Issue No. 002AI Systems•May 17, 2026•14 min read
Is Quantum Computing also awaiting a Transformers Moment?
How Transformers became modern AI's default architecture, and why quantum is still looking for its own scalable abstraction/convergence
Transformers won because they matched model design, hardware, and economics at the same time. Quantum computing becomes interesting when AI's next bottlenecks stop being purely algorithmic and start becoming physical.
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