Mark Cupta

1 appearance on the record.

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1 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 1 not yet assessed 6 not checkable as stated how the 8 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

6 predictions · 2 assertions · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 8 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 1 is resolved, 1 is not yet assessed, and 6 name no date, number or outcome precise enough to check. Everything else (opinions, insights, what ifs, disclosures) can never be settled by the record, so it carries no assessment.

The record, in short

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Assertion Supported
Classical computers cannot simulate molecular systems more complex than two atoms
“We do not have the capability currently with our classical computers to simulate anything more complicated Than a two-body problem or a two-atom molecule, and we're really good at simulating hydrogen, so we can take that, put it into a computer, and understand…”
Mark Cupta Dec 16, 2021 ▶ 27:16 Quantum computing could be a critical climate solution

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Prediction Open · timeframe Dec 2026
Quantum computers will outperform DeepMind's AI models at predicting protein folding
“DeepMind actually just released some really interesting papers on how they can predict, based on the sequence of amino acids, how a protein can fold. A quantum computer will be able to do that better. It just will”
Mark Cupta Dec 16, 2021 ▶ 38:39 Quantum computing could be a critical climate solution
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Quantum computing will deliver breakout winners with shocking use cases by 2026
“And so I am highly optimistic that by within this decade for sure, we will have meaningful impacts from quantum computers. And I can imagine in the next three to five years we are going to see winners emerge with very specific use cases that are going to shock…”
Mark Cupta Dec 16, 2021 ▶ 45:29 Quantum computing could be a critical climate solution
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Major tech companies will achieve true zero-carbon power without using offsets
“So there is a future In my opinion, for those companies to get to not just net zero on a on a basis of using offsets or other things, but actually truly having zero carbon power”
Mark Cupta Dec 16, 2021 ▶ 22:40 Quantum computing could be a critical climate solution
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Cupta: A single quantum computing architecture will dominate the market
“I do believe, much like we have with classical computing and all, a lot of other hardware, there is going to be a winning quantum computing architecture that scales faster and better than others, and then there are going to be potentially interesting, but like…”
Mark Cupta Dec 16, 2021 ▶ 48:29 Quantum computing could be a critical climate solution
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Cupta: Fully realized quantum computers will solve exponential permutation problems in parallel
“And this is the challenge that a quantum computer can solve in an ultimate state, because it's able to solve all those things in parallel versus doing something in series. And so problems get really, really challenging when you have permutations that grow at a…”
Mark Cupta Dec 16, 2021 ▶ 9:14 Quantum computing could be a critical climate solution
Assertion Supported
Classical computers cannot simulate molecular systems more complex than two atoms
“We do not have the capability currently with our classical computers to simulate anything more complicated Than a two-body problem or a two-atom molecule, and we're really good at simulating hydrogen, so we can take that, put it into a computer, and understand…”
Mark Cupta Dec 16, 2021 ▶ 27:16 Quantum computing could be a critical climate solution
Assertion Not checkable as stated
Cupta: Materials science breakthroughs take 20 to 30 years to commercialize
“It typically takes Decades, 20 to 30 years to go from a university idea of something into a full-scale commercialization because it's very, very challenging to be able to do material science research with PhD horsepower. It takes a very long time of doing that…”
Mark Cupta Dec 16, 2021 ▶ 29:40 Quantum computing could be a critical climate solution
Prediction Not checkable as stated
Cupta: Transportation optimization will be quantum computing's first major climate win
“I do think it is going to be those optimization problems, honestly. I really think it's going to be in transportation, I think it's going to be in optimization because that problem is far more definable, it is easier, it takes a lower power quantum computer, T…”
Mark Cupta Dec 16, 2021 ▶ 46:05 Quantum computing could be a critical climate solution

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Quantum computing could be a critical climate solution Dec 16, 2021 32m
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