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EPISODE · Jul 28, 2026 · 25 MIN

04 | Dead and Alive: Hype train

from Science Friction · host Australian Broadcasting Corporation

When it comes to the often incomprehensible world of quantum, it can be hard to distinguish hype from reality. We might be on the verge of a breakthrough ... or tech start-ups might be trying to drum up momentum for the benefit of their stakeholders.Hype is important in science, but can it go too far? And has AI knocked the wind out of the sails of quantum computing?Got feedback? Email us [email protected]:Dr Tara RobersonScience communicatorStela TodorovicMedia Director for PsiQuantum AustraliaGideon LichfieldJournalist, former editor-in-chief of WIRED and MIT Technology ReviewProfessor Warwick BowenDirector of the Centre of Excellence in Quantum Biotechnology and leader of the Quantum Optics Laboratory, University of QueenslandPresenter: Jacinta BowlerScript producers: Fiona Pepper, James BullenSenior Producer: Shelby TraynorExecutive Producer: Petria LadgroveSound Engineer: Tim JenkinsArchives Research: Lisa Chidlow, Michael Osmond

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