Quantum Fiery Voices: Olivier Ezratty
For Aiding and Abetting The Quantum Dragon's Relentless Assault
I was looking up something in Oliver Ezratty’s Understanding Quantum Technologies 2024, which I hadn’t done since before the inception of this award, and I had forgotten how much heat it radiates.
To be fair, much of the heat comes from simply “keeping it real,” which, with all the hype out there, generates a considerable amount of heat. That said, it also seared my cornea a few times. It’s 1,554 pages, so I’m only providing some highlights:
The word “bullshit” appears 7 times.
Page 942 describes Eigensystems’ Quokka as “somewhat useless as a dedicated hardware.”
Page 1,098 states that Automatski’s ‘quintillion qubit’ quantum annealer “smells fishy at best.”
Page 1,235 describes Knot Communications’ / Artedys’ quantum blockchain satellite phone as “a little farfetched.”
Page 1,309 classifies taglines as hype or reasonable. It’s 8 hype vs 5 reasonable.
Page 1,432 includes the phrase “crappy reports.”
“Quantum Fake Sciences” is a 22-page chapter.
For generating enough heat to make The Quantum Dragon install air conditioning in his cave, he hereby recognizes Olivier Ezratty as one of his Quantum Fiery Voices.
Quantum Fiery Voices
July 22, 2025 - Olivier Ezratty
April 8, 2025 — Jensen Huang
March 18, 2025 — Jack Krupansky
March 4, 2025 — Prof. Chris Ferrie
February 5, 2025 — Dr. Bob Sutor