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neural networks

How to Make the Universe Think for Us

By Charlie Wood
May 31, 2022
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Physicists are building neural networks out of vibrations, voltages and lasers, arguing that the future of computing lies in exploiting the universe’s complex physical behaviors.

computational complexity

How Computer Scientists Learned to Reinvent the Proof

By Mordechai Rorvig
May 23, 2022
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Why verify every line of a proof, when just a few checks will do?

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How to Write Software With Mathematical Perfection

By Sheon Han
May 17, 2022
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Leslie Lamport revolutionized how computers talk to each other. Now he’s working on how engineers talk to their machines.

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algorithms

Powerful ‘Machine Scientists’ Distill the Laws of Physics From Raw Data

By Charlie Wood
May 10, 2022
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Researchers say we’re on the cusp of “GoPro physics,” where a camera can point at an event and an algorithm can identify the underlying physics equation.

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cryptography

Which Computational Universe Do We Live In?

By Erica Klarreich
April 18, 2022
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Cryptographers want to know which of five possible worlds we inhabit, which will reveal whether truly secure cryptography is even possible.

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neural networks

Researchers Gain New Understanding From Simple AI

By Mordechai Rorvig
April 14, 2022
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Language processing programs are notoriously hard to interpret, but smaller versions can provide important insights into how they work.

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computational complexity

Researchers Identify ‘Master Problem’ Underlying All Cryptography

By Erica Klarreich
April 6, 2022
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The existence of secure cryptography depends on one of the oldest questions in computational complexity.

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artificial intelligence

Machine Learning Reimagines the Building Blocks of Computing

By Nick Thieme
March 15, 2022
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Traditional algorithms power complicated computational tools like machine learning. A new approach, called algorithms with predictions, uses the power of machine learning to improve algorithms.

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neural networks

Will Transformers Take Over Artificial Intelligence?

By Stephen Ornes
March 10, 2022
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A simple algorithm that revolutionizes how neural networks approach language is now taking on image classification as well. It may not stop there.


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