The $940 million investment in Silicon Valley-based startup PsiQuantum jointly made by the federal and Queensland governments last week represents the first WTF moment of the recently announced Future Made in Australia era.
Apologies for resorting to the colloquial expletive, but it aptly summarises the reaction to a decision that is still shrouded in secrecy and that many of Australia’s smartest scientific minds can’t figure out the logic behind.
In trying to get his head around the why of the governments’ decision, Australia’s pre-eminent expert in artificial intelligence, Toby Walsh, cleverly wrote that the only way to understand it is to surrender to the bizarre physics of the quantum world and apply it to the macro world of Australian politics.
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