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title: 'AI & Quantum: Information Technologies and the Future of Environmental Protection'
slug: 'underpinnings-of-ai-quantum-physics'
date: 2026-05-13
type: 'essay'
status: 'published'
tags: ['enviroai', 'visual-essay', 'ai', 'physics']
abstract: 'Slide deck on why quantum physics and information theory are the underpinnings that explain AI''s environmental-protection power.'
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author: 'Jed Anderson'
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original_date: 2026-05-11
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Slide deck on why quantum physics and information theory are the underpinnings that explain AI's environmental-protection power.