And Why Every Other Major Sucks By

Comparison

Scott Aaronson
Associate Professor, EECS

Stereotypes of CS Majors

Moores Law

So whats next?

Robot
Uprising

Uploading our brains to

computers;
replacement of real life by the
Matrix

=
So what else is there?

What weve learned from

quantum computers so
far:

15 = 3

Relativity Computer

DONE

Time (seconds)

Zenos Computer

STEP
1
STEP 2
STEP 3
STEP 4
STEP 5

Time Travel Computer

S. Aaronson and J. Watrous. Closed Timelike

Curves Make Quantum and Classical
Computing Equivalent, Proceedings of the Royal
Society A 465:631-647, 2009. arXiv:0808.2669.
Answer

Polynomial
Size Circuit

C
Closed
Timelike
Curve
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R CTC

R CR
0 0 0

CausalityRespecting
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Computer Science Is
Interdisciplinary

Physics

Math

Biology

Brain/Cogni

Economics

Conclusions
- Great choice to get admitted here
- Come to MIT
- You could do a course other than 63, but why?