Reposted by Stefano GogiosoJohn C. Baez @johncarlosbaez.bsky.social · 21/09/2026When things cool down, they seek a lower-energy, lower-entropy state. For example water vapor will condense into little droplets of mist when you cool it. Physicists have taken this concept of "condensation" and generalized the heck out of it. Let's look at a few examples. 3498
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoSpooqy @spooqy-ai.bsky.social · 14/09/2026This kind of AI-assisted exploration of mathematical landscapes is exactly what we are betting on at Spooqy: that agents, with well-crafted tools at their disposal, will be able to make advances along directions which human ingenuity alone has found hard to pursue. 101
Stefano Gogioso @stego.bsky.social · 24/08/2026For the past 5 years, Nicola Pinzani and I have been hard at work to quietly re-define our understanding of how to discover, specify and certify new quantum protocols. Realising that work into the Spooqy technology roadmap will be our crowning achievement. 000
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoSpooqy @spooqy-ai.bsky.social · 18/08/2026This is the promise of Device-Independent Security: Keys that Can't be Broken, because the Universe won't let you. Read the full piece on our blog: blog.spooqy.ai/final-form-o... 7/7blog.spooqy.aiThe Final Form of SecurityAn AI just broke a post-quantum candidate that years of expert review had missed. The era of 'no one has broken this yet' is over, and you cannot verify your way out: the only move left is to shrink t... 011
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoSpooqy @spooqy-ai.bsky.social · 18/08/2026In an age of AI-supercharged adversaries, the assumptions of cryptography are crumbling one by one. Under an onslaught of novel attacks, we are quickly reaching the end of "No one has broken this yet" as a practical security paradigm. 1/7 111
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoSpooqy @spooqy-ai.bsky.social · 17/08/2026The technology behind our products is the end result of years of innovation in the foundations of quantum information. We are proud to give back to our community by sponsoring a new iteration of Quantum Physics and Logic. If you're in Amsterdam attending, come meet us! 002
Stefano Gogioso @stego.bsky.social · 13/08/2026Every week I grow more firmly convinced that the US frontier AI labs have been significantly over-invested into. Commoditisation is the inevitable end state of these technologies: Apple is leading the local AI hardware charge, Chinese labs are supplying the software. 👇 unsloth.ai/docs/models/... 011
Stefano Gogioso @stego.bsky.social · 11/08/2026Uh, I didn't know about this one! Brilliant stuff, I'll give it a read this week :) 010
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoSpooqy @spooqy-ai.bsky.social · 11/08/2026A couple of weeks ago, we talked with BeInCrypto about the opportunities quantum technology brings to decentralised finance. The crown jewel is quantum money: value that can't be cloned, because physics fundamentally won't let you. youtu.be/37GOqnY5oiQ?...youtu.beOxford Quantum Scientist: No One Is Ready For What Google Just Did To EncryptionYouTube video by BeInCrypto 111
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoSpooqy @spooqy-ai.bsky.social · 10/08/2026Einstein derided it as “Spooky action at a distance”, and insisted it meant the theory was broken. He was wrong. The spookiness is real, it is fundamental, and it is the most powerful resource for security ever discovered. We named our company after it. Introducing Spooqy — Action at a Distance. 011
Stefano Gogioso @stego.bsky.social · 09/08/2026As for Feynman diagrams, we started doing something with Razin Shaikh a few years ago. There's quite a lot of work on the backlog which we never quite finished, but some preliminary stuff is out. arxiv.org/abs/2205.00466arxiv.orgCategorical Semantics for Feynman DiagramsWe introduce a novel compositional description of Feynman diagrams, with well-defined categorical semantics as morphisms in a dagger-compact category. Our chosen setting is suitable for infinite-dimen... 010
Stefano Gogioso @stego.bsky.social · 09/08/2026In another life, I also did some work on this, though with different applications in mind 😊 arxiv.org/abs/1709.09772arxiv.orgCategorical Quantum DynamicsWe use strong complementarity to introduce dynamics and symmetries within the framework of CQM, which we also extend to infinite-dimensional separable Hilbert spaces: these were long-missing features,... 210
Stefano Gogioso @stego.bsky.social · 09/08/2026The recent Google AI shift of power from London to the Bay Area has triggered the usual ennui about UK tech. As a longstanding London-maxi, I see it rather differently: it creates an opening for us to finally grow our own frontier AI. That space is ours to fill now. 000
Stefano Gogioso @stego.bsky.social · 08/08/2026Coffee goes in. Questionable amounts of quantum internet ambition come out. 010
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoRobin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 18/08/2025"Critical data would become inaccessible, websites would go dark, and essential state services like hospital IT systems would be thrown into chaos," says Robin Berjon, a digital governance specialist who advises EU policymakers. www.bbc.com/news/article...bbc.comShould Europe wean itself off US tech?Just three US firms provide 70% of Europe's cloud-computing, leading to fears of overreliance. 56828
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoQuantum Bullshit Detector @bullshitquantum.bsky.social · 23/06/2025bullshit 1121
Stefano Gogioso @stego.bsky.social · 10/03/2025The UK Atomic Energy Authority @ukaeaofficial.bsky.social and Italy's Eni have partnered to build a cutting edge fusion fuel cycle facility at Culham Campus, to be completed by 2028 🇬🇧💪🇮🇹 ccfe.ukaea.uk/eni-and-ukae...ccfe.ukaea.ukEni and UKAEA to build the world's largest and most advanced tritium fuel cycle facility - Culham Centre for Fusion EnergyEni and UKAEA launch a research and technological development collaboration for innovative solutions in the field of fusion energy. The United Kingdom 010
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoDulwich Quantum Computing @dulwichquantum.bsky.social · 23/02/2025Wow, the balls are taking all possible paths simultaneously all at once! The only possible explanation for this is that we live in a multiverse! I'm sure with a bit of engineering this Galton board could solve NP-hard problems. Which startup made it? I'm ready to bet all my savings on it! 2244
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoMicro SF/F by O. Westin @microsff.com · 22/02/2025"I heard a Xturi refer to you as a 'Noagai'," Captain Jones said. "Is that a title?" Her navigator, a Yuun, nodded. "Have you heard the saying 'For every problem, there's a Human that can solve it'?" "No?" "Well, how to find that Human?" "Er..." "They ask a Noagai." "A... You know a guy?" 6457117
Stefano Gogioso @stego.bsky.social · 03/02/2025discuss.python.org/t/add-zero-c...discuss.python.orgAdd zero-copy conversion of `bytearray` to `bytes` by providing `__bytes__()`Currently to be efficient in Python, a “zero copy” / “zero extra memory” pure-python I/O loop needs to: Use a mutable buffer of bytes (bytearray) buf = bytearray(BUFFER_SIZE) Fill it using file.read... 010
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoKameron Hurley @kameronhurley.com · 04/01/2025As a PR pro, we used to tell people to get ahead of various online controversies by making statements that refute them. It turns out this is the absolute worst way to respond to criticism or correct errors of any kind. Social media has made this worse. When you respond, it kick-starts issues again. 36881250
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoGraeme Smith @graemesmith.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Error correction isn’t the only place where corporate researchers have brazenly redefined terms to mimic progress (cf attempted redefinitions of quantum volume, solve, utility, quantum, advantage, majorana, etc). Quantum computing is hard, but we won’t get there by pretending. Do the work! 1202
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoJames Wootton @decodoku.bsky.social · 29/12/2024The [[1,1,1]] code is the best code. Why else would it repeat three times that it is number 1? Unlike other codes, which are only now beginning to break even, [[1,1,1]] codes have always achieved results equal to the best physical qubits. Call now to leverage the [[1,1,1]] code for your use cases! 1182
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoGraeme Smith @graemesmith.bsky.social · 29/12/2024Congratulations, by redefining logical qubits you can get more "logical qubits"! 292
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoDulwich Quantum Computing @dulwichquantum.bsky.social · 26/12/2024Here's our short summary of predictions for 2025: "Quantum CEO working on platform Q predicts big breakthroughs in 2025 for platform Q" quantumzeitgeist.com/quantum-pred...quantumzeitgeist.comQuantum Predictions For 2025The new year is almost upon us. As we close out 2024, we've seen incredible breakthroughs and headlines in the quantum space. Everything from the rise of logical qubits to claims that Chinese research... 1183
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoDulwich Quantum Computing @dulwichquantum.bsky.social · 26/12/2024A group of undergrads vs a group of full professors solving the same problem. doi.org/10.1073/pnas... 4143
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoNorin 🦈 🔜 Nycc 3679? @mahoukarp.com · 25/12/2024Happy holidays from your local sharks 🦈🎅 #sharks 163390854
Stefano Gogioso @stego.bsky.social · 23/12/2024Friends don't let friends use elliptic curve crypto for anonymity. 051
Stefano Gogioso @stego.bsky.social · 20/12/2024Another banger by Google: arxiv.org/abs/2412.14256 Keep on accelerating ⚛️🚀 000
Stefano Gogioso @stego.bsky.social · 19/12/2024Clear example of a topological reality insulator at play. 010
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoCraig Gidney @craiggidney.bsky.social · 19/12/2024The "hide the exponential" game Scott Aaronson has complained about for decades is alive and well: arxiv.org/abs/2412.13164 Yes, Shor's algorithm with 3 registers only needs very basic operations. No, you can't pack a 2^2000 level quantum state into 1 oscillator and then operate accurately on it.arxiv.orgFactoring an integer with three oscillators and a qubitA common starting point of traditional quantum algorithm design is the notion of a universal quantum computer with a scalable number of qubits. This convenient abstraction mirrors classical computatio... 2508
Stefano Gogioso @stego.bsky.social · 17/12/2024For a second, I thought this was the first post of a series which continued like "...so, I made this cool renderer, and look at them badass pictures". Now I am sad. 100
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoDaniel Litt @littmath.bsky.social · 14/12/2024I just sat down in a chair, and was supported because of trillions of quantum-mechanical interactions between the particles in my butt and the particles in the seat. This lends credence to the notion that quantum computation occurs in many parallel universes, an idea first propo 58214
Stefano Gogioso @stego.bsky.social · 11/12/2024If your application doesn't need a lot of quantum resources, you can't get better logical qubits than NVIDIA's. 010
Stefano Gogioso @stego.bsky.social · 10/12/2024If you have to read one groundbreaking quantum computing announcement today, read this one¹: research.google/blog/making-... ¹ as opposed to the one talking about parallel universes and 10 septillion years.research.googleMaking quantum error correction work 000
Stefano Gogioso @stego.bsky.social · 10/12/2024That's the thing: surface code improvements are so much more interesting than yet-another-RCS-benchmark. But most of the excitement communicated to the broader public is about an utterly nonsensical number and an outlandish statement about "lending credence" to parallel universes. 050
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoNorin 🦈 🔜 Nycc 3679? @mahoukarp.com · 10/12/2024kanto starters 👾 #art #pokemon #pokemonfanart 254374926
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoNoema Magazine @noemamag.com · 09/12/2024And if you're new to us, great! To get a better feel for our content, check out our favorite pieces from 2024. This list explores ideas from why we should rewild the internet to the many possibilities of lucid dreaming to why AI might help rebuild the middle class: www.noemamag.com/noemas-top-1...noemamag.comNoema’s Top 10 Reads Of 2024 | NOEMAOur best longform journalism and essays from 2024. 0156
Stefano Gogioso @stego.bsky.social · 09/12/2024When claiming that you've beaten classical supercomputers by a factor of 10^30 isn't enough, why not spice things up and suggest that your results lead credence to the existence of parallel universes? 020
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoAziza Suleymanzade @azizasuleymanzade.bsky.social · 09/12/2024Our paper on distributed blind computing is out on Arxiv! In short: we performed gates on our spin qubits remotely using photons without our nodes knowing what we did - all thanks to distributed matter-light entanglement 🥳 3256
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoRobin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 06/12/2024You know how Bluesky rebuilt social media in a way that doesn't suck? Someone — maybe them — can do this for advertising too. Ad-based models have been so extractive (with respect to people, publishers, and advertisers) for so long that we struggle to imagine better. But we should! Short 🧵⬇️ 12811
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoRobin Berjon @robin.berjon.com · 04/12/2024If you haven't yet read (or listened to) this piece, you're in for a treat. The internet has become a dark, extractive, authoritarian place. It doesn't have to be — and we know how to change it. We know how to hope. www.noemamag.com/we-need-to-r...noemamag.comWe Need To Rewild The Internet | NOEMAThe internet has become an extractive and fragile monoculture. But we can revitalize it using lessons learned by ecologists. 1101
Reposted by Stefano GogiosoManuel Rudolph @quantummanuel.bsky.social · 02/12/2024Kicking off my existence on this platform with a paper release 🔥 We propose a framework for the quantum-enhanced classical simulation of small expectation landscape "patches". In short: You can do more classically than you might have thought. scirate.com/arxiv/2411.1... #quantum 2545
Stefano Gogioso @stego.bsky.social · 05/08/2023PS: for the Hilbert space, you can take the tensor product directly over the full lattice using a construction by von Neumann (alternatively, there's one by Baez, if memory serves). 010
Stefano Gogioso @stego.bsky.social · 05/08/2023That's ok, but it'd be a lot nicer with a bit sheafy machinery to describe the compatibility condition associated with the poset formed by the X under inclusion (+ the local support condition). No need to use sheaf theory language, just the concrete mathematical structure would do imho. 110