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Dec 2021

36m 56s

Humanizing Quantum Computing with whurle...

Ethan Hansen, Shwetha Jayaraj

About this episode

In which whurley and I talk about the challenges and promises involved in bringing quantum computing to a wider audience

Jon Skerrett episode: https://anchor.fm/quantumcomputingnow/episodes/Fact-vs-Fiction-Quantum-Edition-with-Jon-Skerrett--Episode-38-e13u6fv
whurley’s FaceBook: https://www.facebook.com/whurley
whurley’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/whurley
whurley’s GitHub: https://github.com/whurley
Strangeworks website: https://strangeworks.com/
IBM + Strangeworks announcement: https://strangeworks.com/newsroom/strangeworks-and-ibm-announce-integration-of-ibm-quantum-cloud-services-into-the-strangeworks-ecosystem
QC Zero to Hero thread: https://www.minds.com/newsfeed/1318413663568138256?referrer=1ethanhansen
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