Quantum Memristors and Other Highlights

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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:

nhk.jp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 - NHK

            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

As a new experiment, we’re launching a jobs board. These postings are for companies we personally find interesting (we are not currently accepting paid placements). If you would like your company’s jobs to be featured, send us a brief blurb for us to review. 

• 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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Credits

Author: Bharath Ramsundar, Ph.D.

Editor: Sandya Subramanian, Ph.D.