laura cui

reionize.bsky.social

19 October 2026 08:18

Should you do a theory phd in 2026? Some thoughts from the first half of my own grad school career, for anyone in the midst of applying (or recruiting students!) quantumfrontiers.com/2026/10/17/l...

Dulwich Quantum Computing

dulwichquantum.bsky.social

11 October 2026 22:52

Previously I used to print an interesting paper out and then carry it in my backpack for months without reading it. Now I can just ask an LLM to explain it to me and not read the explanation! Technological progress!!

Dulwich Quantum Computing

dulwichquantum.bsky.social

09 October 2026 15:23

Cryptography used to rely on hardness assumptions. Now it relies on a "bad PR assumption": a cryptosystem is still safe to use since it would be bad PR if AI labs announced how to break it. Pro tip: Given the absence of cryptography problems in the OpenAI release, consider a career in cryptography!

Dave Bacon

dabacon.tachyon.institute

07 October 2026 13:16

arxiv.org/abs/2610.06783

Dulwich Quantum Computing

dulwichquantum.bsky.social

07 October 2026 12:59

Me: Feeling empowered again. openai.com/index/sharin...