I’m finishing up my PhD on tensor network algorithms at the University of Queensland, Australia, under Ian McCulloch. I’ve also proposed a new definition of wavefunction branches using quantum circuit complexity.
Predictably, I’m moving into AI safety work. See my post on graphical tensor notation for interpretability. I also attended the Machine Learning for Alignment Bootcamp in Berkeley in 2022, did a machine learning/ neuroscience internship in 2020/2021, and also wrote a post exploring the potential counterfactual impact of AI safety work.
My website: https://sites.google.com/view/jordantensor/
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Special relativity is not such a good example here when compared to general relativity, which was much further ahead of its time. See, for example, this article: https://bigthink.com/starts-with-a-bang/science-einstein-never-existed/
Regarding special relativity, Einstein himself said:[1]
As for general relativity, the ideas and the mathematics required (Riemannian Geometry) were much more obscure and further afield. The only people who came close, Nordstrom and Hilbert, arguably did so because they were directly influenced by Einstein’s ongoing work on general relativity (not just special relativity).
https://www.quora.com/Without-Einstein-would-general-relativity-be-discovered-by-now
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Relativity_priority_dispute