A Modern Take on the Information Paradox and Progress Towards Its Resolution - Lecture 1

Explore recent advancements in addressing Hawking's black hole information paradox in this comprehensive lecture series. Delve into previous resolution attempts, including concepts of firewalls at the horizon, state dependence of the interior, and ER = EPR. Discover how holography can be utilized to reproduce the Page curve of an evaporating black hole and examine the first semi-classical model of unitary black hole evaporation. Investigate ongoing research deriving these results more generally. Topics covered include JT gravity, Poincare coordinates, vacuum solutions, quantum field theory, Hawking radiation, and entropy computation. Gain insights from speaker Ahmed Almheiri of the Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, in this 1 hour 40 minute lecture presented at the International Centre for Theoretical Sciences.