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Into the quantum realm we go with the brilliant Prineha Narang. Narang earned her PhD in applied physics at Caltech, taught materials science at Harvard and now has her own lab at UCLA. The lab focuses on quantum materials, non-equilibrium dynamics, photonics, quantum information science and other easily digestible areas. Beyond her academic career, Narang is a science advisor to the government and a venture capitalist at DCVC. As you might imagine, we get into quantum computing and quantum technology in this episode. Quantum vs. AI, the US vs. China, when quantum tech will break encryption, quantum sensing and whether or not quantum technology actually has a bright future. The quantum sensing portion of the chat was all new to me and rather astonishing. Since Narang is also a competitive runner and mountaineer, we provide some top tips on gear because that is just the kind of all-purpose podcast that we deliver. Timestamps 0:00 Intro 2:16 The physicist who runs marathons 14:03 Cold-emailing her way into IBM 33:02 Did AI steal quantum's thunder? 46:28 Google's encryption bombshell 57:20 The US vs. China quantum race 1:06:48 Quantum sensing: who sneezed? 1:22:28 Should students still bet on quantum? 1:30:38 When does quantum get real? 1:34:54 The gear tip

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