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#8: Scott Aaronson - Quantum computing, AI watermarking, Superalignment, complexity, and rationalism
Scott Aaronson is the Schlumberger Chair of Computer Science and Director of the Quantum Information Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Previously, he got his bachelor’s in CS from Cornell, his PhD in complexity theory at UC Berkeley, held postdocs at Princeton and Waterloo, and taught at MIT. Currently, he’s on leave to work on OpenAI’s Superalignment team.
Scott’s blog, Shtetl-Optimized: https://www.scottaaronson.blog
Scott’s website: https://www.scottaaronson.com
PODCAST LINKS:
Video Transcript: https://www.theojaffee.com/p/8-scott-aaronson
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1IJRtB8FP4Cnq8lWuuCdvW?si=eba62a72e6234efb
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/theo-jaffee-podcast/id1699912677
RSS: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/989123/s/75569/private/129f6344-c459-4581-a9da-dc331677c2f6.rss
Playlist of all episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVN8-zhbMh9YnOGVRT9m0xzqTNGD_sujj
My Twitter: https://x.com/theojaffee
My Substack: https://www.theojaffee.com
CHAPTERS:
Intro (0:00)
Background (0:59)
What Quantum Computers Can Do (16:07)
P=NP (21:57)
Complexity Theory (28:07)
David Deutsch (33:49)
AI Watermarking and CAPTCHAs (44:15)
Alignment By Default (56:41)
Cryptography in AI (1:02:12)
OpenAI Superalignment (1:10:29)
Twitter (1:20:27)
Rationalism (1:24:50)
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By Theo JaffeeScott Aaronson is the Schlumberger Chair of Computer Science and Director of the Quantum Information Center at the University of Texas at Austin. Previously, he got his bachelor’s in CS from Cornell, his PhD in complexity theory at UC Berkeley, held postdocs at Princeton and Waterloo, and taught at MIT. Currently, he’s on leave to work on OpenAI’s Superalignment team.
Scott’s blog, Shtetl-Optimized: https://www.scottaaronson.blog
Scott’s website: https://www.scottaaronson.com
PODCAST LINKS:
Video Transcript: https://www.theojaffee.com/p/8-scott-aaronson
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1IJRtB8FP4Cnq8lWuuCdvW?si=eba62a72e6234efb
Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/theo-jaffee-podcast/id1699912677
RSS: https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/989123/s/75569/private/129f6344-c459-4581-a9da-dc331677c2f6.rss
Playlist of all episodes: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLVN8-zhbMh9YnOGVRT9m0xzqTNGD_sujj
My Twitter: https://x.com/theojaffee
My Substack: https://www.theojaffee.com
CHAPTERS:
Intro (0:00)
Background (0:59)
What Quantum Computers Can Do (16:07)
P=NP (21:57)
Complexity Theory (28:07)
David Deutsch (33:49)
AI Watermarking and CAPTCHAs (44:15)
Alignment By Default (56:41)
Cryptography in AI (1:02:12)
OpenAI Superalignment (1:10:29)
Twitter (1:20:27)
Rationalism (1:24:50)
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