Filip W

Filip W

@filipw.strathweb.com

Software architect, quantum computing nomad, open source contributor, Microsoft MVP. Works in R&D in the medical industry. Interested in quantum foundations.
 Author of “Introduction to Quantum Computing with Q# and QDK” (Springer).

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Filip W
@filipw.strathweb.com

"Basically the paper is so horribly written that it’s impossible to read it without AI help The UGC proof invents a completely new bizarre code with a noise test. It’s some crazy recursive construction. It’s not the long code, not the short code – some alien craziness" 🔗 scottaaronson.blog?p=10169

scottaaronson.blogThe MathocalypseLast night my 9-year-old son was taunting my wife, complexity theorist Dana Moshkovitz, as follows: “mommy, I heard you got cooked! I heard that a robot solved the math problem you worked on …
Filip W
@filipw.strathweb.com

well timed 📝 A Primer on Ethics in Mathematics - Maurice Chiodo "This is a course about Ethics in Mathematics. That is, about the ethical issues that arise in mathematics itself, in mathematical work, and in the actions of mathematicians" 🔗 arxiv.org/abs/2610.08209

arxiv.orgA Primer on Ethics in MathematicsThis is a course about Ethics in Mathematics. That is, about the ethical issues that arise in mathematics itself, in mathematical work, and in the actions of mathematicians, broadly interpreted to cov...
Filip W
@filipw.strathweb.com

today I heard some music from a singer named "Ikkimel", who apparently is quite popular among kids over here, and I finally understand how our parents must have felt about Rancid and Wu-Tang Clan

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Ethan Siegel
@startswithabang.bsky.social

The big reason Einstein would never have used AI The point of school is to grow your mind; the point of science is to discover truths about reality. We know that Einstein never would've used AI. Here are the dangers if you do. bigthink.com/starts-with-... #space #astro #physics #einstein #ai

bigthink.comThe big reason Einstein would never have used AIMany think that intelligence can be outsourced to AI. Einstein wouldn't have used it. If he had, he never would have become Einstein.
Filip W
@filipw.strathweb.com

wow "The US government, citing national security authorities, has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States, including foreign national Anthropic employees" 🔗 www.anthropic.com/news/fable-m...

anthropic.comStatement on the US government directive to suspend access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5The US government has issued an export control directive to suspend all access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 by any foreign national, whether inside or outside the United States.
Filip W
@filipw.strathweb.com

"The net effect of this order is that we must abruptly disable Fable 5 and Mythos 5 for all our customers to ensure compliance. Access to all other Anthropic models will not be affected."

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Error Correction Zoo
@eczoo.bsky.social

Big update: the EC Zoo is now a handbook. It spans codes, sphere packings, lattices, designs, groups, and phases of matter. Extensively checked, but not perfect—feedback very welcome: arxiv.org/abs/2606.11484

arxiv.orgHandbook of Error-Correcting CodesBarcode scans, clear phone calls, reliable data storage, satellite communication, and large-scale quantum computation are all made possible by error correction. We present a handbook version of The Er...
Filip W
@filipw.strathweb.com

booted my Windows PC for the first time in months and after about an hour of churning various Windows updates it has spent the last hour on this - not particularly reassuring - state

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Steve Flammia
@sflammia.bsky.social

The arXiv is becoming a nonprofit separate from Cornell, and they're looking for a CEO. Please repost to let good candidates know! @dabacon.tachyon.institute, @harrowing.bsky.social, @michaelnielsen.bsky.social jobs.chronicle.com/job/37961678...

jobs.chronicle.comChief Executive Officer - New York City, New York (US) job with arXiv | 37961678arXiv seeks its first CEO to champion open, free scientific discovery and guide the platform’s next chapter as an independent nonprofit.

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Nicole Yunger Halpern
@nicoleyh11.bsky.social

Toward autonomous quantum computation. (If you're an experimentalist who'd like to try out any of these proposals, let me know!) arxiv.org/abs/2510.07372 @umdscience.bsky.social

arxiv.orgProposals for experimentally realizing (mostly) quantum-autonomous gatesAutonomous quantum machines (AQMs) execute tasks without requiring time-dependent external control. Motivations for AQMs include the restrictions imposed by classical control on quantum machines' cohe...
Filip W
@filipw.strathweb.com

upgraded my home connection to 10Gbit fiber Only to realize that none of my devices, including the newly set up mesh network ("why pay extra for 10Gbit support?") and the new Mac ("why pay extra for 10Gbit support?") do not support it 😣

Filip W
@filipw.strathweb.com

Elon: "I know absolutely nothing about this, so here's my expert opinion"

Dr Jared Jeyaretnam ⚛️🧪@jaredjeya.github.io

I’ve always thought the problem with quantum computers is that they don’t cost nearly enough money (ideally, at least a million dollars per kg!), and should experience heavy vibrations and crushing G-forces after being calibrated. ⚛️🧪

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John Preskill
@preskill.bsky.social

When and how will quantum computing broadly benefit humanity? Despite exhilarating recent progress, we still don’t know. Here my friend Jens Eisert and I assess the current status and the challenges ahead. arxiv.org/abs/2510.19928

arxiv.orgMind the gaps: The fraught road to quantum advantageQuantum computing is advancing rapidly, yet substantial gaps separate today's noisy intermediate-scale quantum (NISQ) devices from tomorrow's fault-tolerant application-scale (FASQ) machines. We ident...

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Ethan Siegel
@startswithabang.bsky.social

5 undeniable, truthful facts about dark matter There are always people promoting their own (shoddy) "alternative" ideas to dark matter. These five undeniable truths box those alternatives into a corner they can't escape from. (Yes, that one too!) bigthink.com/starts-with-... #space #astro #physics

bigthink.com5 undeniable, truthful facts about dark matterDark matter has never been directly detected, but the astronomical evidence for its existence is overwhelming. Here's what to know.
Filip W
@filipw.strathweb.com

When Werner Heisenberg came up with his original "observable" idea for quantum mechanics, he turned to Max Born and Pascual Jordan to help advance the ideas further, but they couldn't manage to apply the theory to the electron in hydrogen atom.

Filip W
@filipw.strathweb.com

They asked Wolfgang Pauli for help, who replied "This is indeed a calculation that is too difficult. For you." and proceeded to calculate everything which confirmed the theory. (as told by C. Rovelli in "Helgoland")

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Micah
@rincewind.run

my wife is a Cal fan and apparently this week they’re putting a “59” on their football helmets to honor the 59 Nobel laureates tied to Cal in order to flex on Duke this is maybe my favorite dunk anyone has ever done on Duke

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Robert Garisto
@robertgaristo.bsky.social

Chills from a condensed matter abstract from 40 yrs ago: "We report the first observation of quantized energy levels for a macroscopic variable, namely the phase difference across a current-biased Josephson junction in its zero-voltage state." @nobelprize.bsky.social journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...

journals.aps.orgEnergy-Level Quantization in the Zero-Voltage State of a Current-Biased Josephson JunctionWe report the first observation of quantized energy levels for a macroscopic variable, namely the phase difference across a current-biased Josephson junction in its zero-voltage state. The position of...
Filip W
@filipw.strathweb.com

so great to see this - so deserved! 👏👏🎉 The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis "for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electric circuit." www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physi...

nobelprize.orgNobel Prize in Physics 2025The Nobel Prize in Physics 2025 was awarded to John Clarke, Michel H. Devoret and John M. Martinis “for the discovery of macroscopic quantum mechanical tunnelling and energy quantisation in an electri...

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ETH Zurich
@ethz.ch

"If we leave writing to AI chatbots, we won't just lose a craft and the skills. Because writing is more than that. Writing is thinking", argues Giorgio Iemmolo, Director of the Language Centre at ETH and the University of Zurich. ethz.ch/en/news-and-... What is your opinion?

ethz.chGiorgio Iemmolo, is learning possible without writing?AI chatbots are taking over writing for students and researchers. Linguist Giorgio Iemmolo explains what we are jeopardising in the interest of efficiency gains.