Quantum Memristors and Other Highlights

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Apr 15

TL;DR

It’s been a busy week at Deep Forest, so we have a short post highlighting interesting scientific discussions around the web. We also kick off our new jobs board with postings from an exciting next generation semiconductor startup.

Interesting Links and Pictures

https://spectrum.ieee.org/quantum-memristor, https://www.nature.com/articles/s41566-022-00973-5: Quantum memristors could prove useful tools for quantum machine learning.
https://spectrum.ieee.org/haptic-vr: Hands-free haptics could be on their way

*A hands-free haptic device gives a sensation of touch without requiring bulky gloves (https://spectrum.ieee.org/haptic-vr)*

https://www.quantamagazine.org/deep-learning-poised-to-blow-up-famed-fluid-equations-20220412/: Physics involved neural networks could help resolve fundamental questions in fluid dynamics.
Japan’s NHK released a documentary about Mochizuki’s purported proof of the ABC conjecture. Here is a long Twitter thread commenting on the documentary by Taylor Dupuy, one of the mathematicians working to explain and extend Mochizuki’s ideas

Taylor Dupuy @DupuyTaylor
So I don't have access to the documentary like many of you and I thought it might be fun to take you through my google translate adventure with this webpage: 数学者は宇宙をつなげるか？ａｂｃ予想証明をめぐる数奇な物語（後編）スペシャル - NHKnhk.jp
April 10th 2022
19 Retweets43 Likes

See also this (blog post)(https://www.math.columbia.edu/~woit/wordpress/?p=12796)

Here is a long thread discussing the surprising compositionality of large language models

Raphaël Millière @raphaelmilliere

The release of impressive new deep learning models in the past few weeks, notably #dalle2 from @OpenAI and #PaLM from @GoogleAI, has prompted a heated discussion of @GaryMarcus's claim that DL is "hitting a wall". Here are some thoughts on the controversy du jour. 🧵 1/25

https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-00997-5: Nature highlights some of the discoveries AlphaFold2 has already enabled.

Jobs Board

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Volantis is pioneering a new paradigm for chip design and manufacturing. We’re making yield irrelevant, creating a fundamental paradigm shift for chip manufacturing. We just raised a seed round led by Sam Altman and are hiring to build the next Intel. https://docsend.com/view/s/b8jcsg6q865ytkr4

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Author: Bharath Ramsundar, Ph.D.

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