As a technologist, it’s necessary to be curious. That is true whether or not
you’re simply beginning your profession as a junior developer or in the event you’re the
CTO of a Fortune 500 firm. Curiosity, and the fixed pursuit of
studying, are issues for which I’ve all the time devoted time.
Up to now few many years, we’ve seen improvements in know-how transfer at a
staggering tempo, with many of those developments having an impression on the
world round us seemingly in a single day. With the sheer variety of new
applied sciences being developed, it may be daunting to maintain up. In a world
that strikes as rapidly as ours, it’s simple to prioritize studying about
the applied sciences which might be right here now and might need an instantaneous impression on
our companies. However there are different applied sciences which have an extended time
horizon, and regardless of many years of analysis and improvement, may nonetheless
doubtlessly want many extra years of labor earlier than they’ll attain an analogous
stage of impression. As technologists, it’s our duty to additionally maintain
an eye fixed on these developments—to be taught the place they’re headed, to steer
our enterprise companions towards the precise use instances for them, and even to
assist form what they grow to be.
Quantum computing is one such know-how. I discover the very concept of
quantum computing fascinating. It takes laptop science—the {hardware}
and software program that we created within the laptop business—and blends in
the basics of nature, physics, and different noticed sciences. I
imagine quantum computing is an space that may essentially change the
world round us… ultimately. However I additionally discover that there’s numerous
hype and misinformation round quantum computing, with solely a handful of
consultants actually able to debate its present state (did you catch
what I did there?). I wished to chop via the hype and go straight to
one in all these consultants myself to get a greater understanding of the place
quantum computing is right this moment and the place it’s headed sooner or later.
Introducing, Dr. John Preskill.
Dr. John Preskill is a pioneer within the area of quantum computing. He’s
the Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics on the
California Institute of Know-how, the place he’s additionally the Director of the
Institute for Quantum Data and Matter. Preskill obtained his
Ph.D. in physics in 1980 from Harvard, and has been a member of the
Caltech college since 1983. He’s additionally an Amazon Scholar, serving to lead
our efforts on the lately opened AWS Middle for Quantum
Computing,
the place we’ve launched into a journey to construct a fault-tolerant quantum
laptop. John and I lately had a dialog on quantum computing,
and right this moment I’d prefer to share that dialog with you instantly. I hope
you take pleasure in.
As John says, we’re nonetheless a good distance from realizing the true potential
of quantum computing. Nonetheless, we’re used to considering long run at
Amazon and we’re not afraid of creating massive investments sooner or later. We
imagine quantum computing will play a big function within the years to
come.
If you happen to’d like to listen to extra from John, you possibly can comply with him on Twitter at
@preskill. If you happen to’d prefer to be taught extra
about our quantum computing service, Amazon Braket, you possibly can be taught extra
right here.
