PyData St. Louis Kickoff Meetup: Quantum vs Classical Randomness

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Randomness powers simulation, cryptography, statistics, and machine learning, but are all sources of randomness the same?

In this talk, we’ll explore the difference between classical randomness (dice, noise, pseudorandom number generators) and quantum randomness (measurement, superposition, and qubits). We’ll discuss what “random” really means, how random numbers are generated in practice, and whether quantum mechanics truly produces a deeper kind of randomness than anything classical physics allows.

The talk is beginner-friendly and requires no physics background.

Agenda

• Meet & Greet, networking, introductions
• Talk + Q&A
• Wrap-up

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