The Quantum Leap: How Art Drives Scientific Breakthroughs like the New Google Willow Chip

Last week, I was sitting in sunny Santa Barbara, catching up with my friends Dr. Erik Lucero, the Lead Production Quantum Hardware at Google, and Forest Stearns, the founder of the Google Quantum Artist-in-Residence program at their offices in Goleta. We weren’t just hanging out over tacos, though that’s often part of the equation when we’re together. T…