These notes capture the author’s thoughts in preparation for a philosophical discussion related to consciousness. The author notes that there is a wide range of interpretation as to what exactly comprises the concept of consciousness. The intent is not for these notes to be fully comprehensive, but simply to capture…

These notes capture the author’s thoughts in preparation for a philosophical discussion related to meaning. The author notes that there is a wide range of interpretation as to what exactly comprises the concept of meaning. The intent is not for these notes to be fully comprehensive, but simply to capture…

These are my additions to the list of Open Questions in Quantum Computing posted on LinkedIn by IBM’s Zlatko Minev. His post on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/posts/zlatko-minev_open-questions-in-quantum-computing-zlatko-activity-7110604693487132672-K5BD/ His document with his actual list: https://www.zlatko-minev.com/blog/big-open-questions-in-quantum My list of additions: What are the fundamental limitations of quantum computing?

We need more quantum-native algorithms — where the quantum algorithm designer starts fresh, with a clean slate, and with no classical baggage to mess up their thinking, fully exploiting the power of quantum computing, most notably, quantum parallelism to achieve an exponential speedup. The goal is to fully exploit all…

These notes capture the author’s thoughts in preparation for a philosophical discussion of community and individual freedom. The author notes that there is a wide range of interpretation as to what exactly comprises the concept of community. The intent is not for these notes to be fully comprehensive, but simply…

DiVincenzo’s criteria for quantum computing were a decent contribution back in 2000, but are in need of an upgrade now that quantum computing has advanced far beyond where it was in 2000 and threatens to show signs of usefulness (although still much more in the way of promises than actuality.)…

Artificial intelligence (AI) is a very rich and complex field, but a very few brief notes can help to dramatically simplify navigation of the field. Or at least allow the reader to feel that they can navigate the field, or at least feel a lot less intimidated by the field. …

People use the term AI or artificial intelligence in a lot of confusing ways so that we can never be sure what they are talking about. This informal paper (note) attempts to lay out a somewhat more comprehensible nomenclature for the term AI. I think of AI as a number…

These notes capture the author’s thoughts that were originally prepared and presented for a philosophical discussion of democracy and autocracy. The author notes that there is a wide range of interpretation as to what exactly comprises the concept of democracy, especially with regards to human rights and the concept of…