#77 - John Preskill

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<p><a href="https://twitter.com/preskill">John Preskill</a> is a theoretical physicist and the <a href="http://www.theory.caltech.edu/people/preskill/">Richard P. Feynman Professor of Theoretical Physics</a> at Caltech.<br><br>He once <a href="http://www.theory.caltech.edu/people/preskill/bets.html">won a bet with Steven Hawking</a>, which as he writes made him “briefly almost famous.” John and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kip_Thorne">Kip Thorne</a>&nbsp;bet that singularities could exist outside of black holes and after six years Hawking conceded that they were possible in very special, “nongeneric” conditions.<br><br>In this episode we cover what John’s been focusing on for years: quantum information, quantum computing, and quantum error correction.<br><br>Read <a href="https://blog.ycombinator.com/john-preskill-on-quantum-computing">the transcript here</a>.&nbsp;<br><br>The YC podcast is hosted by <a href="https://twitter.com/craigcannon">Craig Cannon</a>.</p>