Scott Aaronson
Theoretical computer scientist, Schlumberger Centennial Chair of Computer Science at the University of Texas at Austin and director of its Quantum Information Center. Writes the blog Shtetl-Optimized.
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2040 Liked
Having said all that: I confess I enjoyed "2040." The plot is tightly constructed, the dialogue crackles (certainly for a CS professor writing a first novel), the satire at least provokes chuckles, and at just 215 pages, the action moves.
scottaaronson.blog 2024-09-01
Quantum Supremacy: How the Quantum Computer Revolution Will Change Everything Disliked
So I can now state with confidence: beating out a crowded field, this is the worst book about quantum computing, for some definition of the word "about," that I've ever encountered.
scottaaronson.blog 2023-05-19
Viral: The Search for the Origin of COVID-19 Loved
Briefly, I think that this is one of the most important books so far of the twenty-first century.
scottaaronson.blog 2022-01-01
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The AI Does Not Hate You: Superintelligence, Rationality, and the Race to Save the World Loved
Briefly, I think the book is a triumph.
scottaaronson.blog 2019-10-07
Enlightenment Now: The Case for Reason, Science, Humanism, and Progress Recommends
So my advice is this: buy Pinker's book and read it.
scottaaronson.blog 2018-03-22
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Inadequate Equilibria Loved
I do have two criticisms of the book, both relatively minor compared to what I loved about it.
scottaaronson.blog 2017-11-16