quantum computing

psi.inc

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A proof of the Aaronson–Ambainis conjecture

PSI reports that its internal research system, using a non-public Anthropic model, produced a proof of the Aaronson–Ambainis conjecture and a Lean formalization. The announcement explains the claimed implications for quantum query speedups and links to a paper and proof repository.

Why I recommend it: PSI's own announcement; mathematical correctness and peer-review status were not independently verified. The underlying research system and Anthropic model are non-public.

psi.incAdded Nov 9, 20260 opens

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

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Testing the Conjecture That Quantum Processes Create Conscious Experience

Authors

Hartmut Neven, Adam Zalcman, Christof Koch

Venue

Entropy

Published

28 May 2024

Peer-reviewed paper in Entropy (28 May 2024) by Hartmut Neven and Adam Zalcman of Google Quantum AI with Christof Koch of the Allen Institute and others, proposing that conscious experience arises whenever a quantum superposition forms, and laying out quantum-biology experiments to test the idea. Open access; the full text is free at PubMed Central (PMC11203236).

Why I recommend it: Useful when someone claims AI is or isn't conscious: this is what a serious proposal on the question actually looks like — a conjecture with proposed experiments, not a verdict. Note the authors' own disclosures: two work for Google and one has a financial interest in a consciousness-measuring device.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.govAdded Sep 23, 20260 opens

leaddev.com

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Quantum Computing Needs Software Engineers

LeadDev piece on why quantum computing's bottleneck is software, not hardware, and what conventional engineers can learn to move into the field.

Why I recommend it: A rare early-entry lane. If you already write code, the on-ramp described here is shorter than most people assume.

leaddev.comAdded Sep 3, 20260 opens