We look at two organizations dedicated to introducing quantum computing to future users, and in the process allow humans to shape the direction of the technology. With increasingly powerful and complex devices, it’s an important mission, to preserve a place for ourselves in our technological mindsets.
Citizen scientists without formal academic training, like Daniel Larsen, Pierre de Fermat, and Srinivasa Ramanujan, have made extraordinary contributions to mathematics and scientific creativity. The key may be the differences in their perspectives.
The image says it all: in the unexpected creative turns that humans take in festivals of happiness like Toronto Pride 2023 far exceed the imaginable probabilities of any algorithm. How is machine learning dealing with the unexpected? It’s a question that becomes increasingly important as machine learning governs more and more of our daily living functions.
Largely overlooked in machine learning based on big data, humans use the power of common sense to manage unpredictable situations. It’s a power that may prove impossible to program in the machine.
We have given our machines an interesting power, to determine who among us is human before we can access the technology. Will we always control the key that unlocks our applications?
The film classic 2001: A Space Odyssey challenges us to consider the potential for technological failure as our technological dependence increases and we reach out to the stars for our future.
The Quantum Record is a non-profit journal of philosophy, science, technology, and time. The potential of the future is in the human mind and heart, and in the common ground that we all share on the road to tomorrow. Promoting reflection, discussion, and imagination, The Quantum Record highlights the good work of good people and aims to join many perspectives in shaping the best possible time to come. We would love to stay in touch with you, and add your voice to the dialogue.