The Google Willow thing

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The Google Willow thing

Yesterday I arrived in Santa Clara for the Q2B (Quantum 2 Business) conference, which starts this morning, and where I’ll be speaking Thursday on “Quantum Algorithms in 2024: How Should…

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I appreciate that scott continues to take on the role of quantum marketing interpreter, explainer and accountability buddy for the rest of the world.

all industries need an external explainer like him! it helps cut through the glam, noise and sham.

of note is the excitement that quantum computing achievements are happening years apart and not decades.

Scott's call for a way to verify computational speed ups (because currently classical verification is so prohibitive, we can't!) is insightful but I wonder if it will never happen?

lastly, side stepping the multiverse interpretation is a good call, but it's such a tasty debate. like trying to verify quantum results classically, we might never have a satisfying answer. it would be good to state that there likely never will be full proof one way or the other.

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2024

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Yesterday I arrived in Santa Clara for the Q2B (Quantum 2 Business) conference, which starts this morning, and where I’ll be speaking Thursday on “Quantum Algorithms in 2024: How Should…

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