computer science

3 statements across 3 episodes · 3 bullish · 0 bearish · 3 people on the record · first statement Jun 29, 2018 by Scott Aaronson · across every show →

Everything said about computer science, oldest first

Jun 29, 2018 positive
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Aaronson: Physics and computer science have converged around statistical mechanics and optimization
“Large parts of physics and CS have been coming together in the last decades you know, partly statistical physics made this very, very deep connection between like spin glasses and condensed matter physics and combinatorial optimization problems.”
Scott Aaronson Jun 29, 2018 ▶ 35:14 Scott Aaronson on Computational Complexity Theory and Quantum Computers · Y Combinator
Jun 19, 2019 positive
Opinion
Rossmann: Project-based CS education builds more communication skills than liberal arts
“When you teach computer science in a project-based way, you also got to do some design. You got to do some user acquisition. You got to do some customer discovery. You got to work on a team and actually you get more communication skills than you might in a Lib…”
Jeremy Rossmann Jun 19, 2019 ▶ 18:44 Jeremy Rossmann of Make School on Income Share Agreements and the Future of College · Y Combinator
Sep 3, 2025 positive
Insight
Truell: Programming Remains Foundational Education Like Math Despite AI
“I think that programming like math is kind of just a good general education. I don't think that that goes away, and I think that there's also lots of practical skills that comes from studying computer science right now.”
Michael Truell Sep 3, 2025 ▶ 26:43 Michael Truell: Building Cursor At 23, Taking On GitHub Copilot & Advice To Engineering Students · Y Combinator
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