Speaker 0:  we used to think quantum computing was sci fi, but ibm's new 1,121 qubit condor chip just dragged it into reality. if you rely on standard encryption or gps, the foundation of your tech stack is about to crack wide open. so the quantum errors just went hardware native. we've moved beyond theory. ibm's heron and condor processes are live, enabling calculations for drug discovery and logistics that classical computers physically cannot handle. we are transitioning from noisy experimental to actual error corrected processing. this triggers the harvest now decrypt later crisis. your current data is being hoarded by bad actors to be unlocked by these very machines in a few years. what do you think about this, john?

Speaker 1:  i think this is great, and this is kind of talking about, like, just kinda letting you know the changes that like, the big five big changes that we've covered individually previously. so, some of these include advances in medicine and material discovery, sensors that dramatically improve navigation and health monitoring, optimization of complex systems like logistics and finance, ultra secure communications that resist hacking, and tools to boost artificial intelligence. so, quantum technology, just to get everyone on the same page, it leverages quantum mechanical principles such as superposition, which is a system existing in multiple states simultaneously, and entanglement, which is correlations that link particles across a distance. so these phenomena enable quantum computers, sensors, and communication systems that work fundamentally different from classical devices. some people like to call it magic, but, instead of bits that are either zero or one, quantum systems use qubits that can be zero and one at the same time, which allows them to process information in ways that classical computers can't. so the core idea itself, it underpins a new class of tools. so quantum computers, they can explore huge combinations of possibilities at once. so they can crack your password in less than, i don't know, a few seconds. quantum sensors, because they're so sensitive, they can detect signals with far greater precision than existing devices. and we've all we covered all this, but quantum communication systems that use quantum states to transmit information securely. and so they could transform all of these fields once it gets to a usable thing. right now and we've talked about this too. right, craig? quantum computing is where computers were in the seventies, i think it was.

Speaker 0:  yeah. yeah.

Speaker 1:  i go ahead. no. no. you're good.

Speaker 0:  think of this update like a mouse in a maze versus water in a maze. a classic computer is the mouse. it runs into a wall, turns around, tries a new path. it's fast, but it does one thing at a time. quantum computer is like pouring water into the maze. the water flows down every path simultaneously, and it instantly finds the exit. so we just upgraded from the mouse to the host. you know? i am excited about this. every time we see these new chips and these new breakthroughs, quantum computing becomes more of a reality to me and gets it seems like ten years closer almost every time. so, you know, we're talking about near term within less than five years for specialized sensors using these chips, and about ten years or so for having them on your desktop.

Speaker 1:  yeah. and, like, for those of you that are like, oh, well, we're like, there's no the quantum is so far away or quantum computing or quantum mechanics are it's it's still sci fi. to be honest, there's a lot of technologies that we take for granted. so mri machines, lasers, gps atomic clocks, they all depend on quantum mechanics even if we don't realize it. and these come from sort of the first wave of quantum technology that exploited quantum behavior, but not the full quantum information processing. so we're already we already have implementation in in industry now. we just haven't taken it to the next level.

Speaker 0:  and we're starting to see use more and more in everyday things we never would have thought of. like, we talked about a couple of weeks ago. we talked about how quantum computing is going to be used in edge states of, robotics to determine the exact position of the arm and state in real time, in the local in the wrist or in whatever because the computational power is too much. but at a quantum state level, you can now, have that robot react in real time so much faster than it could have before.

Speaker 1:  yeah. yeah. like, it's accelerating. i think it's, in my opinion, it's accelerating faster than the development of the computer, but it's much more complex as well. so, like, it could seem like it's a like, the reason why i'm saying that is because quantum is so much more complex than a computer. and so it might seem like it's accelerating slow because of technology, because of where we're at, and because of how many people can be involved in internet and all that sort of stuff. i think it's evolving much quicker than the computer was back in the day.

Speaker 0:  as you mentioned, we're in the vacuum tube transit two transistor moment. we're moving from massive noisy experimental rigs to scalable error corrective architecture. to make these chips work, they operate at near absolute zero negative 273 degrees celsius that is colder than deep space. these machines require a dilution refrigerator that sounds like a jet pulse compared to your refrigerator. the banking sector, jpmorgan, goldman sachs isn't just interested. they're actively running portfolio optimization on these machines because even a 1% efficiency gain in a quantum model is worth billions. so keep that in mind. you know, they're not just something that's out there. and if you didn't know, biology did it first. european robins actually use quantum entanglement in their retinas to see earth's magnetic field for migration. we are just trying to reverse engineer a bird's eye. think about that.

Speaker 1:  yeah. yeah. this is, so the thing is that quantum technology is not a single thing. it's a it's a suite of emerging technologies. so, it's not just computing. it's a bunch of different things. it's computing. it's sensing. it's communication. so, that's why we have all of that's why we cover so much because there's so many different industries that are gonna be affected by this that, that people are working on technology for using quantum technology as the base.

Speaker 0:  yeah. this quantum technology is what changes us from our current state to a star trek style civilization yeah. as we just learn leaps and bounds so much faster. these qubits are incredibly fragile and reach decoherence fast. a slight temperature change or vibration ruins the calculation. we are in a nisq era noisy intermediate scale quantum, meaning the computers still make a lot of mistakes. so quantum isn't replacing your laptop just yet. it's replacing the laboratory, accelerating science from centuries to days. does the era of computer breaking all known encryption terrify you, or are you excited for better battery tech? vote and let us know what you think.