September 2023 Cosmology of Light Newsletter

Volume 3 | Issue 9 | September 2023

Cosmology of Light Newsletter

Hello Friends,

Quantum computing is an area with massive potential. This derives from promises of exponentially speeding up computing by leveraging quantum mechanical properties and the fact that the quantum realm separates the visible from the invisible. The latter implies that no matter how much we know, there will always be more that we do not know. This, in turn, will always be a source of new technologies that will continue to drive us far into the future.

While the possibilities of speed-up seem to have captured the hearts and minds of the quantum computing community including end-users, it is the possibility of tapping into the unknowable that is perhaps more exciting. Seeing quanta as a bridge-mechanism between subtle layers of light hidden by the quantum-level and the vast material output it results in, is after-all what a Cosmology of Light alludes to.

In this newsletter I share three outputs of the Forbes Technology Council Quantum Computing Group, a group that I lead, that reflect the near, the intermediate-term, and some possible future created by perceiving and managing quanta differently, so that the possibilities held within them might materialize more effectively.

Best Wishes,

Pravir

The Near: Seven Quantum Computing Applications

To get leaders future-thinking I asked seven members of the Forbes Technology Council Quantum Computing group to come up with one practical use or need for employing quantum technology that companies need to consider now. The uses surfaced leverage one of two contemporary approaches to quantum computing - quantum annealing and qubit gate-based architectures - and covered the following areas: reducing carbon footprints, optical atomic clocks, product roadmap optimization, specialized algorithms, weakened RSA, eased traffic congestion, and optimized supply chain management.

The Intermediate: Forbes Redefining Quantum Computing Boundaries Event

Quantum Computing is at its very beginnings as an industry. While there continues to be rapid development, it is critical at this stage to create a vaster/more inclusive foundation that will expand what becomes possible.

In this discussion, Forbes Technology Council group leader for Quantum Computing, Pravir Malik, was joined by Alan Baratz, CEO at D-Wave, Paul Lipman, Chief Commercial Officer at Infleqtion, and Dr. Steve Flinter, Distinguished Engineer (SVP), Artificial Intelligence & Quantum Computing at Mastercard Foundry R&D, to explore not only how these boundaries are already being redefined, but where such redefinition may lead to.

The discussion was primarily focused on the practicality of further increasing the relevance of the quantum computing industry. Some of the questions the group discussed included:

Why do we need to create a broader foundation for quantum computing?
What are some current issues/difficulties with the popular approach?
Are there opportunities to approach quantum computing differently?
How could approaching quantum computing differently overcome some current difficulties?
How do we separate quantum “hype” from quantum “reality”?
What metrics should the industry consider when assessing the maturity and commercial readiness of quantum technologies?
What excites you about the scientific advancements we’ve seen in quantum computing recently?
When do you expect quantum computing to deliver practical business benefits?
What are some of the interesting quantum computing use cases you’ve seen?
How should CIOs and CTOs be thinking about investing in and using quantum today vs. five years from now?
How close are we to a demonstration of quantum advantage or quantum supremacy?
What do you see as possible trajectories for quantum computing?

The live recording can be accessed here: Redefining Quantum Computing Boundaries

The Far: Quantum Computational Abundance

All genetic-type code, as summarized in Genetics and a New Genre of Intent-Based Quantum Computer (Forbes, March 7, 2023) and as laid out in detail in the book The Origins and Possibilities of Genetics, is the outcome of an ongoing quantum computation being executed by massively prevalent atom, molecule, and cell-based quantum computers. Cup our hands together, and we already capture a septillion atom-based quantum computers (Forbes, January 23, 2023). There is, therefore, an extraordinary amount of quantum computation happening at every point and instant. It is this quantum computation that continually reinforces patterns that exist in all matter and life.

But imagine if these patterns could be recomputed with appropriate computing intervention. Then undesirable patterns that propagate dysfunction in matter and life might be altered to contribute to an enhanced foundation of abundance. This is not just some pipe dream. The right kind of quantum computational device, as summarized in the Forbes piece The Possibilities of Quantum-Intelligence Driven Nano-Cyborgs (April 24, 2023) and technically in the IEEE article, Envisioning a Light-Based Quantum Computational Nano-Cyborg, will set us on a path to bring this about.

View the Forbes event to learn more: Abundance Through Quantum Computation

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