Our World Models are classical. They run on bits: 0 or 1. But the root of reality is quantum: superposition, entanglement, true randomness. To perfect our models, we must bridge this schism. Not with a quantum AI, but with a hybrid handshake.Think of a division of labour. The classical model is the architect. It handles the macro-scale: the city, the strategy. When it needs to calculate something intrinsically quantum—the exact energy of a novel molecule—it passes that sub-problem to a quantum co-processor.The classical model asks: 'What is the ground-state energy of this atomic configuration?' The quantum processor, leveraging superposition, explores probability landscapes classical bits cannot. It returns: 'Energy is X, confidence Y.'The classical model integrates this quantum fact. It's an architect subcontracting stress calculations to a firm that uses different laws.This hybrid path is the only way to a 'Theory of Everything' model. A purely classical model of quantum chemistry is an approximation. A purely quantum model of a city is impossible.My controversial take is this: The killer app for quantum computing won't be breaking encryption. It will be serving as the physics engine for next-generation World Models. Value won't be in a standalone quantum computer, but in owning the seamless handshake between the classical simulator and the quantum verifier. This creates a new hierarchy: models with quantum access will discover realities forever closed to classical ones. The gap won't be scale, but fundamental competence."This has been The World Model Podcast. We don't just model reality—we integrate its deepest, strangest layer. Subscribe now.