We already have commercial quantum computers. But will we reach a quantum business advantage in the future?

In this episode, Maciej speaks with Paweł Gora. Paweł is a scientist in the area of Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence but most of all in the area of quantum computing. Paweł is also an entrepreneur, co-founder and advisor in startups: Letme AI and Broomee Technologies, leader of engineering teams in scientific projects, founder and CEO of Quantum AI Foundation. In the interview, Maciej and Paweł  discuss: What is quantum mechanics and how it transforms into quantum computing (01:51) Discoveries made at the beginning of the 20th century led to a new understanding of our world on the micro-scale   (3:54) Niels Bohr and his contributions to understanding atomic structure and quantum theory  (4:16) The Landauer  principle and Moore’s law  (7:45) Bit and qubit (12:15) Why quits are faster than bits?   (14:00) The experiment of Google in the area of  quantum supremacy  (17:28) Examples of quantum computing applications in a real life (20:00) The costs of quantum computing (23:00) Applications of quantum computing in ML / AI  (24:10) Quantum error correction   (29:00) Will quantum computing break blockchain? The impact of quantum computing on cybersecurity  (32:00) Blockchain (36:45) PAweł’s activity as an entrepreneur  (Co-Founder and advisor of two startups ”Letme AI” and „Broomee Technologies”   (39:00) How is it to work in both domains: research and entrepreneurship and advantages of combining both domains  (42:00) The state of IT  R&D projects in Poland, including projects related to quantum computing  (52:00) Quantum AI Foundation  and its educational activity related to  popularising  quantum computing (meetups, workshops, hackathons and contests)  (1:02) Links: Links to Spotify, Apple Podcast, Google Podcast, Spreaker: https://sherpasearch.tech/en/blog/ Videocast on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/702158688  Paweł Gora on Linkedin Quantum AI Foundation Maciej Szczerba on Linkedin