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. …

Mention Feynman’s paper on quantum computing, and most people will immediately presume that you mean his 1982 paper on Simulating physics with computers, but he had two other foundational papers that at least loosely related to or associated with quantum computing. …

Quantum computers may have a dramatic performance advantage over classical computers, at least in theory, eventually, but classical computers still have a mind-boggling intellectual advantage over quantum computers. This informal paper will highlight the various aspects of classical computing which give it such an incredible intellectual advantage over quantum computing. …

There are still a number of aspects of quantum computing which seem unlikely to ever come to fruition. Many of the technical capabilities of the quantum computers themselves and the quantum algorithms and quantum applications will be technically difficult or take a very long time to successfully implement — but…

Physics is a fascinating scientific field, but not something that I am personally able to master to the level of becoming an actual card-carrying professional physicist, complete with PhD. …