DOE Looks to AI to Advance Next Generation of Quantum Experts explain how the Genesis Mission will merge AI and quantum to further scientific discovery and research. The Energy Department’s new Quantum Genesis initiative aims to bring artificial intelligence and quantum computing together to accelerate scientific discovery, a combination national security researchers say could help overcome some of the biggest barriers to quantum computing. “In my mind, the Genesis Mission first and foremost will help us get to performant quantum computers. You’re always going to have a classical computer controlling a quantum computer,” Sandia National Lab Computing Research Center Director Jennifer Gaudioso told GovCIO Media & Research. “With the high-performance computing and AI tools that Genesis is bringing, we will have more effective controls to integrate AI and quantum.” In the context of today’s supercomputers, Gaudioso said quantum computing will become another tool in the broader ecosystem. “I really think we’re headed to a heterogeneous computing future,” Gaudioso said. “Some problems will be best solved on a data flow accelerator with an AI backbone. … A quantum computer will do something that nothing else can do for us.” AI’s Impact on Quantum The new initiative stems from the department’s broader Genesis Mission that aims to integrate the agency’s 17 national laboratories and supercomputers into a single unified AI platform. Quantum Genesis aims to develop and deploy the world’s first fault-tolerant quantum computing capability by 2028. Gaudioso said researchers are only beginning to understand how AI and quantum reinforce each other. “This work of thinking about how AI and quantum can be used together is just getting started. We’re at the point where it seems real, and that wasn’t the case in the past five or 10 years,” said Gaudioso. Why Quantum Matters Gaudioso discussed how she sees quantum computing solving