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quantum computing

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Adam Brown

American theoretical physicist — Research Scientist at Google — who works on quantum error correction, quantum computing, and theoretical aspects of information in physics.

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David Deutsch

British physicist — University of Oxford — who laid the theoretical foundations of quantum computing and whose epistemological philosophy (based on Karl Popper) argues for an optimistic view of human knowledge creation — author of The Fabric of Reality and The Beginning of Infinity.

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Deep Prasad

Canadian quantum computing entrepreneur who has publicly described experiences of anomalous consciousness states and close encounters with unidentified aerial phenomena — combining technology entrepreneurship with advocacy for taking consciousness and UAP phenomena seriously.

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Michael Nielsen

Australian scientist and writer — co-author of Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (the standard textbook) — author of Reinventing Discovery (on open science) and Neural Networks and Deep Learning (free online textbook) — who left academia to write about the future of science.

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Scott Aaronson

American theoretical computer scientist at UT Austin — the most prominent academic commentator on quantum computing's actual capabilities and limitations — author of Quantum Computing Since Democritus — blogger (Shtetl-Optimized) — who worked at OpenAI on AI safety.

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