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Shane Smith sits down with Julian Kelly, Senior Director of Hardware at Google Quantum AI
and architect of the groundbreaking Willow chip, to map out the next frontier of computing.
Kelly explains how Google’s 100plusqubit processors now complete benchmark tasks in minutes
that would outlive the universe on today’s fastest supercomputers, why errorcorrected “logical”
qubits are the last hurdle to practical machines, and which realworld problems will fall first once
quantum power comes online. Along the way they tackle encryption panic, AI synergy, the
global quantum race, and the mindbending philosophy behind manyworlds.

Conversation Highlights:
– Willow & “beyondclassical” benchmarks: 10²⁵year speedup over conventional
supercomputers
– Roadmap milestones → quantum supremacy → scalable error correction →
“Milestone 3” logical qubit
– Drug discovery, battery chemistry, fertilizer synthesis, fusion research & other early killer
apps
– Postquantum cryptography and the myth vs. reality of “QDay” databreach fears
– Cooling to 10 milliKelvin, chip design shifts from DWave annealers to gatebased
processors
– How AI can train on quantumgenerated data—and how quantum can turbocharge AI
research
– Global landscape: Google’s lead, government labs, and the rise of private startups
– Philosophical detours: superposition, entanglement, manyworlds interpretations
– Fiveyear horizon for the first commercially useful quantum workload
– Kelly’s personal journey—from UCSB lab tinkerer to Google’s quantum hardware chief

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Chapters
00:00 Introduction to Willow ft Julian Kelly
08:29 Quantum Computers vs Binary Computers
21:00 Shifting from Labs to Companies
30:31 Quantum and the 0.99 cents Watch Era
41:55 Quantum Computing and the future of Physics
50:00 Final thoughts about the Vision of Quantum Computers
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The Quantum Chip That Might Change Everything ft. Julian Kelly | Shane Smith Has Questions
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