DeepMind helped transform AI by using games as a training ground.

Evert van Nieuwenburg wants to build the European DeepMind for quantumcomputing.

In my conversation with Evertvan Nieuwenburg on Beyond the Qubit, one idea stood out:

What if games are not just a way to explain quantum computing, but a way tounlock it?

Thatsounds playful.

Butthe ambition is serious.

DeepMindshowed that games could be much more than entertainment.They became structured environments for learning, experimentation, search, anddiscovery.

Evert’svision is that quantum computing may need something similar.

Notjust better hardware.

Notjust more qubits.

Notjust lower error rates.

It may also need a better playground for building intuition.

Becausethe space of possible quantum circuits and quantum algorithms isenormous.

Mostof it is noise.

Usefulstructure is rare.

Andintuition is hard to build.

Thatis where quantumgames become interesting.

Gamescreate structure. They give people rules, feedback, andgoals. And when a hard problem becomes game-like, it can become easier forhumans to explore and potentially easier for AI systems to learn from too.

Thatis the part of the conversation I keep coming back to.

Evertis not talking about games as a side project for outreach.

He is pointing at a bigger idea:

Europe may have a chance to build its own DeepMind for quantum computing

notby copying AI exactly,

butby creating the structured environments that help peopleand machines discover what matters in quantum.

Thatis a bold vision.

Andbold visions are usually where the interesting companiesbegin.

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