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Quantum computing hype is at its peak. We pour billions of dollars into this field despite the macroeconomic downturn. It looks like new and exciting developments come out every month. Despite all of that, reliable quantum hardware or useful quantum algorithms aren’t in sight. So, why are we still doing this? I got curious and spent the last few weeks learning about the deep reasons for this gargantuan investment of money, talent, and effort. In the end, it all made sense. Join me in this video as we explore why we have no choice but to pursue quantum computing and why classical computing is running out of steam. === *SELECT SOURCES + ADDITIONAL READING AND VIDEOS:* *YouTube videos:* • The Quantum Computing Speed Boost Is NOT What You Think by @Lukas-Lab https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KdK391DqONc • The Quantum Hype Bubble Is About To Burst by @SabineHossenfelder https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CBLVtCYHVO8 • Quantum Computers, explained with MKBHD by @CleoAbram https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3fz3dqhN44 *Industry reports & related reading:* • Is winter coming? Quantum computing’s trajectory in the years ahead [McKinsey] | https://www.mckinsey.com/capabilities/mckinsey-digital/our-insights/tech-forward/is-winter-coming-quantum-computings-trajectory-in-the-years-ahead • Quantum Winter: A Reality Or Myth? [Infosys] | https://www.infosys.com/services/incubating-emerging-technologies/documents/quantum-winter-reality.pdf • Complexity Theory’s 50-Year Journey to the Limits of Knowledge | https://www.quantamagazine.org/complexity-theorys-50-year-journey-to-the-limits-of-knowledge-20230817/ • 1 million qubit quantum computers: moving beyond the current “brute force” strategy | https://seeqc.com/blog/1-million-qubit-quantum-computers-moving-beyond-the-current-brute-force-strategy • Quantum Algorithm Zoo: https://quantumalgorithmzoo.org/ *Academic papers:* • Solving the big computing problems in the twenty-first century [Nature, Paywalled \ud83d\ude14] | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41928-023-00985-1 • How fast do algorithms improve? [MIT Computer Science & Artifical Intelligence Laboratory] | https://ide.mit.edu/wp-content/uploads/2021/09/How_Fast_Do_Algorithms_Improve.pdf • What do networks have to do with climate? [Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society] | https://www.jstor.org/stable/26217166 • Complex networks in climate dynamics [The European Physical Journal Special Topics] |https://arxiv.org/pdf/0907.4359.pdf • Quantum Computers for Weather and Climate Prediction: The Good, the Bad, and the Noisy [Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society] | https://journals.ametsoc.org/view/journals/bams/104/2/BAMS-D-22-0031.1.xml Depression, Neuroimaging and Connectomics: A Selective Overview [Biological Psychiatry] | https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S000632231400609X • Community detection in brain connectomes with hybrid quantum computing [Nature Scientific Reports] | https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-023-30579-y • Quantum Computing at the Frontiers of Biological Sciences [Nature Methods] | https://arxiv.org/abs/1911.07127 === Follow the channel for more episodes: https://www.youtube.com/@Futureflux?sub_confirmation=1