James Wootton
@decodoku.bsky.social
Misusing quantum computers for fun and/or science. Spock at Moth Quantum. Two Ts and no Es. All nonsense here is my own doing
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James Wootton
@decodoku.bsky.social
· Aug 24
Space Moths
Space Moths will be released during Gamescom 2025. Click on the ⭐️ button to be the first to play with quantum on-demand!
For ages, the moths of the planet Nerii lived peacefully, their wings shimmer...
www.roblox.com
What better to do on Sunday morning than a little gaming?
If you want to play a game with levels generated on-demand by a quantum computer, then you are in luck. Since it is #gamescom2025, we are doing just that!
But you can also play it at home in your pajamas
www.roblox.com/games/941695...
If you want to play a game with levels generated on-demand by a quantum computer, then you are in luck. Since it is #gamescom2025, we are doing just that!
But you can also play it at home in your pajamas
www.roblox.com/games/941695...
Anyone in Geneva for Swiss Quantum Week?
I'm around today and tomorrow if anyone wants to catch up.
I'm around today and tomorrow if anyone wants to catch up.
October 13, 2025 at 7:27 AM
Anyone in Geneva for Swiss Quantum Week?
I'm around today and tomorrow if anyone wants to catch up.
I'm around today and tomorrow if anyone wants to catch up.
Today I'll be speaking at QTech 25 in Hungary: a collection of four quantum conferences in a trenchcoat.
Since I'll speak about our game whose level generation runs on-demand on a real QPU, we'll be turning the live QPU generation on this afternoon. Check it out!
www.roblox.com/games/941695...
Since I'll speak about our game whose level generation runs on-demand on a real QPU, we'll be turning the live QPU generation on this afternoon. Check it out!
www.roblox.com/games/941695...
Space Moths
Space Moths will be released during Gamescom 2025. Click on the ⭐️ button to be the first to play with quantum on-demand!
For ages, the moths of the planet Nerii lived peacefully, their wings shimmer...
www.roblox.com
September 25, 2025 at 6:31 AM
Today I'll be speaking at QTech 25 in Hungary: a collection of four quantum conferences in a trenchcoat.
Since I'll speak about our game whose level generation runs on-demand on a real QPU, we'll be turning the live QPU generation on this afternoon. Check it out!
www.roblox.com/games/941695...
Since I'll speak about our game whose level generation runs on-demand on a real QPU, we'll be turning the live QPU generation on this afternoon. Check it out!
www.roblox.com/games/941695...
Reposted by James Wootton
Makes me think if No Man's Sky launched today in the same way it did in 2016 people would accuse it of being AI slop.
Generative AI and (most) Procedural Content Generation are not the same thing.
(I should make a video about this...)
Generative AI and (most) Procedural Content Generation are not the same thing.
(I should make a video about this...)
It's silly to see procedurally generated content called "AI generated slop" because it really isn't. Procedural generation takes skills, generative AI does not.
September 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
Makes me think if No Man's Sky launched today in the same way it did in 2016 people would accuse it of being AI slop.
Generative AI and (most) Procedural Content Generation are not the same thing.
(I should make a video about this...)
Generative AI and (most) Procedural Content Generation are not the same thing.
(I should make a video about this...)
Tenure track assistant prof job up for grabs in Basel. It's quantum computing theory, based in computer science, and part of the NCCR SPIN.
Whoever gets this job will probably have to collaborate with me. Whether you see that as a pro or con is up to you.
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
Whoever gets this job will probably have to collaborate with me. Whether you see that as a pro or con is up to you.
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
Universität Basel: Tenure-track Assistant Professorship in Theoretical Quantum Computing
The University of Basel, Switzerland, invites applications for a professorship in theoretical quantum computing. The University of Basel is the home institution of the Swiss National Center of Compete...
jobs.unibas.ch
September 15, 2025 at 3:39 PM
Tenure track assistant prof job up for grabs in Basel. It's quantum computing theory, based in computer science, and part of the NCCR SPIN.
Whoever gets this job will probably have to collaborate with me. Whether you see that as a pro or con is up to you.
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
Whoever gets this job will probably have to collaborate with me. Whether you see that as a pro or con is up to you.
jobs.unibas.ch/offene-stell...
This weekend is the global quantum game jam! Sign up and hack together a game over the weekend. Or just tune in to the talks on Twitch.
www.quantumgamejam.org
www.quantumgamejam.org
September 4, 2025 at 2:18 PM
This weekend is the global quantum game jam! Sign up and hack together a game over the weekend. Or just tune in to the talks on Twitch.
www.quantumgamejam.org
www.quantumgamejam.org
Reposted by James Wootton
MOTH’s João Ferreira will present 'Space Moths' at Quantum Game Jam 2025 - the first Roblox MMOG with levels generated on-demand by quantum computers.
More on MOTH:
mothquantum.com
Event info:
quantumgamejam.org
#mothquantum #quantumgamejam #Roblox #SpaceMoths
More on MOTH:
mothquantum.com
Event info:
quantumgamejam.org
#mothquantum #quantumgamejam #Roblox #SpaceMoths
September 4, 2025 at 1:50 PM
MOTH’s João Ferreira will present 'Space Moths' at Quantum Game Jam 2025 - the first Roblox MMOG with levels generated on-demand by quantum computers.
More on MOTH:
mothquantum.com
Event info:
quantumgamejam.org
#mothquantum #quantumgamejam #Roblox #SpaceMoths
More on MOTH:
mothquantum.com
Event info:
quantumgamejam.org
#mothquantum #quantumgamejam #Roblox #SpaceMoths
New paper today! This time a collaboration between MOTH and DESY, as well as artist Roman Lipski.
We use quantum circuits to do image manipulation effects, embedded in a digital paint tool.
It's all free and open source. A perfect basis for your next quantum hackathon!
scirate.com/arxiv/2509.0...
We use quantum circuits to do image manipulation effects, embedded in a digital paint tool.
It's all free and open source. A perfect basis for your next quantum hackathon!
scirate.com/arxiv/2509.0...
September 3, 2025 at 7:56 AM
New paper today! This time a collaboration between MOTH and DESY, as well as artist Roman Lipski.
We use quantum circuits to do image manipulation effects, embedded in a digital paint tool.
It's all free and open source. A perfect basis for your next quantum hackathon!
scirate.com/arxiv/2509.0...
We use quantum circuits to do image manipulation effects, embedded in a digital paint tool.
It's all free and open source. A perfect basis for your next quantum hackathon!
scirate.com/arxiv/2509.0...
Reposted by James Wootton
Gamescom 2025 marked a milestone for us: the launch of Space Moths, the first massively multiplayer game powered on-demand by a quantum computer.
Thank you to everyone who joined us, and to our partners Onward Studios, IBM Quantum, IQM, and VTT.
→ www.roblox.com/games/941695...
Thank you to everyone who joined us, and to our partners Onward Studios, IBM Quantum, IQM, and VTT.
→ www.roblox.com/games/941695...
August 27, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Gamescom 2025 marked a milestone for us: the launch of Space Moths, the first massively multiplayer game powered on-demand by a quantum computer.
Thank you to everyone who joined us, and to our partners Onward Studios, IBM Quantum, IQM, and VTT.
→ www.roblox.com/games/941695...
Thank you to everyone who joined us, and to our partners Onward Studios, IBM Quantum, IQM, and VTT.
→ www.roblox.com/games/941695...
Reposted by James Wootton
I recently published the LaTeX notes I took in three amazing classes this semester:
- Computational quantum physics (Prof. @gppcarleo.bsky.social)
- Quantum information theory (Prof. @qzoeholmes.bsky.social)
- Sublinear algorithms for big data analysis (Prof. Michael Kapralov)
Link below👇
- Computational quantum physics (Prof. @gppcarleo.bsky.social)
- Quantum information theory (Prof. @qzoeholmes.bsky.social)
- Sublinear algorithms for big data analysis (Prof. Michael Kapralov)
Link below👇
August 18, 2025 at 8:20 PM
I recently published the LaTeX notes I took in three amazing classes this semester:
- Computational quantum physics (Prof. @gppcarleo.bsky.social)
- Quantum information theory (Prof. @qzoeholmes.bsky.social)
- Sublinear algorithms for big data analysis (Prof. Michael Kapralov)
Link below👇
- Computational quantum physics (Prof. @gppcarleo.bsky.social)
- Quantum information theory (Prof. @qzoeholmes.bsky.social)
- Sublinear algorithms for big data analysis (Prof. Michael Kapralov)
Link below👇
What better to do on Sunday morning than a little gaming?
If you want to play a game with levels generated on-demand by a quantum computer, then you are in luck. Since it is #gamescom2025, we are doing just that!
But you can also play it at home in your pajamas
www.roblox.com/games/941695...
If you want to play a game with levels generated on-demand by a quantum computer, then you are in luck. Since it is #gamescom2025, we are doing just that!
But you can also play it at home in your pajamas
www.roblox.com/games/941695...
Space Moths
Space Moths will be released during Gamescom 2025. Click on the ⭐️ button to be the first to play with quantum on-demand!
For ages, the moths of the planet Nerii lived peacefully, their wings shimmer...
www.roblox.com
August 24, 2025 at 8:29 AM
What better to do on Sunday morning than a little gaming?
If you want to play a game with levels generated on-demand by a quantum computer, then you are in luck. Since it is #gamescom2025, we are doing just that!
But you can also play it at home in your pajamas
www.roblox.com/games/941695...
If you want to play a game with levels generated on-demand by a quantum computer, then you are in luck. Since it is #gamescom2025, we are doing just that!
But you can also play it at home in your pajamas
www.roblox.com/games/941695...
Reposted by James Wootton
First gameplay from Space Moths — an MMOG demo powered by quantum computing. See it at Gamescom 2025.
#Gamescom2025 #mothquantum #MMO #QuantumComputing #onwardstudios
#Gamescom2025 #mothquantum #MMO #QuantumComputing #onwardstudios
August 14, 2025 at 3:48 PM
First gameplay from Space Moths — an MMOG demo powered by quantum computing. See it at Gamescom 2025.
#Gamescom2025 #mothquantum #MMO #QuantumComputing #onwardstudios
#Gamescom2025 #mothquantum #MMO #QuantumComputing #onwardstudios
Reposted by James Wootton
New work just published
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
I was sat on this result for a couple of years but as you can see in the acknowledgements sometimes I need to be told three times to get things done (and sometimes I need to be asked more than three times, sorry @kenbrownquantum.bsky.social)
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
I was sat on this result for a couple of years but as you can see in the acknowledgements sometimes I need to be told three times to get things done (and sometimes I need to be asked more than three times, sorry @kenbrownquantum.bsky.social)
August 15, 2025 at 8:02 AM
New work just published
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
I was sat on this result for a couple of years but as you can see in the acknowledgements sometimes I need to be told three times to get things done (and sometimes I need to be asked more than three times, sorry @kenbrownquantum.bsky.social)
journals.aps.org/prl/abstract...
I was sat on this result for a couple of years but as you can see in the acknowledgements sometimes I need to be told three times to get things done (and sometimes I need to be asked more than three times, sorry @kenbrownquantum.bsky.social)
New paper out on the arXiv today
scirate.com/arxiv/2508.0...
A short review of the kinds of methods used in procedural generation of content for games, and how fault-tolerant quantum algorithms could be used to enhance them.
Daniel will also present this soon at the IEEE Conference on Games.
scirate.com/arxiv/2508.0...
A short review of the kinds of methods used in procedural generation of content for games, and how fault-tolerant quantum algorithms could be used to enhance them.
Daniel will also present this soon at the IEEE Conference on Games.
August 14, 2025 at 7:19 AM
New paper out on the arXiv today
scirate.com/arxiv/2508.0...
A short review of the kinds of methods used in procedural generation of content for games, and how fault-tolerant quantum algorithms could be used to enhance them.
Daniel will also present this soon at the IEEE Conference on Games.
scirate.com/arxiv/2508.0...
A short review of the kinds of methods used in procedural generation of content for games, and how fault-tolerant quantum algorithms could be used to enhance them.
Daniel will also present this soon at the IEEE Conference on Games.
Just put out a blog post, written with my colleagues Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin and Alex Alani.
We talk about the generative system used to create levels in our game, but also about how we can also use it for remixing the music too.
mothquantum.substack.com/p/quantum-mu...
We talk about the generative system used to create levels in our game, but also about how we can also use it for remixing the music too.
mothquantum.substack.com/p/quantum-mu...
Composing for Quantum Games
With Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin and Alex Alani
mothquantum.substack.com
August 13, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Just put out a blog post, written with my colleagues Rakhat-Bi Abdyssagin and Alex Alani.
We talk about the generative system used to create levels in our game, but also about how we can also use it for remixing the music too.
mothquantum.substack.com/p/quantum-mu...
We talk about the generative system used to create levels in our game, but also about how we can also use it for remixing the music too.
mothquantum.substack.com/p/quantum-mu...
Reposted by James Wootton
At Gamescom 2025, MOTH and Onward Studios present Space Moths, a quantum-powered MMO demo with dynamically generated levels using on-demand quantum computing and machine learning.
Read more here:
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
#mothquantum #MMO #Gamescom2025 #QuantumComputing #onwardstudios
Read more here:
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
#mothquantum #MMO #Gamescom2025 #QuantumComputing #onwardstudios
August 11, 2025 at 5:23 PM
At Gamescom 2025, MOTH and Onward Studios present Space Moths, a quantum-powered MMO demo with dynamically generated levels using on-demand quantum computing and machine learning.
Read more here:
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
#mothquantum #MMO #Gamescom2025 #QuantumComputing #onwardstudios
Read more here:
substack.com/inbox/post/1...
#mothquantum #MMO #Gamescom2025 #QuantumComputing #onwardstudios
Looking forward to going to the world's biggest games trade show and launching a new game with quantum-powered level generation!
We’re bringing quantum computing to Gamescom 2025.
Visit the MOTH stand (FO52g, Hall 10.2) to play our Roblox game powered by live quantum-generated levels, and see how we're applying Quantum Reservoir Computing to procedural content generation.
Let’s talk future of gaming. Aug 20–24, Cologne.
Visit the MOTH stand (FO52g, Hall 10.2) to play our Roblox game powered by live quantum-generated levels, and see how we're applying Quantum Reservoir Computing to procedural content generation.
Let’s talk future of gaming. Aug 20–24, Cologne.
August 8, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Looking forward to going to the world's biggest games trade show and launching a new game with quantum-powered level generation!
Reposted by James Wootton
August 1, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Has no-one ever made a Stim backend for Qiskit, to make stabilizer simulation faster. It seems like such an easy win for making a well-used tool!
July 14, 2025 at 4:26 PM
Has no-one ever made a Stim backend for Qiskit, to make stabilizer simulation faster. It seems like such an easy win for making a well-used tool!
Reposted by James Wootton
MOTH is heading to #Gamescom2025!
We’re debuting the first multiplayer game served on-demand by a QPU.
Catch us at Hall 10.2 | Stand F052g (hosted by MiTale) and explore the future of persistent, quantum-powered gameplay.
Schedule a meeting on Gamescom Biz or swing by!
#QuantumGaming #GameDev
We’re debuting the first multiplayer game served on-demand by a QPU.
Catch us at Hall 10.2 | Stand F052g (hosted by MiTale) and explore the future of persistent, quantum-powered gameplay.
Schedule a meeting on Gamescom Biz or swing by!
#QuantumGaming #GameDev
July 9, 2025 at 12:02 PM
MOTH is heading to #Gamescom2025!
We’re debuting the first multiplayer game served on-demand by a QPU.
Catch us at Hall 10.2 | Stand F052g (hosted by MiTale) and explore the future of persistent, quantum-powered gameplay.
Schedule a meeting on Gamescom Biz or swing by!
#QuantumGaming #GameDev
We’re debuting the first multiplayer game served on-demand by a QPU.
Catch us at Hall 10.2 | Stand F052g (hosted by MiTale) and explore the future of persistent, quantum-powered gameplay.
Schedule a meeting on Gamescom Biz or swing by!
#QuantumGaming #GameDev
My daughter's primary school had a graduation ceremony recently, with all the leavers giving a speech. Many of them opened with a variation on the same line. One that stood out to me because it didn't make much sense.
So I asked Chat GPT to write a speech. Sure enough, it started with the same line
So I asked Chat GPT to write a speech. Sure enough, it started with the same line
June 23, 2025 at 7:55 AM
My daughter's primary school had a graduation ceremony recently, with all the leavers giving a speech. Many of them opened with a variation on the same line. One that stood out to me because it didn't make much sense.
So I asked Chat GPT to write a speech. Sure enough, it started with the same line
So I asked Chat GPT to write a speech. Sure enough, it started with the same line
Made a new friend during a walk in the woods today
May 31, 2025 at 5:44 PM
Made a new friend during a walk in the woods today
Interesting new paper today about combining surface codes with non-Abelian qudit versions of surface codes to get non-Clifford gates.
arxiv.org/abs/2505.18265
arxiv.org/abs/2505.18265
May 27, 2025 at 8:57 AM
Interesting new paper today about combining surface codes with non-Abelian qudit versions of surface codes to get non-Clifford gates.
arxiv.org/abs/2505.18265
arxiv.org/abs/2505.18265
New paper out today!
We apply quantum reservoir computing to the task of learning and generating levels of Super Mario Bros, and analyze what exactly it is about the generated levels that we like the look of.
Then, like any 10 year-old, we end up on Roblox.
arxiv.org/abs/2505.13287
We apply quantum reservoir computing to the task of learning and generating levels of Super Mario Bros, and analyze what exactly it is about the generated levels that we like the look of.
Then, like any 10 year-old, we end up on Roblox.
arxiv.org/abs/2505.13287
May 20, 2025 at 7:00 AM
New paper out today!
We apply quantum reservoir computing to the task of learning and generating levels of Super Mario Bros, and analyze what exactly it is about the generated levels that we like the look of.
Then, like any 10 year-old, we end up on Roblox.
arxiv.org/abs/2505.13287
We apply quantum reservoir computing to the task of learning and generating levels of Super Mario Bros, and analyze what exactly it is about the generated levels that we like the look of.
Then, like any 10 year-old, we end up on Roblox.
arxiv.org/abs/2505.13287
Reposted by James Wootton
I'm glad I snuck in before the cutoff.
bsiegelwax.substack.com/p/the-dungeo...
bsiegelwax.substack.com/p/the-dungeo...
The Dungeon Master of Quantum Computing
Dr. James Wootton, Chief Science Officer @ Moth Quantum
bsiegelwax.substack.com
May 17, 2025 at 2:52 AM
I'm glad I snuck in before the cutoff.
bsiegelwax.substack.com/p/the-dungeo...
bsiegelwax.substack.com/p/the-dungeo...