Do dragons dream of electric sheep?
Eloquence Incarnate
“Do qubits dream of electric sheep? Inside UW-Madison’s push for quantum” invokes 1968’s “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?” Instead of questioning the value of life, real vs. mechanical, I guess we’re questioning what’s a qubit. If that’s the case, The Quantum Dragon and I shall literally bow down to Mary Al-Bazi’s eloquence.
This week’s IQT News:
This week’s premium content:
- A Quarter Billion Quantum Circuits
- Don’t +1 Pasqal just yet.
- But I want to play with it now!
- IBM’s ffsim
This week’s Friends of The Quantum Dragon:
- “Quantum computing will ultimately be defined by the extent to which real-world problems can be solved beyond what is possible by classical methods.” by Ashley Montanaro, Co-founder and CEO of Phasecraft
- “This… puts quantum computing to work on a problem that matters today.” by Steve Flammia, Head of Phasecraft US, Professor of Computer Science at Virginia Tech
- Organizations can no longer afford to manage these four major shifts in isolation. by Ted Shorter, Chief Technology Officer of Keyfactor
- “If an attacker already holds our encrypted data, what happens when Q-Day arrives?” by Simon Pamplin, CTO of Certes
In this edition:
- PsiQuantum’s 1000x Smaller Quantum Computer
- Xanadu proved time travel.
- The Non-Quantum Quantum Possum
- Prof. Jens Eisert’s Actual Garden QEC Meetups
- Infleqtion stole Nvidia’s playbook.
- Qubit Race – the quantum board game!
- Classiq’s World Cup of Quantum Legends
- Anti-congratulations are in order.
- Here we are. Born to be qubits.
- Yuval Boger’s Comic Strip Anthology
- The CIA wants a quantum computer.
- Do you smell what The Rock is cookin’?
- PsiQuantum is the most quantum company of all.
- Archaeology – Geophysics & Quantum Tech
- Lionel Messi and Quantum Computers
- The Nail in the Coffin for Quantum Twitter?
PsiQuantum’s 1000x Smaller Quantum Computer
PsiQuantum shared an image of its under-construction quantum memory, and the post, remarkably, claims that this thing will reduce the overall footprint of their quantum computer by 1000x. The computer is literally the size of an entire building, so roughly how big would it have been? This link may require a Twitter account.
Xanadu proved time travel.
I don’t know how Dr. Christian Weedbrook travelled back to the ‘60s to get this video produced, but this is the funkiest thing you’ll see today if you’re not ingesting anything exotic. I hope this becomes a series, and I hope we see copycats (pardon the pun), albeit using different time periods. This link may require a Twitter account.
The Non-Quantum Quantum Possum
The Quantum Possum does not appear to be related to quantum in any way, which is a darned shame, because if you zoom in on the text, you will see that it refers to “possumbilities.” Surely, someone with more imagination than I could’ve taken that and run with it. This link may require a Threads account.
Prof. Jens Eisert’s Actual Garden QEC Meetups
I saw this post for Prof. Eisert’s next garden meeting on quantum error correction and I assumed that it must be a really creative, original theme, but no, other these meetings take place in Prof. Eisert’s actual personal garden. This was the runner up for this week’s featured image. This link and this link may require a LinkedIn account.
Infleqtion stole Nvidia’s playbook.
Infleqtion’s CEO, Matthew Kinsella, reveals a little bit about the company’s strategy and how it was inspired by Nvidia’s history.
Qubit Race – the quantum board game!
It looks like Dr. Araceli Venegas Gomez and Qureka have a successful Kickstarter on their hands. They’ve raised more than their goal, but you can still Late Pledge and maybe get some rewards. [Insert legal disclaimer here.] It looks like you can sabotage other players’ research, so have fun with that.
Classiq’s World Cup of Quantum Legends
I follow quantum legends more than I follow the World Cup, so I appreciate Classiq’s crossover. The first legend on Team USA is apparently Prof. Richard Feynman, so I hope they do the whole world and then compare the teams. As an American, I’m really liking our chances here. This link may require a LinkedIn account.
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Anti-congratulations are in order.
To be fair, Dr. Olivia Lanes offered congratulations as well, but this might be the first time I’ve seen destructive interference. This link may require a LinkedIn account.
Here we are. Born to be qubits.
Sometimes a fundraise is a bigger deal than it initially looks. Yeah, sovereignty and supply chain security are pretty good points, but why is the technology of interest? It turns out that those are pretty good points, too.
Yuval Boger’s Comic Strip Anthology
You can have your papers. Serious literature in my household is authored by Yuval Boger.
The CIA wants a quantum computer.
I would say that The Quantum Dragon’s godfather, Dr. Bob Sutor, made an excellent point, but that would be redundant because he doesn’t make any other kind. However, I’m sharing this Thinking On Paper video clip because The Godfather said, “damn it.” If you love Prof. Feynman’s legendary quote, you’re sure to love this one, too.
Do you smell what The Rock is cookin’?
My first observation from Yuval Boger’s Quantum Bits is that Quantessa has her own version of Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson’s The People’s Eyebrow. She doesn’t do it in every comic strip, so I hadn’t noticed it, but if you pay close attention, you might witness the most electrifying facial expression in quantum entertainment today.
PsiQuantum is the most quantum company of all.
I was going to point to the sheer massiveness of the quantum computer under construction in Australia, until I encountered this Fast Company article about the one under construction in Chicago. PsiQuantum is building the “world’s first utility-scale fault-tolerant computer” in both places at the same time. How quantum!
Archaeology – Geophysics & Quantum Tech
Brian Lenahan makes a valid point. Archaeology is not the most talked-about application for quantum sensing, but I’ve contributed to an as-yet-unpublished market report on quantum sensors, and I did indeed encounter archaeology as a potential use case. If you decide to try it, don’t forget your fedora and bullwhip.
Lionel Messi and Quantum Computers
Classiq makes the cut again this week, sports pun intended, by asking “What does Lionel Messi have in common with a quantum computer?” This is definitely not an analogy I would’ve come up with, so I’m awarding 100 admittedly worthless bonus points for originality. This link may require a Twitter account.
The Nail in the Coffin for Quantum Twitter?
There was a mass exodus of quantum folks from Twitter a few years back, but the community didn’t completely vanish, which is why I’m still there, searching for content. The remnants were buried this week, however, under a mound of bot spam. If that continues, then the final nail might be hammered awfully soon.
