Google's Hartmut Neven disputes chip test, outlines plan to link a brain to a quantum computer
Chris_Armstrong · x · 2026-10-16
Quantum researcher Sue Schneider reports that Google Quantum AI head Hartmut Neven addressed — and disagreed with — her chip test in a talk, and outlined plans to link a brain to a quantum computer.
Slides shown include isotope effects in nitrous oxide anesthetics (NMR studies). Schneider notes that in this "brave new world" part-whole relations will need very careful thought.
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