Elon Musk expressed admiration for the new quantum computing chip developed by Google, as noted by Sundar Pichai.

Google has introduced its latest quantum chip, named Willow. Sundar Pichai, the CEO of Google, took to X (formerly Twitter) to announce this significant development. "We are proud to present Willow, our cutting-edge quantum computing chip that features a groundbreaking advancement capable of exponentially reducing errors as we increase the number of qubits, addressing a challenge that has persisted for 30 years in this domain. In benchmark evaluations, Willow completed a standard computation in less than five minutes, a task that would require a leading supercomputer over 10^25 years to accomplish, which is far greater than the age of the universe," Pichai stated in his post on X.

Elon Musk expresses amazement at Willow's capabilities. Pichai announced the introduction of Willow on X, highlighting its ability to achieve "exponential error reduction and unprecedented computational speed." He emphasized that Willow can address challenges in mere minutes, a task that would take traditional supercomputers billions of years. This remarkable advancement elicited a surprised yet enthusiastic reaction from Elon Musk, who simply tweeted "Wow." In response to Musk's astonishment, Pichai suggested, “We should do a quantum cluster in space with Starship one day:)”. Musk replied, “That will probably happen. Any self-respecting civilization should at least reach Kardashev Type II. In my opinion, we are currently only at <5% of Type I. To get to ~30%, we would need to place solar panels in all desert or highly arid regions.”

The innovative "Willow" quantum chip showcases remarkable error correction abilities, addressing a significant challenge that has hindered quantum computing advancements for many years. Featuring 105 qubits, this chip is capable of exponentially minimizing computational errors as it increases in scale, a goal that scientists have been striving to achieve since the 1990s. In a significant demonstration, researchers at Google revealed that the Willow chip could perform a computational task in approximately five minutes, a process that would take a classical supercomputer an estimated 10 septillion (10^25) years—vastly surpassing the known age of the universe.