Jul 30, 2022
On black holes, holography, the Quantum Extended Church-Turing Thesis, fully homomorphic encryption, and brain uploading
Posted by Jose Ruben Rodriguez Fuentes in categories: computing, cosmology, encryption, neuroscience, quantum physics, singularity
I promise you: this post is going to tell a scientifically coherent story that involves all five topics listed in the title. Not one can be omitted.
My story starts with a Zoom talk that the one and only Lenny Susskind delivered for the Simons Institute for Theory of Computing back in May. There followed a panel discussion involving Lenny, Edward Witten, Geoffrey Penington, Umesh Vazirani, and your humble shtetlmaster.