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🚨So yeah... turns out we can understand all sources of barren plateaus (BPs) with one single framework! 🥳 See Martin's thread for a detailed discussion on our results, and see my thread 🧵 below for some story time about how we got to this point.

I'm also sharing the full text of the cease-and-desist letter here because I think people should see exactly what Dias sent to his graduate students to keep them silent.

Do you work on variational quantum algorithms or quantum machine learning? If so, please check our latest article: arxiv.org/abs/2312.09121 Here, we ask: Are barren plateau-free models classically simulable? Should we rethink variational QC as a whole? LONG 🧵 below 1/n

The leading edge of a cell videoed through a microscope. Actin filaments are shown. #CellBiology

Devastated to hear of the death yesterday of quantum physicist Dr. Barbara Jones, longtime researcher at IBM, a dear friend of mine for over 40 years.

WORK. OF. ART. 🎨 #ForTheLove | #OwnThisMoment

“The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command.” -George Orwell, 1984

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As we continue our unprecedented response to Hurricane Helene, the nation is beginning to understand that impacted areas have been the target of a relentless vortex of disinformation, dialed up by bad actors and platforms like X. 🧵

3 years ago, my dream job was cancelled. Emily's Wonder Lab helped inspire the next generation of scientists. I pitched dozens of science experiments for more seasons, but they weren't interested. What do you do when your dream is cancelled? You pivot. I turned the

👵 I went on the academic job market for 5 years. 📑 18 pubs 📝 256 applications 💬 19 interviews 🗣️ 10 job talks 🫱 6 offers (1 faculty, 5 postdoc) 😈 Here's a candid look at the job market hellscape:🧵

Get on it!!!

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Here's why our beautiful 🐸 paper is not about 🐸s and not about embryogenesis---a 🧵 biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

“We will call it Raleigh-Durham International Airport.” Named for the city of Raleigh-Durham, sir? “It’s actually two different cities.” And which one will the airport be in? “Morrisville.”

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🧵Next week, you will see people using something called Benford's Law to try to prove election fraud. ⛔️These people are wrong⛔️ I am a scientist who has published on Benford's Law. Let me tell you what it is and why what they are doing is mathematically incorrect. 1/

This cartoon. 🥺