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# Quantum Computing: From Guesswork to Design Revolution
- URL: https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/quantum-computing-from-guesswork-to-design-revolution/
- Published: 2025-01-28T14:03:12.000Z
- Updated: 2026-07-27T05:25:03.000Z
- Description: What if the biggest breakthroughs in science were hiding behind questions our computers are too primitive to ask?
- Author: Dr Mark van Rijmenam, CSP
- Tags: News, #seo-post-1

What if the biggest breakthroughs in science were hiding behind questions our computers are too primitive to ask?

[Quantum computing](https://www.thedigitalspeaker.com/quantum-computing-speaker/) is rapidly moving from theoretical to practical, promising a seismic shift in materials science, medicine, and energy. Google’s Willow device has proven fault tolerance and quantum supremacy are possible, while startups like PsiQuantum aim to build machines 10,000 times larger by the end of the decade.

These quantum systems will solve problems classical computers and even AI can’t touch, such as why superconductors work or how to design efficient catalysts. Quantum algorithms are advancing faster than hardware, with breakthroughs like a 200x improvement in drug simulation efficiency.

Current tools like DFT (Density Functional Theory) and AI hit limitations when modeling quantum systems. Quantum computing, with millions of qubits, will transform the iterative process of discovery into a world of precise design.Can we handle the quantum leap from discovery to mastery, or are we still fumbling in the dark?

Read the full article on [MIT Technology Review](https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/01/27/1110540/useful-quantum-computing-is-inevitable-and-increasingly-imminent/?ref=thedigitalspeaker.com).

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