As a technologist, it’s essential to be curious. That is true whether or not
you’re simply beginning your profession as a junior developer or in case 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.
Previously few many years, we’ve seen improvements in know-how transfer at a
staggering tempo, with many of those developments having an affect 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 straightforward to prioritize studying about
the applied sciences which are right here now and may need a right away affect on
our companies. However there are different applied sciences which have an extended time
horizon, and regardless of many years of analysis and growth, would possibly nonetheless
probably want many extra years of labor earlier than they’ll attain an identical
degree of affect. As technologists, it’s our accountability to additionally maintain
an eye fixed on these developments—to study the place they’re headed, to steer
our enterprise companions towards the proper use circumstances for them, and even to
assist form what they change into.
Quantum computing is one such know-how. I discover the very thought of
quantum computing fascinating. It takes laptop science—the {hardware}
and software program that we created within the laptop trade—and blends in
the basics of nature, physics, and different noticed sciences. I
imagine quantum computing is an space that may basically change the
world round us… ultimately. However I additionally discover that there’s a whole lot of
hype and misinformation round quantum computing, with solely a handful of
specialists really ready to debate its present state (did you catch
what I did there?). I wished to chop by the hype and go straight to
considered one of these specialists myself to get a greater understanding of the place
quantum computing is immediately and the place it’s headed sooner or later.
Introducing, Dr. John Preskill.
Dr. John Preskill is a pioneer within the discipline 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 not too long ago opened AWS Middle for Quantum
Computing,
the place we’ve launched into a journey to construct a fault-tolerant quantum
laptop. John and I not too long ago had a dialog on quantum computing,
and immediately 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 constructing large 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 may comply with him on Twitter at
@preskill. If you happen to’d prefer to study extra
about our quantum computing service, Amazon Braket, you may study extra
right here.
