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The Future of Computer Science (2018)
A famous researcher once said that a scientist should not work more than 5-6 years in...
The Best Qubits for Quantum Computing Might Just Be Atoms | Quanta Magazine
In the search for the most scalable hardware to use for quantum computers, qubits made of...
Context: The Missing Feature of Programming Languages
Modern computer hardware is so capable that we can often simply ignore its limitations when writing...
How Chain-of-Thought Reasoning Helps Neural Networks Compute | Quanta Magazine
Large language models do better at solving problems when they show their work. Researchers are beginning...
Never-Repeating Tiles Can Safeguard Quantum Information | Quanta Magazine
Two researchers have proved that Penrose tilings, famous patterns that never repeat, are mathematically equivalent to...
How Quickly Do Large Language Models Learn Unexpected Skills?
A new study suggests that so-called emergent abilities actually develop gradually and predictably, depending on how...
Scientists Find Optimal Balance of Data Storage and Time
Seventy years after the invention of a data structure called a hash table, theoreticians have found...
New Theory Suggests Chatbots Can Understand Text | Quanta Magazine
Far from being “stochastic parrots,” the biggest large language models seem to learn enough skills to...
Can You Crack the Uncrackable Code in Kryptos, the CIA’s Work of Public Art?
It can be challenging to parse the meaning of many non-narrative artworks. Sometimes the title will...
Baidu denies Chinese military link after report sent stock tumbling
Baidu on Monday said it had no links to a Chinese military lab, after a report...
‘Magical’ Error Correction Scheme Proved Inherently Inefficient | Quanta Magazine
Locally correctable codes need barely any information to fix errors, but they’re extremely long. Now we...
The Biggest Discoveries in Computer Science in 2023 | Quanta Magazine
Artificial intelligence learned how to generate text and art better than ever before, while computer scientists...
