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We already have commercial quantum computers. But will we reach a quantum business advantage in the future?

• 2022-04-24
• Maciej Szczerba

This is the second episode of the podcast on technology and the impact of technology on our both social and economical lives, hosted by Maciej Szczerba.

In this episode, Maciej speaks with Paweł Gora. Paweł is a scientist in the area of Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence but most of all in the area of quantum computing. Paweł is also entrepreneur, co-founder and advisor in startups: Letme AI and Broomee Technologies, leader of engineering teams in scientific projects, founder and CEO of Quantum AI Foundation.

In the interview, Maciej and Paweł  discuss:

• What is quantum mechanics and how it transforms into quantum computing (01:51)

• Discoveries made at the beginning of the 20th century led to a new understanding of our world on the micro-scale   (3:54)

• Niels Bohr and his contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory  (4:16)

• The Landauer  principle and Moore’s law  (7:45)

• Bit and qubit (12:15)

• Why quits are faster than bits?   (14:00)

• The experiment of Google in the area of  quantum supremacy  (17:28)

• Examples of quantum computing applications in a real life (20:00)

• The costs of quantum computing (23:00)

• Applications of quantum computing in ML / AI  (24:10)

• Quantum error correction   (29:00)

• Will quantum computing break blockchain? The impact of quantum computing on cybersecurity  (32:00)

• Blockchain (36:45)

• PAweł’s activity as entrepreneur  (Co-Founder and advisor of two startups ”Letme AI” and „Broomee Technologies”     (39:00)

• How is it to work in both domains: research and entrepreneurship and advantages of combining both domains  (42:00)

• The state of IT  R&D projects in Poland, including projects related to quantum computing  (52:00)

• Quantum AI Foundation  and its educational activity related to  popularising  quantum computing (meetups, workshops, hackathons and contests)  (1:02)

Links:

Paweł Gora on Linkedin  

Quantum AI Foundation  

Maciej Szczerba on Linkedin