Katia Riddle

We talked about this idea of quantum supremacy.

That's the idea that a quantum computer solves a problem faster than any classical computer could in a reasonable amount of time.

Yes, Google is claiming to with their computer chip.

I talked to Karina Chow.

She's the COO at Google Quantum AI, and they make this claim.

Well, it depends on who you talk to.

It would be, but some people disputed this claim.

IBM came out shortly afterward and showed that they had a classical computer solve it in a couple of days.

Google stands by their claim.

They argue it still did show quantum supremacy at the time.

So it's debatable how significant these milestones are or not.

when they'll yield something useful.

So basically, real progress, unclear payoff timeline.

That is something I talked to Bill Pfefferman about.

He, again, is the number one skeptic.

But he underscored that these claims by Google and others, they are milestones.

His point was, this is how science works.

We invent something, we kick the tires, we keep inventing.

He started in this field in 2014 after he got his PhD.

And here's where it was at that time.