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Quantum Computing Expert Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED

WIRED · 8M views · 2018-06-25 · 19:27

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IBM's Dr. Talia Gershon explains quantum computing to five people of increasing expertise: a child, teen, college student, grad student and professional. The WIRED series format moves from simple analogies to technical detail.

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HN points to it both as an approachable quantum computing intro and as an example of explaining one concept at multiple levels.

Recommended by 2 HN people across 2 months · HN mentions 2019–2021

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Quantum computing
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stewdio · 2020-04 · Recommendation

I’ve begun to put together useful resources for learning more here: [LINK] I’d like to really flesh out that page; I’ve now come across so many folks that are amazing at explaining this stuff... It’s just a time crunch to juggle all this as you might imagine ;) These two videos in particular helped me get started: 1. What is a physical quantum computer? [VIDEO] 2. How might one compute using it? [LINK]

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mattferderer · 2019-02 · Recommendation

Try this video - [VIDEO] I found it easy to comprehend. It starts explaining to a child & works its way up to a doctorate level.

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vilhelm_s · 2021-11 · Joke / meme

One of the IBM scientists seems to have an old quantum computer as a piece of office decoration, so I guess there's some hope to preserve them: [VIDEO]

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