Is a bit just a 0 or 1?

What's the difference between a bit and qubit...and why should you care?

Join Adam and Tai-Danae as they discuss the history of ‘bits’ and explore both the concept and physicality of qubits, including examples and applications.

Want to get in touch? Write us at [email protected] Chapters: 00:00 Introductions 01:15 What are bits? 02:45 Wait, why are we talking about bits?! 04:21 Concepts of bits vs physical bits 05:55 Etymology of the word 'bit' 11:25 Bits as physical objects 14:37 What is computation, really? 18:24 How are qubits similar to bits? 19:50 Etymology of the word 'qubit' 22:25 Tai-Danae's notes on qubits 28:08 Qubits as physical objects 30:10 Quantum engineering is amazing! 32:07 Superconducting qubits 34:58 NV Centers 39:53 Qubits are not just for quantum computing 41:42 Qubits are fragile...is that bad? 44:01 Other examples of qubits 44:47 How do you make qubits? 47:51 Superposition! More next time! Resources mentioned in the show: A Mathematical Theory of Communication by C. E. Shannon: https://people.math.harvard.edu/~ctm/home/text/others/shannon/entropy/entropy.pdf The Pattern On The Stone by W. Daniel Hillis https://www.basicbooks.com/titles/w-daniel-hillis/the-pattern-on-the-stone/9780465066933/ Learn more about different types of qubits on this great site hosted by the University of Waterloo: https://uwaterloo.ca/institute-for-quantum-computing/quantum-101/quantum-information-science-and-technology/what-qubit And can you spot the point where it's clear Tai-Danae can see into the future?! Comment below! Keep in mind this was recorded weeks ago :-) Want to learn more about what SandboxAQ does? Check out our blog: https://www.sandboxaq.com/blog

Welcome to Sandbox AQ’s podcast, fAQ, hosted by Adam Green and Tai-Danae Bradley.

This new series features casual conversations on topics in AI and quantum technologies targeted at general audiences. All curious humans are invited to join!

Want to get in touch? Write us at [email protected]

Want to learn more about SandboxAQ? Check out our blog at https://www.sandboxaq.com/blog

Chapters:

00:00 Introductions

00:45 What is SandboxAQ?

01:13 What motivated this podcast?

02:13 What you should expect from this podcast

02:53 What sorts of topics will we cover?

06:07 What's coming up in the first real episode?