Schrödinger's Killer App: Race to Build the World's First Quantum Computer by Jonathan P. DowlingMy rating: 5 of 5 stars
Amazing book for the layperson by someone who is clearly a well-known and knowledgeable person in the field, Jonathan P. Dowling. I will absolutely have to read it again however, and note to anyone who reads this book, pay attention to those quantum gates, the CAT, the ENT, and the RAT as they are referred to heavily thereafter. I think any layperson will get a lot out of this book even if they have to glaze over at the myriad of characters involved and some of the engineering techniques that are hard to understand, (for the layperson). I believe I found this book recommended by Zach Weinersmith who writes "Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal" and has his own book about cutting edge tech, "Soonish." It's got some humor in it, but quantum mechanics is hard to understand, but I'll take another stab at it down the road. Also, there is an interesting criticism of Roger Penrose toward the end of the book, regarding the "consciousness is weird, quantum physics is weird, therefore they're both related" kind of arguments made in "The Emperor's New Mind." John Searle's Strong AI hypothesis as related in this book is not something I'm as on board with as the author is, but I guess until proven otherwise, it'll have to do.
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