Slightly beside your main point here, but I am always struck by how tech types position explaining quantum mechanics as some incredible sign of machines surpassing human intelligence. Part of the draw of interpreting quantum mechanics beyond Copenhagen is that it forces us to grapple with questions of what we can know and the limits of science as a truth-finding project, the notion that a machine will just explain this away, to me, betrays a misunderstanding of what's good about science, so to speak.
That's an excellent question, but I don't really have a basis for comparison. It would make sense to ask the organizers whether they had cancellations for the reasons you undoubtedly have in mind.
Slightly beside your main point here, but I am always struck by how tech types position explaining quantum mechanics as some incredible sign of machines surpassing human intelligence. Part of the draw of interpreting quantum mechanics beyond Copenhagen is that it forces us to grapple with questions of what we can know and the limits of science as a truth-finding project, the notion that a machine will just explain this away, to me, betrays a misunderstanding of what's good about science, so to speak.
Did you observe any change in the proportion of non US-based colleagues attending the conference?
That's an excellent question, but I don't really have a basis for comparison. It would make sense to ask the organizers whether they had cancellations for the reasons you undoubtedly have in mind.