John Preskill on NISQ, FTQC & Quantum's Future

Welcome to The Quantum Revolution! This conversation with Professor John Preskill, the Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics and director of the Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at the California Institute of Technology, is a dive into: John's career trajectory (Cosmology & Pivot to Quantum Information) His Initial Take on Quantum Computing Coining the Terms Quantum Supremacy and NISQ Industry Interest and the Quantum Winter The Outlook for Quantum Computing Applications & Caltech Research Error-Correction & the Importance of Fault-Tolerant Quantum Computing (FTQC) Neutral Atoms as a Promising Modality for the Near Term The Unpredictable Future of Quantum Technology The central message: we must protect space for fundamental, curiosity-driven research in quantum science. If we only focus on foreseeable applications, we create a scientific monoculture that can't create the unexpected insights that one day become transformative technologies. Conversation recorded in Santa Clara, at the Q2B Conference in December 2025. Follow The Quantum Revolution for more! Leave a comment/reshare to support this interview series. LinkedIn Page: ⁠  / ⁠   Spotify Podcast: Little hint about our next guest: you might have read his blog and he likes philosophy.