Over the recent weeks and months, @preskill and I sat down to think about where we are in quantum computing. While the noisy intermediate-scale quantum (#NISQ) era — a term coined by John in 2018 — is just unfolding as we speak, the time seems right to look ahead to the next steps to come. scirate.com/arxiv/2510.19928 In this perspectives article, we try to sketch the fraught road to quantum advantage — the path toward fault-tolerant, application-scale quantum (#FASQ) computers. There are several gaps ahead of us, and we try to faithfully and honestly hint at how one may be able to "mind those gaps", and suggest a few important intermediate steps along the way. I have been impressed by the ease and efficiency with which we have been able to put this together. Warm thanks to John for the great collaboration and wonderful team work.

In a great session on milestones in quantum physics celebrating the @QuantumYear2025 at the @APSphysics #APSSummit25, Serge Haroche, Wolfgang Ketterle, Philip Kim, Francis Halzen and @Dorit Ahararonov present their main results, chaired by @preskill.