IBM on Unexplainable

UnexplainableJuly 13, 2026

Are you a lyric person or a music person?

1:05
mid-roll
Noam Hassenfeld, Byrd Pinkerton, Meradith Hoddinott, Mandy Nguyen
Vox
July 13, 2026
Announcer-readBrand awarenessBaked-in adSaaS
0:00 / 1:05
@ 20:18 in ep

Transcript

This is advertiser content from IBM. Cold take. My laptop works fine at room temperature, and most things on Earth do. If quantum computers can only function and behave quantumly at insanely cold temperatures, how will they ever become useful to most people? My name is Olivia Lanes. I am the global lead for content and education at IBM Quantum. I want to emphasize that actually cooling down a quantum computer is not really as hard as I think people think it is. It really is just the push of a button that can take your entire infrastructure down to 10 millicalvin. That is not the challenge, scientifically speaking. I also want to emphasize that in the future, we don't envision everyone having their own quantum laptop. Quantum computers are going to live in a data center. Data centers already have their own cooling infrastructure. It's not going to be something that you have to learn how to install and work on a personal level. But that doesn't mean that the discoveries made with the technology won't affect every person. Quantum computing has the potential to touch almost every industry that you can probably think of. If you would like to learn more, you can do so at IBM.com slash quantum.

Auto-transcribed · verbatim audio matches · Report an error

Estimated ad cost

~$240range $36$1,700

Estimate of what a similar one-episode podcast ad would cost based on rank, placement, and duration

Methodology and limitations →

IBM sponsor landing page on Unexplainable

IBM sponsor landing page advertised on Unexplainable

IBM landing page captured for its sponsorship on Unexplainable.

ibm.com/quantum

Episode

Unexplainable
Are you a lyric person or a music person?
Hosts: Noam Hassenfeld, Byrd Pinkerton, Meradith Hoddinott, Mandy Nguyen
Publisher: Vox