Quantum 2.0: The Next Frontier of Single-Particle Control and Quantum AI

An interview about Paul Davies’s book Quantum 2.0 explains how the original quantum mechanics (Quantum 1.0) gave us technologies like lasers, chips, and MRI, and how Quantum 2.0 involves manipulating individual quanta to encode information in the particles themselves, signaling a new tech revolution. The discussion spans quantum biology, the rise of quantum AI, and the tantalizing prospect of mind–machine interfaces, while noting ongoing debates about how quantum reality relates to everyday experience and imagining a potential Quantum 3.0 ahead.