Links to articles I love
The following articles have had a major influence on my research scoping. The research each influenced is denoted by the tags: QCA, QiBAM, QuASeR, QEAIT, QKSA, QKSA+, YAQQ, ARA. The bold ones are the major background works for each project.
read in 2025
- Quantum theory, the Church–Turing principle and the universal quantum computer ARA
- The No Free Lunch Theorem, Kolmogorov Complexity, and the Role of Inductive Biases in Machine Learning ARA
- Symbolic-Model-Based Reinforcement Learning QKSA+
- Do Quantum Neural Networks have Simplicity Bias? QEAIT
- Resource Quantification for the No-Programming Theorem AutoQC
- Large Language Models as Computable Approximations to Solomonoff Induction AIT
- Quantum AIXI: Universal Intelligence via Quantum Information EQKSA
read in 2024
- The Quantum House Of Cards QCA
- Computational Life: How Well-formed, Self-replicating Programs Emerge from Simple Interaction ARA
- From Easy to Hard: Tackling Quantum Problems with Learned Gadgets For Real Hardware QKSA+
- Superstaq: Deep Optimization of Quantum Programs YAQQ
read in 2023
- Automated Gadget Discovery in Science YAQQ
- Automated gadget discovery in the quantum domain YAQQ
- Discovering Quantum Circuit Components with Program Synthesis YAQQ
- Where are we heading with NISQ? QCA
- Quantum computation with machine-learning-controlled quantum stuff YAQQ
- What can we know about that which we cannot even imagine? ARA
- ProbLog2: Probabilistic Logic Programming QuLog
- Generalized Zurek’s bound on the cost of an individual classical or quantum computation QRE
- The universal path integral QEAIT
- What Is the Lagrangian Counting? QEAIT
- Evolving Quantum Circuits AutoQC
- Novelty Search and the Problem with Objectives YAQQ
- Paired Open-Ended Trailblazer (POET): Endlessly Generating Increasingly Complex and Diverse Learning Environments and Their Solutions ARA
- Rewardless Open-Ended Learning ARA
- AI-GAs: AI-generating algorithms, an alternate paradigm for producing general artificial intelligence ARA
read in 2022
- Maximal Algorithmic Caliber and Algorithmic Causal Network Inference: General Principles of Real-World General Intelligence? ARA
- Compositional Scientific Computing with Catlab and SemanticModels ARA
- Kolmogorov Complexity of Categories ARA
- Finding Structure in Science and Mathematics ARA
- Physics, Topology, Logic and Computation: A Rosetta Stone ARA
- The Physicalization of Metamathematics and Its Implications for the Foundations of Mathematics ARA
- Resource theory of quantum uncomplexity YAQQ
read in 2021
- A Complete Theory of Everything (will be subjective) ARA
- Space-Time Embedded Intelligence QKSA+
- Quantum speedup in the identification of cause-effect relations QKSA+
- Testing quantum theory with thought experiments QKSA+
- The Concept of the Ruliad QKSA, ARA
- Algorithmic Thermodynamics QKSA, ARA
- The Second Law of Quantum Complexity QKSA, YAQQ
- Thermodynamic costs of Turing machines QKSA, ARA
read in 2020
- The bitter truth about gate-based quantum algorithms in the NISQ era QCA
- The Universe is Lawless or “Pantôn chrêmatôn metron anthrôpon einai” ARA
- Eigenforms, Interfaces and Holographic Encoding - Toward an Evolutionary Account of Objects and Spacetime ARA
- Law without law: from observer states to physics via algorithmic information theory QKSA
- Universal Algorithmic Intelligence: A mathematical top->down approach QKSA
- Algorithmic Theories of Everything QKSA, ARA
- A Computer Scientist’s View of Life, the Universe, and Everything QKSA, ARA
read in 2019
- Ultimate Cognition à la Gödel QKSA, ARA
- A Gentle Introduction to Quantum Computing Algorithms with Applications to Universal Prediction QEAIT, QKSA
- Revisiting the simulation of quantum Turing machines by quantum circuits QEAIT
- Calculating Kolmogorov Complexity from the Output Frequency Distributions of Small Turing Machines QEAIT
- Formal Definitions of Unbounded Evolution and Innovation Reveal Universal Mechanisms for Open-Ended Evolution in Dynamical Systems QEAIT
- Evolving Turing Machines for Biosequence Recognition and Analysis QEAIT
- Life’s code script QEAIT
read in 2018
- Quantum-assisted quantum compiling QuASeR, QEAIT
- A Tutorial on Formulating and Using QUBO Models QuASeR
- The unconstrained binary quadratic programming problem: a survey QuASeR
- From the Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm to a Quantum Alternating Operator Ansatz QuASeR
- The Expressive Power of Parameterized Quantum Circuits QuASeR
- A Quantum Approximate Optimization Algorithm QuASeR
- BCG: The Next Decade in Quantum Computing and How to Play QCA, QuASeR
- Quantum Computing in the NISQ era and beyond QCA
read in 2017
- Quantum associative memory with improved distributed queries QiBAM
- Quantum Associative Memory QiBAM
- Quantum Pattern Matching QiBAM
- Is Quantum Search Practical? QiBAM
- Generalized Grover Search Algorithm for Arbitrary Initial Amplitude Distribution QiBAM
- Quantum Amplitude Amplification and Estimation QiBAM
- Tight bounds on quantum searching QiBAM
- A fast quantum mechanical algorithm for database search QiBAM
- Fast Quantum Search Algorithms in Protein Sequence Comparison - Quantum Biocomputing QiBAM
read in 2016
- A heterogeneous quantum computer architecture QCA
- A blueprint for building a quantum computer QCA
- A New BSQDD Approach for Synthesis of Quantum Circuit QCA
- The Limits of Quantum Computers QCA
- Strengths and Weaknesses of Quantum Computing QCA
Blogs/Sites to follow
Researchers
- Jürgen Schmidhuber - artificial general intelligence
- Marcus Hutter - artificial general intelligence
- Eliezer Yudkowsky - artificial general intelligence
- Hector Zenil - algorithmic information theory
- Evan Patterson - category theory
- Bartosz Milewski - category theory
- Scott Aaronson - quantum complexity
- Chris Adami
Organizations
- DeepMind - artificial general intelligence
- OpenAI - artificial general intelligence
- LessWrong - artificial general intelligence
- Machine Intelligence Research Institute - artificial general intelligence
- xAI - artificial general intelligence
- OpenNARS - artificial general intelligence
- OpenCog - artificial general intelligence
- Wolfram Institute - complexity sciences
- Santa Fe Institute - complexity sciences
- Topos Institute - category theory
- nLab - category theory
- Centre for Applied Compositionality - category theory
- QuTech - quantum technologies
- FQXi - physics
- Future of Humanity Institute - multidisciplinary research
- Institute of Semantic Information Sciences and Technology - philosophy of information
- Imandra - neurosymbolic ai
- Axiomatic AI - neurosymbolic ai
- Quantum Formalism Labs - quantum information theory
Courses/Playlists I recommend
- What is Computation? From Turing Machines to Black Holes and Neurons
- Understanding Artificial Intelligence through Algorithmic Information Theory
- Algorithmic Information Dynamics: A Computational Approach to Causality and Living Systems From Networks to Cells
- Physics from Symmetry
- Quantum Machine Learning
- General Theory of General Intelligence
- Boltzmann Law: Physics to Computing
- Neurosymbolic Programming for Science
Awesome YT Channels
- 0: 3Blue1Brown
- A: AlwaysAsking, Anastasia Marchenkova, Andrej Karpathy, Artur Ekert, Arvin Ash, Attic Philosophy
- B: Bartosz Milewski, Beyond Spacetime, Big Think, Bousso Group at Berkeley, ByteByteGo
- C: Carneades.org, Cellular Automata India, Centre for Quantum Technologies, Chronicles of Automaton Intelligence, ChuScience, Classiq Technologies, Closer To Truth, Closer To Truth - Physics of the Observer, Colin McDonnell, Complexity Explorer, Complexity from Quantum Information to Black Holes, Complexity Sciences Center, Computerphile, Cross Labs AI, CSTQ - Center for SpaceTime and the Quantum, Curt Jaimungal
- D: D-Wave, Domain of Science, DP PMI, Dr Ben Miles, Dutch Institute for Emergent Phenomena
- E: element14 presents, ELSI Origins, ERC PhiloQuantumGravity, Essentia Foundation, EVONANO
- F: Fermilab, Filosofia Urbino, Florian Marquardt, FQxI, Fujitsu Limited, Full-Stack Quantum Computation, Fundacja Quantum AI
- G: Gabriel Robins, Google DeepMind, Google TechTalks, GReTA Seminar, Guillermo Preisser
- H: Hector Zenil
- I: ICTP Condensed Matter and Statistical Physics, infophilosopher, InformationUniverse, Institute for Advanced Study, Institute for Quantum Computing, International Centre for Theoretical Sciences, IQOQI Vienna
- J: Jacob Pichelmeyer, jasonofthel33t, John Baez, John Preskill, Josh Bongard, Juergen Schmidhuber, Justin Huang, Justin Riddle
- K: koen bertels, Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell
- L: Lambda World, Let’s Talk Philosophy, Lex Fridman, Logan Chipkin, Looking Glass Universe
- M: Machine Intelligence Research Institute, Machine Learning & Algorithmic Information Theory, Machine Learning at Unife, Marcus Hutter, Mark Jackson, Mathemaniac, Mathematical Consciousness Science, metauni, Mingyu, Models of Consciousness Conferences, Mutual Information
- N: Nemean, Neso Academy, Neural Mechanisms, Neuromatch Academy, Neurosymbolic Programming for Science, Normalized Nerd, Noson S. Yanofsky, nptelhrd, Numberphile
- O: OxfordQuantumVideo
- P: Parth G, PBS Infinite Series, PBS Space Time, Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, Philosophize This!, Philosophy Battle, Polymath Unlimited, Primer, Professor M does Science
- Q: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
- R: Robert Miles AI Safety , Rotman Institute of Philosophy, Ryan O’Donnell
- S: Sabine Hossenfelder, , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
- T: , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , ,
- U: Up and Atom
- V: Veritasium, Vsauce
- W: WelcomeAIOverlords, Wolfram, Workshop on Stochastic Thermodynamics III, World Science Festival, Worlds of Entanglement Symposium
- X: Xiaole Shirley Liu
- Y: Y Combinator, Yusuke Endoh
- Z: Zaiku Group
- ?: 周紀寧 Chi-Ning Chou