Michael Nielsen

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Michael Aaron Nielsen (born January 4, 1974) is a quantum physicist, science writer, and computer programming researcher living in San Francisco.

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Tweet Feb 24, 2024

A letter from Richard Feynman

by Michael Nielsen

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Tweet Apr 20, 2023

Curious: what are the strongest public expressions of concern about catastrophic or x-risk made by senior leaders of major AI labs? Both Sam Altman & Shane Legg have made unambiguous statements. I don't know of similar statements from Dario Amode

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Tweet Mar 20, 2018

Twitter has made a huge positive impact on my life. Lots of people complain about it, so I wanted to write some notes about how I use it. Love to hear others' strategies too.

by Michael Nielsen

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Tweet Aug 23, 2023

I'm aware this is definitionally the wrong place to ask, but do people have a sense of where most discussion has moved? My sense is mostly of fragmentation, unfortunately. I think Twitter may(!) eventually re-emerge as something much more profita

by Michael Nielsen

Tweet Feb 15, 2023

A new not-for-profit, @spec__tech, aims to help enable research that is (currently) a poor fit for academia and industry, but which is critical for important new technologies: twitter.com/Ben_Reinhardt/status/1625867614281932800

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Tweet Nov 12, 2018

A meta-thread of some of my favourite Twitter threads!

by Michael Nielsen