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As per Google, the Willow chip can solve a standard benchmark computation in “under five minutes”.
The two tech geniuses discussed the possibility of incorporating the Willow chip in SpaceX’s Starship. (representative image)
Google recently shook up the tech world by launching its new quantum chip – Willow. With the latest innovation of Quantum AI, Google promises to revolutionise computing by offering speeds far beyond traditional systems. The concept appears to have impressed the world’s richest man, Elon Musk. He reacted to a post by Google CEO Sundar Pichai who announced the arrival of Willow on X. “Introducing Willow, our new state-of-the-art quantum computing chip with a breakthrough that can reduce errors exponentially as we scale up using more qubits, cracking a 30-year challenge in the field,” Pichai wrote.
Elon Musk simply dropped a one-word reaction in the comment section – “Wow”. His reaction caught the attention of Sundar Pichai who replied, “We should do a quantum cluster in space with Starship one day.” The Alphabet chief referred to Musk’s SpaceX Starship which can carry “both crew and cargo to Earth orbit, the Moon, Mars, and beyond”.
Elon Musk seemed optimistic as he said, “That will probably happen.” The duo then went on to discuss a cosmic philosophy based on the “Kardashev scale”. “Any self-respecting civilization should at least reach Kardashev Type II. In my opinion, we are currently only at <5% of Type I. To get to ~30%, we would need to place solar panels in all desert or highly arid regions," Musk wrote.
That will probably happen.
Any self-respecting civilization should at least reach Kardashev Type II.
In my opinion, we are currently only at <5% of Type I. To get to ~30%, we would need to place solar panels in all desert or highly arid regions.
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) December 9, 2024
Sundar Pichai agreed with the X CEO and insisted, “We should scale solar so much more, amazing that we keep looking at alternatives when the most obvious path is staring at our eyes, literally!”
indeed. We should scale solar so much more, amazing that we keep looking at alternatives when the most obvious path is staring at our eyes, literally!
— Sundar Pichai (@sundarpichai) December 9, 2024
The online conversation between the tech experts attracted reactions from many X users. Some of them also shared their thoughts about quantum mechanics. “It’s so cool that we get to see on X unfiltered discussions between CEOs,” commented an individual.
It's so cool that we get to see on X unfiltered discussions between CEOs!
— Hyperion_Atlas 🇬🇷 (@hyperiongr) December 9, 2024
Echoing the same sentiment, another said, “Love to see the discussion among leaders so casually on this app. This kind of open and casual public conversation is required by all top executives to bring the right kind of attention to the technology.”
Love to see the discussion among leaders so casually on this app.
This kind of open and casual public conversations are required by all top executives to bring right kind of attention to the technology, which will also help in it's easy adoption.
— Singleton (@NotFromAsgard) December 9, 2024
Calling Willow a “tech breakthrough”, one user said, “Quantum computing was always the Sword of Damocles hanging over cryptography and it just took a massive step closer.”
This is the kind of tech breakthrough that makes your hair stand on end. Quantum computing was always the Sword of Damocles hanging over cryptography and it just took a massive step closer.
If Willow can solve in 5 minutes what a supercomputer takes 10^25 years to crack,…
— Raghu Gullapalli (@Bios4Action) December 9, 2024
Another user, however, reckons – “Space solar is nice but you still need to get the energy to Earth. Personally, I say, in the short term, use nuclear fission and also scale production of newer conventional solar panels.”
Space solar is nice but you still need to get the energy to earth.
Personally I say, in the short term, use nuclear fission and also scale production of newer conventional solar panels.
— Elliott: Pytorch Generalization 0.0.1 (@ElliottChMiller) December 9, 2024
As claimed by Google, the new Willow chip is designed to solve a standard benchmark computation in “under five minutes” while for any fastest supercomputers, it would take 10 septillion meaning almost 1025 years.
