Simon Benjamin

Professor of Quantum Technologies, University of Oxford · 1 appearance on the record.

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Simon Benjamin leads the Quantum Technology Theory Group at the University of Oxford, researching quantum computing architectures and fault tolerance. In 2017, he co-founded Quantum Motion, a company developing fault-tolerant quantum processors using silicon CMOS technology.

26statements → 18claims → 14claims resolved → 100%fully supported → 3.77/5average certainty → 1.65/5average debate potential →

14 supported 0 partly supported 0 contradicted 4 not checkable as stated how the 18 claims stand · each chip opens the sources

4 predictions · 14 assertions · 2 opinions · 4 insights · 2 disclosures · every statement was checked. The predictions and assertions are the 18 claims: statements the public record can support or contradict. 14 are resolved, and 4 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

What the tape says about how Simon argues and how the claims held up. Everything they said, and everything said about them, is in the tabs below.

Their most notable supported claim

Prediction Held up
Benjamin: 50-qubit supremacy devices will launch within a year but lack practical utility
“On the other hand, what we believe is about to happen in the coming year is that people will start to bring out qubits, ah, sorry quantum devices that are at or just a little bit over the quantum supremacy threshold. This number, a lot of people are racing to …”
Simon Benjamin May 25, 2018 ▶ 49:54 Simon Benjamin on Architectures for Quantum Computing · Y Combinator

Expressed certainty vs assessment result

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Everything Simon Benjamin said on the Y Combinator Startup Podcast that made the record, most notable first. Filter by type, assessment or year in the ledger →

Disclosure
Benjamin: Oxford team aims to demonstrate linked two-module quantum computing within a year
“Sorting out thoroughly and demonstrating this idea of two modules, which fully link together to form a single unit in practice. So, you know, to the programmer, it's a single quantum computer. The engineer knows that it's been broken into two pieces with an op…”
Simon Benjamin May 25, 2018 ▶ 1:10:29 Simon Benjamin on Architectures for Quantum Computing · Y Combinator
Assertion Supported
Benjamin: Google, IBM, and Intel are primarily pursuing superconducting qubits
“In fact, if you look online, you will hear more about the superconducting qubits, which is the approach, the main approach that Google and IBM and even Intel are taking.”
Simon Benjamin May 25, 2018 ▶ 40:37 Simon Benjamin on Architectures for Quantum Computing · Y Combinator

Appearances (1)

EpisodeDateSpeaking time
Simon Benjamin on Architectures for Quantum Computing · Y Combinator May 25, 2018 1h 8m
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