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An optimist’s guide to the future: How quantum AI could make Earth a paradise Starvation? Cancer? War? Spooky action at a distance could conceivably solve all these problems Goodbye Pestilence We’ve been studying diseases for thousands of years. In the modern era we’ve discovered vaccination, life-saving treatments, and cures for afflictions that have persisted for longer than recorded history. But there’s plenty of work left yet. Diseases such as cancer remain uncured and horrifically prolific....

An optimist’s guide to the future: How quantum AI could make Earth a paradise Starvation? Cancer? War? Spooky action at a distance could conceivably solve all these problems Goodbye Pestilence We’ve been studying diseases for thousands of years. In the modern era we’ve discovered vaccination, life-saving treatments, and cures for afflictions that have persisted for longer than recorded history. But there’s plenty of work left yet. Diseases such as cancer remain uncured and horrifically prolific....

Analysis: D-Wave going public is huge for quantum computing Has quantum computing finally arrived? What’s a D-Wave? D-Wave,in its own words, is: And, also according to D-Wave, it’s “the only company developing both annealing quantum computers and gate-model quantum computers.” That all sounds awesome. But it’s difficult to judge where the semantics end and the value begins when it comes to the field of quantum computing in general. There’s a lot of debate as to what constitutes a legitimate quantum computing system....

Analysis: Here’s what to expect now that Musk owns Twitter The board tried to strike him down and he became more powerful than you can possibly imagine Going private Twitter is currently a publicly-traded company, but it’s almost certainly going to be in Musk’s best interests to take the company private ASAP. Firstly, Musk, or whoever ultimately ends up in charge of Twitter (we’ll talk more about that in the “conspiracy theories” section of this article later), won’t have to file quarterly financial reports if the company’s private....

Analysis: Tesla’s humanoid robot might be Elon’s dumbest idea yet I’d like to punch it. Is that something? I Can’t think of any other way it could be useful Story byTristan Greene Tristan is a futurist covering human-centric artificial intelligence advances, quantum computing, STEM, physics, and space stuff. Pronouns:(show all)Tristan is a futurist covering human-centric artificial intelligence advances, quantum computing, STEM, physics, and space stuff. Pronouns: He/him Get the TNW newsletter Get the most important tech news in your inbox each week....