And, to think: other people are busy figuring out how to use quantum computing to overcome

global hunger, prevent pandemics and even reverse climate change.

Fortunately for you, this is no ordinary cat video.

And I'm no ordinary cat.

I'm Schrödinger's Cat.

Not familiar?

Well, you see, Dr. Erwin Schrödinger, born Vienna, 1887, he came up with a thought experiment

about quantum mechanics...

All you need is a radioactive atom, a Geiger counter, a hammer, a glass tube filled with

cyanide...

And a cat in a steel box.

I guess this is what people did with their free time in the pre-cat video era.

Not weird at all, Erwin...

When the atom decays, it releases radiation.

That sets off the Geiger counter, which triggers the hammer to break the tube...

And kill the cat who never did anything wrong except spray the rug that one time you were

at the lab all night, Erwin...

Simple enough, right?

Wrong.

You know nothing about “Superposition.”

It means that the electrons in the atom are actually in multiple states at once.

So the atom is both decayed and intact.

Therefore, the cat - AKA me - is both alive and dead.

Until, of course, you open the box and observe only one reality due to your inherent limitations

as a human being.

Back in the day, an understanding of the movement of electrons helped create the silicon chip

that powers this “traditional” computer.

And an understanding of superposition will power the future of computing.

You see, quantum bits or “qubits” of information will exist in multiple states.

That means that a computer can cover numerous paths at the same time - rather than sequentially…

and do billions of years worth of computing in a matter of days, hours or even minutes.

Quantum computers will be able to model the seeming chaos of mother nature itself and

thereby move toward solving the planet's biggest challenges.

But qubits are fragile little fellows that have to work within a larger quantum system.

That's why Microsoft is creating “topological” qubits to store info in braided paths of particles

that are much more stable and allow for far greater scalability.

The company is delivering the algorithms, hardware, advances in cold logic, cryogenics,

software and developer programming tools… to offer a full stack solution and make quantum

computing more accessible.

We'll even be able to use quantum computing to solve some of the mysteries of quantum

mechanics.

And that's just so meta, I can barely stand it.

So, you may not have known me before today, but I directly contributed to the chip that

is allowing you to watch me now.

Cat videos are what this thing's really for anyway, right?

And remember this quantum kitty, because I'll also be powering the quantum computers that

save lives, revolutionize economies and host trillions of future cat videos…

Some of which may have already been created in alternate realities.

Don't think on that too hard...

Either way, you're welcome.