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Science Friction · Jul 28, 2026

04 | Dead and Alive: Hype train

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Wed 29 Jul 2026 at 3:00amWed 29 Jul 2026 at 3:00amWed 29 Jul 2026 at 3:00am · ABC listen

When it comes to the often incomprehensible world of quantum, it can be hard to distinguish hype from reality. 

We might be on the verge of a breakthrough ... or tech start-ups might be trying to drum up momentum for the benefit of their stakeholders.

Hype is important in science, but can it go too far? And has AI knocked the wind out of the sails of quantum computing?

Got feedback? Email us sciencefriction@abc.net.au

Guests:

Dr Tara Roberson
Science communicator

Stela Todorovic
Media Director for PsiQuantum Australia

Gideon Lichfield
Journalist, former editor-in-chief of WIRED and MIT Technology Review

Professor Warwick Bowen
Director of the Centre of Excellence in Quantum Biotechnology and leader of the Quantum Optics Laboratory, University of Queensland

  • Presenter: Jacinta Bowler
  • Script producers: Fiona Pepper, James Bullen
  • Senior Producer: Shelby Traynor
  • Executive Producer: Petria Ladgrove
  • Sound Engineer: Tim Jenkins
  • Archives Research: Lisa Chidlow, Michael Osmond

Quantum Technology, Physics, Computer Science, Information and Communication

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