Pete Shadbolt at MIT EmTech: Building the World’s First Useful Quantum Computer

Quantum computers hope to excel at solving problems that are too large, complex, or cumbersome for even the most powerful supercomputers, but many hurdles remain before they can be reliably put to commercial use. Here, we share an update on PsiQuantum’s approach, and recent progress towards useful, large-scale machines.​
PsiQuantum co-founder & Chief Scientific Officer Pete Shadbolt presents at the 2024 MIT EmTech conference in Cambridge, MA.​

[@loukah4401]

I met Pete while working at a hotel in Santa Cruz, CA. Super nice and humble guy.

[@kokopelian]

Mr. Shadbolt, as a citizen scientist, I’m developing a computational model to understand the quantum phenomena behind monarch migration. Thank you for sharing these groundbreaking insights in quantum computing-your work is truly inspiring!

[@sci-filover7541]

Do you really believe in quantum physics??? Grow up

[@فارسليبورد-ك8و]

الكون عبارة عن حاسوب كمي عملاق ❤

[@DocGatt]

Brilliant

[@BlindintheDark]

It would have been nice if you could have spoke on the bridge between the cubits and the computer. What does having a million qubits get you that less wouldn't?

[@RorschachRev]

You can't break quantum algorithms into small pieces well. You need to load the whole problem into the solution space. Silicon lets you routinely do 4096 bit math on 64 bits, by splicing the problem up. 1 million qubits is the first "useful" benchmark. At today's algorithms, breaking Bitcoin 256 ECDLP is about 8 million qubits required. They should be able to create room temperature or hot superconductors with the million qubits, which would change computing and power grid.

[@ichigokurosaki2838]

Hope I see something tangible in the next 5 years.

[@sci-filover7541]

You are never going to witness a functional quantum computer.

[@FloThePro1231]

Where did Pete buy his boots? Nice fit

[@truss3518]

Shame this is coming out after the Google news, hope it doesn’t get overshadowed

[@champlife6353]

It might be positive

[@ivantheterrible4317]

Competition is always a good thing in tech.

[@Marvin-ro2ds]

I suspect that Google's timing wasn't coincidental

[@DeepHaria-v4m]

But barium titanite is it really that worth though even when doping with other material will it be relevant for high scale manufacturing it's all rare earth elements and too much expensive even when to make it at High scale

[@Jake_JKW]

OMG this is probably an important piece of information!

[@DeepHaria-v4m]

@@Jake_JKW uh?

[@scottstensland]

Excellent point ... Nature does quantum computation in squishy room temperature environments using common elements ... One difference is nature has benefited from untold eons of time ... Software simulations can give us that time

[@DeepHaria-v4m]

@@scottstensland wow that's fascinating 🤔

[@AzIthil]

Nice :O

[@harryseldon362]

I am a retired commercial programmer with 40 years experience in many different applications. I still don't see how the miracle of qubits will solve anything. Maybe I'm just too old to "get it". I think most of what I'm hearing about quatum computing is 99% hype and promotion. No real results yet that I can see.

[@Horatiuy]

You see? I can be very useful.

[@silberlinie]

Build the world's first useful quantum computer? I'll believe it when I see it, Pete Shadbolt.

[@RainbowLattice]

Wait! All this time they haven't been useful?

[@Barc0d3]

This is scary.

[@Garganzuul]

Why?

[@Barc0d3]

@@Garganzuul Just a doomer take :D Think of breaking cryptography. Or developing weapons. It would and will break our current life as we know it. Of course as with everything tech, it can be used for good or bad. We, as people, have no real control what governments will use this technology for, and so far the track record is not great IMO. I hope we will enjoy the good side, but the potential to do harm seems greater than ever before. Quantum + AI will be crazy.

[@Garganzuul]

@@Barc0d3 Not worth your time worrying like that.

[@Barc0d3]

@@Garganzuul ah yeah, nothing I can do, agree :/

[@Garganzuul]

@@Barc0d3 more like if you really could do anything about it, you could not also worry about it at the same time