Quantum Computing: PR and a Business Idea for the Google
November 8, 2022
“Quantum Winter Is Coming” converts the Sabine Hossenfelder video “The Quantum Hype Bubble Is About To Burst” into text. I read the text; you may find the video more appropriate for your learning method. The key point in the Hossenfelder analysis is that quantum computing is a thing, just not what the marketers have said it is. I do want to call attention to one statement in the video because I think it highlights an important facet of today’s research mechanisms; to wit:
…big companies have another way to make money from quantum computers, namely by renting them out to universities. And since governments are pouring money into research, that’s quite a promising way to funnel tax money into your business. Imagine the LHC was owned by Google and particle physicists had to pay to use it.
You may not have a quantum chip in your next mobile phone, but my hunch is that most research-centric universities will have a pay-to-use deal with Google-type outfits. What if these virtuous cycles fail to deliver a reproducible or high value output?
Here’s my answer to the question:
- The use information can be applied to online advertising
- Each “breakthrough” leads to a greater need for research, government funding kicks in, marketers get to work, the cycle repeats
- Progress is easier to achieve when the underlying technology appears to create an enhanced or new weapon.
Stephen E Arnold, November 8, 2022
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