Thinking On Paper

The Vice President of IBM Quantum Adoption Thinks On Paper.Ten years ago, IBM put a five qubit machine on the cloud and let anyone run a program on it. Today, researchers have published nearly 6,000 papers on IBM hardware, and quantum computing is nearing the tipping point. You know what? It might be useful!
Scott Crowder thinks on paper about where quantum actually is right now. And all paths lead to the Cleveland Clinic. They recently simulated a 303 atom protein by splitting the problem between quantum and classical hardware, a jump from the 14 atoms they could handle nine months earlier.

Researchers at RIKEN in Japan are coordinating quantum hardware and the country's largest HPC cluster in the same building. Both efforts point toward what IBM calls a quantum-centric supercomputer, an architecture where quantum and classical resources accelerate each other rather than compete.
You'll learn why superconducting qubits beat the alternatives, how a quantum computer draws about the same power as a single rack of AI hardware, whether quantum data centers belong in space, why helium-3 may become a real constraint by the mid-2030s, and what Richard Feynman would make of his 1981 vision finally coming to life.

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Chapters
(00:00) Trailer
(01:20) Quantum computing: real, hyped, or both
(02:40) Why reference architectures decide which technologies win
(05:05) Superconducting vs. trapped ion vs. spin qubits
(06:47) Why accessibility and algorithmic discovery are the real bottlenecks
(12:34) Cleveland Clinic's 303-atom protein simulation
(13:44) IBM's quantum-centric supercomputing architecture
(16:07) What already runs on quantum computers today
(17:58) The roadmap: how quantum and classical converge
(22:28) What Richard Feynman would make of the field today
(25:25) What quantum computing means for the future of data centers
(32:01) Quantum computers in space, and why Crowder rejects Elon's pitch
(34:10) What computing is actually for
(42:19) Why Qiskit, NVIDIA, and open source matter for adoption

Hold on to your hats, your brain is about to get a serious work out. Anders Sandberg, futurist, transhumanist and curiosity magpie joins us for one of the widest-ranging conversations we've ever recorded.You'll learn about brain emulation, uploading your consciousness, the politics of space, AI run economies, NASA, transhumanism, longevity, maths, neuroscience, memory, middle age and aliens.

You'll learn why Dracula wouldn't be bored if he was around today, what drone warfare and AGI means for peace, prosperity and economics and we ask: Can Bryan Johnson really live forever? Plus much more. Enjoy.

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Chapters

(00:00) Augmentation and Human Potential
(08:09) The Impact of Mobile Technology on Humanity
(11:51) Accountability in AI Agents
(18:25) The Role of Empathy in Human-AI Interaction
(25:35) AGI vs. Alien Life: A Comparative Analysis
(27:36) Consciousness and Brain Emulation
(35:52) The Future of Uploaded Minds
(40:33) Exploring Parallel Realities and Memory Merging
(45:16) The Future of Human Collaboration and Organizations
(46:24) AI's Role in Managing Global Systems
(51:23) The Dual Economy: Human vs AI Management
(57:43) The Complexities of Space Ownership and Governance
(01:05:18) The Future of Space Exploration and Human Expansion
(01:17:49) The Impact of Space Race on Human Progress
(01:21:43) The Role of Nations and Corporations in Space Exploration
(01:24:22) Experimenting with New Forms of Governance
(01:26:18) NASA's Future in the Age of Innovation
(01:28:41) The Potential for Breakaway Movements in Space
(01:30:16) Trust and Coordination in Space Governance
(01:34:18) The Future of Fusion Energy
(01:42:15) The Value of Time and Life Extension
(01:48:06) Reinventing Identity in Extended Lifespans
(01:52:03) The Future of Humanity and Technology

Oxford AI philosopher Carissa Véliz Thinks On Paper.The accolades for her TED talk are piling up. Her new book Prophecy is propping up every technology bestseller list this side of Silicon Valley. Yet she found time to join us and dismantle the illusion that big AI and Big Tech CEOs can predict tomorrow. She's taking on the big leagues, and she won't flinch.Carissa draws on philosophy, political history, and her work at Oxford's Institute for Ethics in AI, to outline her argument: the predictions Sam Altman and Elon Musk throw around don't just describe the future. They shape it. When we believe the super-forecasts, we risk turning them into self-fulfilling prophecies.Prophecy is nothing new. It just has a bigger stage. From the Oracle at Delphi to Rasputin, prediction has always been a tool for steering human behaviour. What’s changed is the reach, the speed, and the size of the audience.Personal autonomy, analog experience, and friendships are all ways to resist the pull of predictions. So is comedy. Watch more Seinfeld, Fawlty Towers, and George Carlin.Carissa is a brilliant scholar and fabulous writer, but more than that she’s a wonderful human who recognizes that the future is unwritten. And you write it.
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CHAPTERS  

(00:00) Intro
(01:00) What is the good life? 
(02:00) Why knowing yourself matters more than strategy 
(04:44) The analog world vs the digital world 
(06:45) How prophecies exploit our need for security 
(08:47) Why ancient Rome banned predicting the emperor's death 
(10:11) The illusion of safety that AI sells us 
(12:27) When predictions work, and when they don't 
(15:00) Altman, Amodei, Huang: predictions or sales pitches? 
(28:29) How to resist prophecies as a busy person 
(29:53) Prediction markets, Polymarket, and democracy 
(31:49) TikTok, algorithms, and the Molly Russell case 
(36:08) "Engagement algorithms are cocaine in food" 
(40:54) Self-fulfilling prophecies as the perfect crime 
(43:44) Why comedy is the enemy of prophecy 
(46:59) What Seinfeld teaches us about predictive algorithms 
(52:16) Karikó and the Nobel Prize we almost missed 
(53:40) Increase your serendipity 
(56:13) Why Epicurus beats the Stoics

The AI meme war between the US and Iran has evolved into an absolute shit show. If you thought it was awful a few weeks ago, you ain't seen nothing yet.

AI-generated Lego propaganda videos were a curiosity. Sometimes funny, often violent, always troublesome and never diplomatic, they quickly gained millions of views across social media... because social media.

The White House Twitter (X) account was responsible for the US videos.

An Iranian media company called Explosive Media, the Iranian. America, either put off by the global consensus that it was losing the war, or bored, switched their AI models to tax season (with equal ineptitude).

Iran, losing the guns and missiles part of the war, has changed tact. Explosive Media turned up the heat. And was duly banned from YouTube. Which could of unleashed the beast. Now Iranian embassies are posting them on Twitter (X) and US creators are using the same format to mock it all with Lego.. Just watch it yourself. And let us know what you think.
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TIMESTAMPS

(00:00) Explosive Media
(00:38) US Bowling Iran
(01:52) Trump's Mask
(03:20) Blockade, Blockade
(06:28) Drunken Hegseth
(08:00) Truth

The romantic version of the space is about exploration. We say it's about war. And the data agrees with us. 80% of all space investment is defence.

The money flowing into the industry — the venture rounds, the strategic capital, the government dollars — is overwhelmingly going to one thing. Tracking, watching and blowing up enemies.

This is the final episode in our five-week book club on Space to Grow by Matthew Weinzierl and Brendan Rosseau. Weinzierl is a professor at Harvard Business School and co-founder of the school's SPACE course. Rosseau, formerly an HBS teaching fellow and research associate, is now a Strategy Manager at Blue Origin.

Its last two chapters ask who owns space and who actually runs it. The answers are different. You won't like either.

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Chapters

(00:00) Global Conflict and Space Resources
(02:04) Human Nature and Space Exploration
(03:28) The Economics of Asteroid Mining
(05:53) Legal Frameworks for Space Mining
(11:05) The Space Resource Exploration Act
(13:01) International Reactions to Space Mining Legislation
(17:19) Philosophical Perspectives on Space Ownership
(20:14) The Role of National Security in Space
(20:40) The Role of Government in Space Innovation
(21:34) National Security and the Space Industry
(23:10) Weaponization of Space: A New Era
(24:47) The Prisoner's Dilemma in Space Cooperation
(26:40) Humanity's Moral Compass in Space Exploration
(27:03) The Future of Humanity in Space