quantum computing

7 statements across 1 episodes · 5 bullish · 1 bearish · 1 people on the record · first statement Jul 16, 2026 by Bob Sorenson · across every show →

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Jul 16, 2026 neutral
Opinion
Seventy quantum hardware startups could fail without hurting sector vitality
“There are too many organizations out there, and I can confidently say 70 of them could go belly up in the next two years, and it ultimately wouldn't affect the overall vitality of the sector, because the smart ones will rise to the top, and the ones that perha…”
Bob Sorenson Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 36:46 When will quantum computing have its breakout moment?
Jul 16, 2026 positive
Insight
Quantum computing offers scientific explainability and reproducibility currently lacking in AI
“It, it's, it, a large language model and its training and inference phases are completely opaque. You can't say, why did you give me this solution versus this one? And if I just change a variable slightly, what will be the outcome? Non-reproducible results, no…”
Bob Sorenson Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 33:53 When will quantum computing have its breakout moment?
Jul 16, 2026 positive
Insight
Quantum simulates materials directly from physics without requiring large training datasets
“Quantum is much more science-based in some sense. It doesn't require a huge corpus of information to reach its conclusions. It's based more on the physics and the science of what it means to how a material interacts. So without data, AI is basically just Kind …”
Bob Sorenson Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 32:58 When will quantum computing have its breakout moment?
Jul 16, 2026 negative
Opinion
Error correction remains quantum computing's most pernicious challenge
“And so this issue of error correction in quantum systems is, is probably the most pernicious aspect facing the industry today.”
Bob Sorenson Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 16:21 When will quantum computing have its breakout moment?
Jul 16, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Quantum qubit scaling follows a near-exponential trajectory
“So if you look at What's happening in the sector, it is not a linear progression. In many cases, it is a near exponential kind of capability. So this idea of moving from 10 to a hundred to a thousand cubits is, it's going to happen faster than if you were just…”
Bob Sorenson Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 23:05 When will quantum computing have its breakout moment?
Jul 16, 2026 positive
Insight
Quantum provides massive performance gains for a narrow set of applications
“The key to quantum is incredible performance gains on a narrow class of applications, but some of those applications are really critical to a lot of industrial sectors, commercial sectors, and governments, and just about everybody, so it's more of an accelerat…”
Bob Sorenson Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 4:57 When will quantum computing have its breakout moment?
Jul 16, 2026 bullish
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Quantum advantage over classical systems is three to four years away
“As quantum computing capability follows the trajectory that most people believe it's on, we're about three to four years away from the rolling out of systems that will be able to have performance gains that will lead any scientist or engineer or researcher to …”
Bob Sorenson Jul 16, 2026 ▶ 6:52 When will quantum computing have its breakout moment?
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