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Quantum Computing Expert Explains One Concept in 5 Levels of Difficulty | WIRED

IBM's Dr. Talia Gershon explains quantum computing to five people of increasing expertise: a child, teen, college student, grad student and professional. The WIRED series format moves from simple analogies to technical detail.

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Why HN readers recommended it

HN points to it both as an approachable quantum computing intro and as an example of explaining one concept at multiple levels.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel
WIRED
Topic
quantum computing
Format
explainer
Level
general
HN recommenders in dataset
2
HN mentions in dataset
6
Recommendation years in dataset
2019–2021

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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  • Try this video - [VIDEO] I found it easy to comprehend. It starts explaining to a child & works its way up to a doctorate level.

    mattferderer on Hacker News · 2019-02
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  • I’ve begun to put together useful resources for learning more here: [LINK] I’d like to really flesh out that page; I’ve now come across so many folks that are amazing at explaining this stuff... It’s just a time crunch to juggle all this as you …

    stewdio on Hacker News · 2020-04
    In Show HN: Quantum JavaScript

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