An update in The Gazette this week on a pioneering Colorado quantum-tech company spoke volumes about the bright prospects of our state in general for becoming a global center of the epochal technology.
The word “quantum” — overused and at times misused — has been around a long time. It conveyed an otherworldly degree of technological advancement. Now, as it becomes workaday reality, it warrants a more precise definition (courtesy of Google AI): the use of subatomic physics to process complex data and perform other feats at extraordinary speed.
Without a doubt, it stands to change almost everything — from cutting-edge science to everyday life — and it promises to rocket even artificial intelligence into hyperdrive. Given that kind of gravitas, it obviously will be a key factor not only in our nation’s prosperity but also our national security…