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Science Friction
ABC Australia
04 | Dead and Alive: Hype train
JUL 28, 202625 MIN
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Description
When it comes to the often incomprehensible world of quantum, it can be hard to distinguish hype from reality.
We might be on the verge of a breakthrough ... or tech start-ups might be trying to drum up momentum for the benefit of their stakeholders.
Hype is important in science, but can it go too far? And has AI knocked the wind out of the sails of quantum computing?
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Guests:
Dr Tara RobersonScience communicator
Stela TodorovicMedia Director for PsiQuantum Australia
Gideon LichfieldJournalist, former editor-in-chief of WIRED and MIT Technology Review
Professor Warwick BowenDirector of the Centre of Excellence in Quantum Biotechnology and leader of the Quantum Optics Laboratory, University of Queensland
Presenter: Jacinta Bowler
Script producers: Fiona Pepper, James Bullen
Senior Producer: Shelby Traynor
Executive Producer: Petria Ladgrove
Sound Engineer: Tim Jenkins
Archives Research: Lisa Chidlow, Michael Osmond

