Amazon Officially Enters the Quantum Computing Race / gizmodo

@vzn I do think the current system of funding has put too many eggs in one basket. Do you have any thoughts on how a new system should be like?

@MoreAnonymous particle physics is somewhat overvalued currently. its very impressive and has had very fruitful history but is increasingly hitting a "wall" or "desert" in multiple ways. LHC is a powerful/ extremely expensive instrument now mostly obsolete. agree with Hossenfelder critique that FCC likely has quixotic aspect. simulations will be increasingly critical. there is some precedent/ tie-in with nuclear explosion research and protein folding.

@vzn "there is some precedent/ tie-in with ... protein folding" Positive or negative? I am out of the loop currently, did "protein folding" hit a "wall" or "desert" in a certain way?

@ThomasKlimpel protein folding simulations connected to deep QM analysis + ML are increasingly successful. Google/ Deepmind are attacking it with at times striking success etc. ... current physics culture at large is somewhat tentative/ avoidant of simulations...

Very good, I see now. The connection was that today, simulation is critical for nuclear explosion research and protein folding. That was also my impression.

@ThomasKlimpel its a complex thesis, really should be writing a paper on it instead of trying to elucidate it in a chat room eh? lol

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Helping Machines Perceive Some Laws Of Physics / scienceblog

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The rise and fall of the PlayStation supercomputers / the verge