Advancing Quantum Technology with Quantum Games

Decades ago, chess engines and video games inadvertently laid the groundwork for the modern AI revolution: they drove GPU development and provided structured problems for machine learning. We believe games can do something similar for quantum computing.

 The coming decade will deliver stable, scalable qubits—but quantum mechanics defies everyday intuition. Only a handful of people worldwide can translate real-world problems into the abstract spaces where quantum algorithms live. We have the hardware. We lack the human intuition to harness it. But humans are exceptional at finding structure in complex problems—through play. 

For that reason, we are thrilled to announce that we are holding a workshop on "Advancing quantum technology with quantum games" at the Lorentz Center.

We have gathered a group of scientists, designers, and artists in Leiden to establish the foundations of quantum games as a rigorous research field.

We will move beyond simple outreach. Our goal is to design and prototype games that serve as:

• Platforms for developing genuine quantum intuition.
• Benchmarks for quantum hardware and algorithms.
• Tools for discovering new circuit optimization strategies.