Quantum computing offers scientific explainability and reproducibility currently lacking in AI
Bob Sorenson · When will quantum computing have its breakout moment? · Jul 16, 2026 · at 33:53
Bob Sorenson, analyst at Hyperion Research, compares the explainability and reproducibility of quantum simulation against large language models in scientific research.
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“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, non-explainability. You need a human in the loop to say, This doesn't make sense, or let me, give me the top 10 choices for a new drug, and I'll look for that. In quantum, it's more, as I said, it's more about the mathematical underpinnings, and again, there you have explainability. How did I reach the solution? And reproducibility. If I run the program enough times, does it give me the same answer? And if I tweak something, how does that affect my outcome?”
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