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Michio Kaku: This could finally solve Einstein’s unfinished equation | Full Interview

Big Think | June 3, 2026



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What if everything we know about computing is on the verge of collapsing? Physicist Michio Kaku explores the next wave that could render traditional tech obsolete: Quantum computing.

Quantum computers, Kaku argues, could unlock the secrets of life itself: and could allow us to finally advance Albert Einstein’s quest for a theory of everything.

00:00:00 Quantum computing and Michio’s book Quantum Supremacy00:01:19 Einstein’s unfinished theory
00:03:45 String theory as the “theory of everything” and quantum computers
00:06:20 Quantum computers vs. digital computers
00:08:55 Real-world applications: Fertilizers, fusion energy, and medicine00:11:30 The global race for quantum supremacy
00:14:05 Moore’s Law collapsing
00:16:40 Quantum encryption and cybersecurity threats
00:19:15 How quantum computers work
00:21:50 The future of quantum biology
00:24:30 Alan Turing’s legacy
00:27:45 The history of computing
00:31:10 Quantum supremacy achieved: What’s next?
00:33:50 String theory explained00:38:20 Is the universe a simulation? 00:41:40 UFOs and extraterrestrial intelligence
00:45:15 Civilizations beyond Earth

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About Dr. Michio Kaku:

Dr. Michio Kaku is the co-founder of string field theory, and is one of the most widely recognized scientists in the world today. He has written 4 New York Times Best Sellers, is the science correspondent for CBS This Morning and has hosted numerous science specials for BBC-TV, the Discovery/Science Channel. His radio show broadcasts to 100 radio stations every week. Dr. Kaku holds the Henry Semat Chair and Professorship in theoretical physics at the City College of New York (CUNY), where he has taught for over 25 years. He has also been a visiting professor at the Institute for Advanced Study as well as New York University (NYU)

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  2. @AshkanKangani

    June 3, 2026 at 12:34 am

    I have it Doctor Michio and I really want to share it with you if you are interested! ARIA ToE, and it STARTS WITH 1 CONSCIOUS IN SINGULARITY AND HAS RH AT ITS HEART. SO, singularity just grows knowledge in quantum levels just like PRIMES in NATURAL NUMBER AS IT STARTS TO SEQUENCE AND CATEGORIZE ITS REALIZED CONTRASTS AND SUPERPOSITION IS EMBEDDED IN INTERPRETATION OF THE REALIZED CONTRAST WHICH IS LOCAL TO THE OBSERVER IN AN ENTANGLED FIELD OF OBSERVERS

  3. @LisanJerry

    June 3, 2026 at 12:34 am

    IN The golden age of human civilization even a few decades ago scientists and engineers were real celebs but today's celebs are!!!(i have no word to explain as i am too disappointed)

  4. @JumaMzee-p2e

    June 3, 2026 at 12:34 am

    Hello professor, you have always said that anyone who knows what's dark matter should be the first to tell you: now, I truly know what exactly is dark matter and dark energy

  5. @DancingEagle

    June 3, 2026 at 12:34 am

    Wasn’t this the guy telling everyone that the distances are so vast in the universe it is not likely that aliens have ever visited here? Greatest limited mind of our time.

  7. @jeeptrail08

    June 3, 2026 at 12:34 am

    Dr kaku AI is the problem. I can't tell what is actually you and what is AI.
    I will refer to you AM radio program and your former Art Bell conventions

  9. @andredp3375

    June 3, 2026 at 12:34 am

    Poor Michio finds himself on the end of his string theory. Using this podcast to try revive interests in a dying/dead theory. To give credit he has a much larger & more creative repertoire of metaphors than a seasoned 2nd hand car salesman 😅

  10. @해로운놈

    June 3, 2026 at 12:34 am

    하나의 시공간에 정위상 우주랑 중첩되어 있는 역위상 우주 한 번만 가정해보라고!!!!!!!! 끈이론같은 수학 차력쇼 그만하고!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  21. @c2citadel

    June 3, 2026 at 12:34 am

    Sir, I have read six of your books. Thank you for challenging my mind and in the process making me a better person.
    Books:
    Visions
    Physics of the impossible
    Hyperspace
    Beyond Einstein
    Parallel worlds
    Einstein's cosmos.

    Again, thank you.

  23. @michiok.2081

    June 3, 2026 at 12:34 am

    This Youtube has the headline, "The Mind of God". It repulsed me, wrote this comment and moved forward without watching. When physics ultimately takes us to the mind of god, it's not worth watching,

  31. @JamilQadri-ç

    June 3, 2026 at 12:34 am

    Dear Sir Michu kaku …❤😊. I made my cigarette 🚬 size microscope in April and I realized that electron has a proton in his belly.. I mean maybe photon making the electron pregnant like…and maybe that is why proton and electron are repelling each other in the atom…. because electron has a proton in his belly… but you please confirm it with your microscope….❤😊

  32. @JamilQadri-ç

    June 3, 2026 at 12:34 am

    If I increase my size larger than the universe I can easily see all the universe in front of me….and if I decrease my size smaller than the atom I can easily see all the subatomic particles moving around me…❤😊😊

  33. @JamilQadri-ç

    June 3, 2026 at 12:34 am

    I think subatomic particles are having some gender like nature like fermions and bosons they collide and make some other subatomic particles… For example when photon collide with electron its generate some proton like particles… Some generated baby particles have wawe nature and some have particle nature… that is why we have hundreds of subatomic particles…❤😊😊

  34. @JamilQadri-ç

    June 3, 2026 at 12:34 am

    Dear Sir Michu kaku ❤😊 .. I think if we go slow with the light beam we may observe that light is a wawe.. and if we go faster and faster with the light beam we may observe that light is a partical … because wawe nature is useful for short distance and partical nature is useful for long distance… what you say….I am saying right…??❤😊😊

  35. @HARK-j4t

    June 3, 2026 at 12:34 am

    I grew up watching him since "Physics of the impossible" episodes. He is an incredible science host, an eloquent speaker on string theory that's his field. Listening to him always makes me wonder about ancient aliens, some supernatural power that goes into my heart and mind through buddhism and taoism. I could be wrong but there is something unnaturally natural about this guy which obviously the world dont care at all and they probably find him old clowny Kaku uncle.😂😂😂😂

  39. @MichaelFarley-o7q

    June 3, 2026 at 12:34 am

    So you believe in parallel universes…. I'm walking down the road one day and I look up into the sky I'm right above me there was a hole in the sky what is a normal hole on the inside of the hole there was trees and there was mountains on the inside of the circular hole there was no color disfiguration there was no offset sizing like I couldn't tell no difference from looking at a regular mountain and looking up in the air I also believe in parallel universes and I believe that it's already here

  42. @rita_otto

    June 3, 2026 at 12:34 am

    i think a big part that isnt talked about enough is the polish contributon and foundation of what turing was able to work off of to achieve in his work, without it the war could have been over by the time turing was able to achieve what he did, we can never forget that.

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