Introduction to Quantum Technologies with Jack Hidary

This bonus episode is the highlights of Jack Hidary’s talk on quantum information sciences at the University of British Columbia. Jack Hidary is the author of “Quantum Computing: an Applied Approach” and director of AI and Quantum at Sandbox@Alphabet.

In this episode, we talk about quantum technologies with Jack Hidary. Jack is the author of “Quantum Computing: An Applied Approach” and director of AI and Quantum at Sandbox@Alphabet and formerly at X (Google X). We talk about the history of quantum computing, quantum supremacy, applications such as AI, and lessons for transition to quantum computing.

In this episode, we continue our discussion with Geordie Rose. We focus on potential applications of quantum computing in AI and robotics. Geordie Rose is the founder and former CTO and CEO of the world’s first commercial quantum computing company, D-Wave. He has co-founded two robotics and AI related companies, Kindred and Sanctuary AI. Currently, he is the CEO of Sanctuary AI.

Our guest on this episode is the co-founder and former CEO and CTO of the world’s first commercial quantum computing company “D-Wave”. Geordie Rose founded D-Wave in 1999 in Canada. The company’s clients include NASA, Google, and Volkswagen. Currently, Geordie Rose is the co-founder and CEO of Sanctuary AI, working on artificial intelligence based robotics. In this episode, we talk about the challenges and history of commercial quantum computing.