@Zophikel glad you think so! think so too! theres a google engr working on it here you can chat with vzn1.wordpress.com/2016/08/09/…

@vzn i'm looking for software that can do good quantum computation simulations

something with a gui and cli interface

@vzn what's your research primarly in

@Zophikel have written about that extensively on my blog. interested in diverse areas such as complexity theory, quantum computing, number theory, robotics, AI etc...

@Zophikel try IBMs simulator/ tutorials etc., its new yet probably one of the best available.

are you thinking of going to college & majoring in CS?

@vzn yeah i'm thinking about going to college and majoring in CS

but most collages that I could get into have you declare a STEM major after sophemere year

First two years are general education :(

also I don't have the best grades in HS

but I have great ec's(Extracullcierls)

@Zophikel what year are you in HS? youre going to have to learn to spell better if you want to go to college...! although in your defense my ~2.5M line codebase for work has many misspellings, presumably by foreigners eg indians/ asians o_O

@vzn Senior

@Zophikel ah ok, not much time to make a decision, time running out! make sure you run spell check on your admissions letters/ essays! :P ... what are your extracullcierls anyway?

@vzn :( I found a couple of collages that I have a chance of getting into but I have to do well senior year

@vzn Robotics, Novcche, Competed in Online Programming Contests, working with a teacher on a research project for the science fair

also nearly got a research internship

@Zophikel collages colleges extracullcierls extracurriculars sophemere sophomore... if you spell a word right once try to stick to that! :P

ok

@vzn I could upload one of my resums

@Zophikel what is Novcche?

@Zophikel resume

@vzn National Science club for minorities

@Zophikel great but an old expr, close only counts in horseshoes/ hand grenades

@vzn "old expr" you mean old experience

?

@Zophikel put it on a web site after running spell check

@Zophikel expression

oh ok

@vzn i'm also in the school's gifted program where there helping me get into a better position for collage

have a movie you might like, try watching it vzn1.wordpress.com/2015/01/09/…

@Zophikel there theyre collage college

sorry

@Zophikel the irony here is how many ppl on chat complain about my own style :P

true

anyway my mentor says I have a good chance of getting somewhere decent despite my academic grievances

@Zophikel "grievances"? huh? (good you have a mentor)

my academic failures

@Zophikel was "grievance" his word? its not the same as "failure"...

will yeah

@Zophikel are you a minority? do you have a link for that society? didnt see it on googling

@Zophikel will well

nobcche.org

ok

yeah

Novcche nobcche (no wonder hard to find with google, sigh)

sorry

@vzn I just wondor if I could get into collage

@Zophikel collage involves/ reqs learning... yes some wondor wonder involved too at times...

that is true but I heard those with a low gpa don't stand a chance

I've learned a lot in my years of high school but I don't feel like I have a chance :(

@Zophikel there are very many colleges, some community colleges have halfway decent CS/ tech/ STEM classes/ programs.

@Zophikel if you graduate you have a chance.

@vzn yeah that is true

did you click on my link? think youll find the movie inspiring. it has similarities to your circumstances.

@vzn really

@Zophikel find it, watch it, you wont be disappointed. theres a great book on it too, excellent reading material

@vzn I did find one place I could get into on of the UOM's campuses

they have this promise scholar's program

where indivudals who could succeeded in academia but didn't do well in HS could get accepted

i'm thinking about applgyin

@Zophikel UOM? yes apply to many different schools, its critical to apply to more than one, and different levels/ variety

one of the Univirstiy of Michigan's collage's

@Zophikel COLLEGE

sorry

UMich has topnotch STEM afaik, highly rated/ ranked, havent heard of the program you mention

@Zophikel write it!

umflint.edu/eoi/promise-scholar-program

@vzn umflint.edu/eoi/promise-scholar-program

umflint.edu/admissions/admission-requirements

ah yeah just googled that. am thinking maybe of another Michigan university (Ann Arbor), the main one, guess UMFlint is different. but still looks worthwhile

@vzn I have like a 2.6 gpa so I still have a chance

@Zophikel do you have brothers/ sisters? did your parents go to college? there is some recognition at some places for "1st in family to go"...

@vzn yeah I have little sisters my mom didn't go to college my dad went to collage in Ghana then did a college program here but failed to get his masters degree

@Zophikel COLLEGE (do you have a diagnosed learning disability?) what degree did your dad get?

@vzn I have autism/Asperger's my dad got a degree in electrical engineering

@Zophikel ok sorry to hear that. :( but maybe you are still capable of spelling correctly? afaik many with that disorder can... (maybe some are good at it?)

and when I tested my school said I was at risk for depression

@Zophikel ok. :|

@vzn oh and then also for ec I've been learning math on my own for a while now

the brain is a remarkable thing. re spelling, heres an article on autism compared to hyperlexia. myaspergerschild.com/2012/03/…

@vzn also they said I exhibit antisocial behavior

@Zophikel (it would have helped a lot if you revealed this aspect earlier...) hope that you have some kind of treatment possibility. do you have any therapist? many schools have a psychologist or at least counselor...

@vzn no

@Zophikel your school tested you? recently? dont they do anything with the results?

@vzn also during my iq test this is pretty much how it went: youtube.com/watch?time_continue=11&v=x0CJKvevs2M

@vzn yeah they did they put in a resource room

note i'm the bald guy

@Zophikel lol ok

ok that was for comic relief but you get my point

my grandparents/ mother are from indiana, have visited a few times

oh that's nice

did you click on my movie link yet? do you have access to netflix? re LIGO analysis, try dropping by the physics chat room sometime, some would be interested, you might find stuff to chat about, how long have you been in SE chat?

yeah, I just really wonder if I a shot I keep hearing in my school at least that grades determine your future

@Zophikel lol everything/ nothing determines your future :P

@vzn what really determine your future

@Zophikel YOU DO! :)

@vzn do you think I have shot at the program I just linked you

@Zophikel you have a shot at stuff, you have talent, you have to try lots of different things and "not put all your eggs in 1 basket"

@vzn I know that's why i'm just now looking at other areas of math

@Zophikel yeah its good to be flexible, math underlies many fields, excellent foundation skill, am deep into math myself vzn1.wordpress.com/category/math

@vzn but i'm bored in my classes espcailly in my math classes :(

and i'm also tired of people calling me smart

@Zophikel so take harder ones. do stuff outside of class. sometimes learning in school is for unselfmotivated ppl

@vzn that's what i'm doing senior year taking a math class in subjects I haven't explored

@vzn that's what I've been doing learning outside of class

@Zophikel have them look at your writing :P

but i'm really getting annoyed of people calling me intelligent it's like that's the only thing they look at

@Zophikel ok... try developing other sides, like doing stuff for fun, socializing etc

nice chatting good luck gotta run & do some stuff back later take it easy

ok thanks @vzn also your chatroom should have way more people

@Zophikel thx, try to recruit some for me, have been working on that for years, its a real uphill battle on SE mostly :(

yeah I will

@Zophikel look up that movie, watch the trailer at least, click some of my links, watched your 1punch man silliness

ok I will @vzn

:)

@Zophikel plz +1 this at least! :) cs.meta.stackexchange.com/a/1373/699

@vzn :)

@Zophikel ???

I got one other person in here so that's why I smiled

@Zophikel +1 that ok?

yeah

@Zophikel when?

just a moment ago

@Zophikel it was +1 total awhile ago. still +1. you clicked it? maybe you dont have enough rep :(

:(

but you have 100 rep on Computer Science. think that should be enough. maybe you didnt click it :( ... @$%& sigh

cmon man :|

AI is still several breakthroughs away from reality / venturebeat

> “I think we have at least half a dozen major breakthroughs to go before we get close to human-level AI,” said Stuart Russell, a professor of computer science and engineering at the University of California, Berkeley. “But there are very many very brilliant people working on it, and I am pretty sure that those breakthroughs are going to happen.”