine that can execute quantum algorithms with at most polynomial resource scaling.

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

It’s not a “legal term” where I live, and my statement was clearly a conditional, so not an accusation. Let’s stick to subjects we both understand: Are your students walking away with the clear understanding that a classical simulator with exponential scaling is not a quantum computer?

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Chris, you're doing educational malpractice if your students are walking away without a clear understanding of the difference between a classical simulation and an actual quantum computer. Ignoring the entire premise of quantum computing just to sell widgets isn't a noble antiestablishment position.

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Yes this is the right definition because the whole point of trying to build a quantum computer is their ability to do certain computations much more efficiently. It’s been central since 1982.

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

But the most important thing IMO is centering it on scalability like Craig did. what's wrong with this definition: A quantum computer is a physical machine that can execute quantum algorithms with at most polynomial resource scaling.

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Your critique of DV didn't make much sense to me: 2- it's architecture agnostic, we can at least simulate qubits, initialization, gates, etc. in any arch. 3- who cares? 4- They're criteria, not an object description. Just like "the criteria for a valid airplane" doesn't refer to a single 747.

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Personally I would go with a simpler definition: A quantum computer is a physical machine that can execute quantum algorithms with at most polynomial resource scaling. DV criteria are necessary. Craig was just pointing out where your system clearly fails.

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John Preskill @preskill.bsky.social · 21/06/2025

Raymond Laflamme 1960-2025. A great scientist, renowned for his pioneering contributions to quantum error correction. A great leader, founding director of the Institute for Quantum Computing. A great colleague and teacher whose legacy continues to inspire us. uwaterloo.ca/institute-fo...

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IQC and Waterloo mourn the loss of Raymond Laflamme | Institute for Quantum Computing | University of Waterloo

Raymond Laflamme, a trailblazer in quantum information processing and pioneer of the Institute for Quantum Computing (IQC) at the University of Waterloo, died on June 19 after a lengthy battle with ca...

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Craig did give a definition (scalability being key), and it seems much more informative and operationally useful than your definition. Are you having trouble understanding this definition? Maybe you can point out what is unclear about it and the community can help you.

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Eric Topol @erictopol.bsky.social · 05/06/2025

He's right. "Nothing short of devastating" By @holdenthorp.bsky.social @science.org www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

Anti-Nazi fighter? English is a weird language.

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 03/06/2025

Michael Roukes kicking off #FNS2025, going back 30 years to the beginning of NEMs. (explaining this paper arxiv.org/abs/2505.04574 which was then rejected by APL!)

Michael Roukes presenting slide describing a converation between him, Andrew Cleland, and Tom Kenny.

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John Preskill @preskill.bsky.social · 31/05/2025

The building committee gets a first look at the basement of the Ginsburg Center for Quantum Precision Measurement at Caltech. We're standing where a tunnel will connect Ginsburg labs to labs in neighboring Downs Laboratory. With me are Nick Hutzler, Rana Adhikari, Michelle Effros, and Dave Hsieh.

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Emmanuel Flurin @manuflurin.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

New paper out! We resonantly couple a superconducting heavy-fluxonium qubit ⚛️ to a macroscopic membrane 🥁 oscillating at a few MHz. ~300 repeated interactions let us track its quantum motion, observe back-action & probe non-commuting operators. Diósi–Penrose next? (1/8) arxiv.org/abs/2505.21481

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Probing the quantum motion of a macroscopic mechanical oscillator with a radio-frequency superconducting qubit

Long-lived mechanical resonators like drums oscillating at MHz frequencies and operating in the quantum regime offer a powerful platform for quantum technologies and tests of fundamental physics. Yet,...

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Ethan Mollick @emollick.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Big: The final version of a randomized, controlled World Bank study finds using a GPT-4 tutor with teacher guidance in a six week afterschool program in Nigeria had "more than twice the effect of some of the most effective interventions in education" ("equating to 1.5 to 2 years" of standard school)

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 20/05/2025

Morning prayer for the faithful

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Marko is a pioneer and leader in the field, and this is a technology existential for data centers and quantum, and all sorts of sensors and devices for health, defense .. In fact I’m flying to a summer school they’re holding in France right now to give a lectures on this research. Crazy to cut it.

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

I guess I’m trying to separate two concerns. Trying to understand if the ickyness is over a human not being paid or studio ghibli not being paid.

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

This is helpful. GenAI is not a person, I agree. Imagine someone trains to draw only in studio ghibli style, via just practicing that specific style, and doing it in a formulaic way; I’m not sure if most people would call them an artist. You’re ok if someone commissions them and avoids royalties?

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

Would you be ok if they had paid someone to paint that exact image? (Serious question, trying to understand)

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Emmanuel Flurin @manuflurin.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

These notes are amazing, just the right amount of detail and insight! Thanks!

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Every time I am tempted and I start using Markdown + Tex equations, after getting to document that’s more than 2 pages long I just end up coming back to full LaTeX.

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 08/05/2025

How long before the quantum terror?

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 05/05/2025

If you need to ask, you can’t afford it…

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Department of Chemistry, Stanford University @stanfordchemistry.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

A collaboration between the Moerner and Qi Labs has produced a tool to track real-time genome dynamics in living cells — combining single-molecule imaging + CRISPR innovation. 🧬 🔗 chemistry.stanford.edu/news/new-too... #MoernerLab #QiLab #GenomeImaging #CRISPR

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

And here’s my first post :) Ever wondered what “free energy” is?

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

I decided to make a website. I’ll post stuff on it every once in a while.

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Fire Captain 🔥 @rescuecaptain.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

#maddow Science break. This kayaker gets approached by an otter every time he visits a lake. The otter was orphaned after the mother was in an accident, and the man helped it throughout it's rehabilitation process to later release it back into the wild. Volume up.🔊

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Maybe it took people a while to get it.

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Amir Safavi-Naeini @safavi.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

I had an argument where I was on the opposite side of this… the question was whether within the context of a university we should remove incentives for bad behavior (eg. reduce the number ways people could cheat if they so choose) or expect students to behave in a moral ways despite the shortcuts.

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Julie Packard @juliepackard.montereybayaquarium.org · 22/04/2025

We press forward with determination, grounded in the values that have made us a trusted and effective advocate for ocean conservation. We lead with hope. The path may not always be straight, but our commitment and belief in humanity’s ability to come together and heal the planet is still unwavering.

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John Preskill @preskill.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

If you are interested in quantum computing, I strongly recommend this insightful article by @caltech.edu student @robbieking1000.bsky.social calling for a "scrappier approach" to finding new applications. quantumfrontiers.com/2025/04/20/q...

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Quantum Algorithms: A Call To Action

Quantum computing finds itself in a peculiar situation. The number one question asked about quantum computers by outsiders is very common sensical: What are they good for? The honest answer reveals…

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