speaker:professoryaoguochuen,headoftheartificialintelligenceandnanotechnologycentre,tsinghuauniversity,beijing,china

topic:quantumputing:abreakthroughinartificialintelligence

time:2.30pm-3.30pm

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professoryaoknewthatthetopicofhisresearchwouldeliberatelyeupwithatitlethatwouldbringinthebestmindsinbothartificialintechnologyhadbeenslowmeetingexpectationsanditwasonlyrecentlythatithadstartedtobearfruitafterdecadesofresearch,trillionsofdollarsandso-called鈥渂reakthroughs鈥.theideathatitwouldplayanimportantpartintheforeseeablefutureofartificialintelligencecientists,especiallythosewhowerenotinterestedinitsmedicalapplications,hadalreadygivenuuldgetatomsandmoleculestobehāvelikeminiaturemachinesorgearsbuttheirappliendedtobeone-trickponies.

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鈥渘o.ihāven鈥檛.whathappened?鈥漚crescendoofalarmhadcreptintoprofessoryao鈥檚voice.

鈥渨ell,e,professoryao,dr.joplinisdead.鈥

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