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Aaronson-Ambainis Conjecture proved! (By AI, of course)
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The Brief
- A blog post by Scott Aaronson reports that the Aaronson-Ambainis conjecture has been proved, with AI assistance.
- The post says several longstanding open problems in quantum computing theory and theoretical computer science are being resolved, and that the author cannot cover each one.
- The excerpt available here does not include the proof details or an independent verification.
Why it matters
If confirmed, a proof of a long-standing open problem in quantum computing theory would be a notable result, and its AI-assisted origin raises questions about how such research is produced and checked.
Who’s affected
- quantum computing researchers
- theoretical computer science researchers
- #quantum computing
- #complexity theory
- #ai-assisted research
- #open problems
We now, of course, live in age where longstanding open problems in quantum computing theory (and all theoretical computer science, and all math) are dropping like flies, to the extent that there’s no way I could possibly do a post on each and every bombshell. But I can’t exactly…
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Scott Aaronson's blog post reports the conjecture proved with AI
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Aaronson-Ambainis Conjecture proved! (By AI, of course)