Pessimism of the Intellect, Optimism of the Will
Follow me on X: https://twitter.com/hsu_steve
I host the Manifold podcast: https://www.manifold1.com/episodes
Brief Bio:
I am Professor of Theoretical Physics and of Computational Mathematics, Science, and Engineering at Michigan State University.
My research interests include quantum field theory, black holes, cosmology, quantum foundations, AI/ML, and computational genomics.
I’m a founder of the startups
SafeWeb (encryption & internet security; acquired by Symantec)
Genomic Prediction (DNA embryo screening for IVF)
Othram (solves crimes via forensic DNA and genetic genealogy)
Superfocus.ai (Reliable AIs built using LLMs, but with no hallucination)
Richard Feynman and the 19 year old me at my Caltech graduation.
BS Caltech PhD Berkeley (theoretical physics)
Harvard Junior Fellow, faculty positions at Yale, UOregon, and MSU
Previously Senior Vice-President for Research and Innovation, MSU
