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title: 'Quantum Literacy'
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date: 2020-09-24
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tags: ['faith', 'constant-contact-archive']
abstract: 'Google . . . IBM . . .'
license: 'CC-BY-4.0'
author: 'Jed Anderson'
co_authors: []
canonical_url: 'https://jedanderson.org/posts/quantum-literacy'
original_source: 'Constant Contact campaign'
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Google . . . IBM . . . Harvard Business Review

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Quantum Literacy in the Environmental Profession

Soon everyone in the environmental profession will have access to quantum computing (see some of the latest headlines and articles below). Already NISQ [cloud-based services](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0018df53FrKZLMTh_X3u_iT6bco7aDFUSiMqO8f4FG1Ek3EYrXx3q9QQ9rUF1mIyD-kvqFKtEokadGJKhiNxcYx6R-U9ZpjcLa6xUDaTUa3-NDl11RA00S2qe7-EVRVevT8_Zya0EYy8XW5eh6owe_PBUmNuz4L2SHKM7g59xblk-1koTiUeDt1DnHNaFtM4PSMI242JPbtL84vFWTZtJbiIxdLzkzJfHJHNJnaYtoFu45GqdFir-Ape5kn602NO-cQ&c=&ch=) are available.

The question is . . . will everyone in the environmental profession be prepared with questions to ask a quantum computer about how to optimize different facets of environmental protection? For that, I'm urging everyone in the environmental profession gain some basic quantum literacy. It will help you immensely to formulate questions and prepare for opportunities. [I have prepared materials to help people get started](http://r20.rs6.net/tn.jsp?f=0018df53FrKZLMTh_X3u_iT6bco7aDFUSiMqO8f4FG1Ek3EYrXx3q9QQ9rUF1mIyD-kN4fd7NGKI8JRzmbInDlofxJXPZPpQfKn0agyqClxlMIqNtMsHbiIA22MvP5qljHzYR78dBe5mYfDiPYoF32-MQ==&c=&ch=).

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---"Environmental problems are just optimization problems. They're TSP-hard, but it's just variables and probabilities. That's the wheelhouse of quantum simulation."

- Jed Anderson Creator, EnviroAI

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