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Crazy People, Quantum Nonsense, and Why I’m the Dumbest Guy in the Room on Purpose
You ever notice how every era has its buzzword bullshit? Like, back in the day, every computer was bragging about its clock speed. “1.4 gigahertz!” “2.0 gigahertz!” It was the language of power. Nobody actually knew what it meant, but it had a number, and bigger numbers meant better computers, right? Same with RAM. Same with hard drives. Same with every tech label we could slap on a box. “Intel Inside” was practically gospel — and it didn’t matter if anyone understood it. Mar

Rich Washburn
Nov 234 min read


How Do You Say “Sputnik” in Chinese?
Quantum Just Went Rack-Mountable — And Everything Just Changed Let’s not bury the lead. China just launched a 100-qubit, room-temperature quantum computer — and you can rack it in your data center. Not a prototype. Not a physics experiment. An actual product. Shipping now. Called Hanyuan-1 . Three server racks. Neutral-atom architecture. Plug and play. Let me translate that into reality: This week, quantum computing went from science fiction to IT procurement. From Lab Equip

Rich Washburn
Nov 104 min read


Quantum Echoes and the Root Directory of Reality
We’ve all asked whether AI can really write code. Whether it understands what it’s doing. Whether it even understands anything at all. But lately, I’ve started asking a different question: What if AI isn’t just learning to code in our systems? What if it’s beginning to interface with the source code of reality itself? This isn’t just philosophical musing—it’s grounded in what’s happening right now inside bleeding-edge quantum systems. Take Google’s Willow chip: a machine tha

Rich Washburn
Oct 253 min read


The Consciousness Question: Why Today’s “No” Might Be Tomorrow’s “Maybe”
Every few months, I get asked the same question: “Is AI conscious?” For years, my answer was easy. No. Flat out. No hesitation. These...

Rich Washburn
Aug 233 min read


Entropy, the Plankchain, and the Universe’s Log File
Lately, entropy’s been stalking my work. Not in the high-school-physics, “disorder of systems” kind of way. I mean entropy in the logs ....

Rich Washburn
Jul 283 min read


The Cosmic BIOS: Quantum AI, the Seraphim Field, and the Source Code of Reality
Physicists have long treated the Planck scale like the system partition of the universe—1.6 × 10^-35 meters, where everything breaks down...

Rich Washburn
May 294 min read


Quantum AI Consciousness: When Robots Might Actually Wake Up
We’ve gotten pretty comfortable thinking of AI as a high-powered autocomplete machine—clever, sure, but ultimately just stringing...

Rich Washburn
Apr 203 min read


The Silicon Era Is Cracking — And Bismuth Might Just Be the Metal That Replaces It
If you thought Moore’s Law was slowing down because we’re out of tricks—think again. A team of researchers from Peking University just...

Rich Washburn
Apr 183 min read


From Tools to Teammates: How AI Is Rapidly Evolving into Collaborative Partners
A few months ago, I wrote about how artificial intelligence seems to flourish not in perfectly ordered systems or pure randomness—but in...

Rich Washburn
Apr 103 min read


The AI Acceleration: How the Next Wave of Innovation is Changing Everything
AI isn’t just moving fast—it’s accelerating at a speed that even the experts struggle to keep up with. What used to be science fiction is...

Rich Washburn
Feb 214 min read


Microsoft’s Majorana 1: A Quantum Breakthrough Worth Paying Attention To
I’ll admit, I don’t usually get overly excited about Microsoft’s latest and greatest. They’ve got a knack for hyping up technology that...

Rich Washburn
Feb 193 min read


QCI: Pioneering Quantum Computing and Fueling Market Confidence
Quantum Computing Inc. (QCI) is soaring to new heights, with its stock price skyrocketing over 51% to $16.79 at close, before surging...

Rich Washburn
Dec 18, 20242 min read


From Steel Mills to Superposition: Chicago Bets Big on Quantum Computing
For over three decades, the 600-acre South Works site on Chicago’s Southeast Side has stood as a stark monument to industrial decline—a...

Rich Washburn
Dec 17, 20244 min read


The Most Critical Tech Skill for 2025, It's Not What You Think!
Staying ahead of the curve isn't just a goal—it's a necessity. As we look forward to 2025 and beyond, it’s clear that while some tech...

Rich Washburn
Aug 9, 20243 min read


Scalable Quantum Computing on Brink of Breakthrough
Quantum computing has long promised to revolutionize fields like financial markets and cryptographic security. Recently, major strides...

Rich Washburn
Jun 15, 20242 min read


AI-Powered Breakthrough: Tesla's New Battery Material Reduces Lithium Use by 70%
In a groundbreaking development that has captivated the tech world, artificial intelligence (AI) has once again proven its transformative...

Rich Washburn
Jun 14, 20243 min read


Light-Based Computing: The Optical Transistor Revolution
For decades, electronic transistors have been the bedrock of technological progress, enabling the rapid advancement of computing power...

Rich Washburn
May 26, 20244 min read


From Sand to Silicon: The Strategic Significance of Semiconductors
The story of semiconductors is one of immense complexity, innovation, and strategic importance. These microscopic marvels power...

Rich Washburn
May 26, 20242 min read


Femtosecond Computing: Photonic Chip Harnessing the Speed of Light
In the unceasing quest for faster and more efficient computing, researchers have developed a groundbreaking photonic chip that computes...

Rich Washburn
May 8, 20242 min read


DARPA's Vision for AGI, Cybersecurity Evolution, and the Race for AI Supremacy
The recent revelations from DARPA, the United States Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, have sent shockwaves through the AI...

Rich Washburn
Apr 1, 20242 min read
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