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Cambridge Quantum’s Ilyas Khan on the Future of Quantum Computing

Cambridge Quantum’s Ilyas Khan on the Future of Quantum Computing
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James Maguire
James Maguire
Oct 19, 2021
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I spoke with Ilyas Khan, Director and CEO of Cambridge Quantum, about his forecast for milestones in the future of quantum computing; he also detailed his company’s natural language processing toolkit and library.

Among the topics we discussed: 

  • Basic question, but I think it helps even tech pros: what is quantum computing – why is it so hard to explain? What is its advantage over more widely adopted computing technologies?
  • Where are we now with quantum computing, in terms of adoption? What is its relationship with AI?
  • Cambridge Quantum has released what it calls the world’s first quantum natural language processing toolkit and library. How does this help companies?
  • The forecast for the future of quantum computing, over the next 3-5 years?

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