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So is this actually useful for anything practical? Even with my limited understanding of the state of the art, I'm pretty sure that "factoring large numbers in

So is this actually useful for anything practical? Even with my limited understanding of the state of the art, I'm pretty sure that "factoring large numbers in milliseconds" is not actually something that D-Wave machines can do.

lallysingh 8y ago
The nice thing that the uncertainty of what they do can be resolved now.
- johncolanduoni 8y ago
  For some time DWave hasn't been making their claims about their systems from the perspective of a black box, the contest has been more about whether we're seeing real quantum behavior inside the machine even through it doesn't appear to have a speed advantage at the scale they can produce right now. To do those experiments you need access to a real machine, so I don't see this resolving anything unless a user of this service comes up with a new problem for which there appears to be an asymptotic advantage.
- lovemenot 8y ago
  The superposition of D-Wave's states has collapsed?
  - mishurov 8y ago
    After benchmarks.
deepnotderp 8y ago
Im pretty sure d wave never claimed to be able to run Shor's algorithm either
core-questions 8y ago
There's some applications listed on their website, this one about Volkswagen doing some traffic pattern analysis was kinda interesting even if I can't follow the math: https://www.dwavesys.com/sites/default/files/VW.pdf https://www.dwavesys.com/sites/default/files/VW.pdf
- microtherion 8y ago
  It is an interesting paper, and I can see how the D-Wave architecture would be well suited to it, but, as slide 6 says: > The Question that drove us... Is there a real-world problem that could be addressed with a Quantum Computer? So it's a classical case of a solution in search of a problem.
  - krastanov 8y ago
    I agree. Even more, their slide is a bit misleading as well. They do not have a quantum computer, they have a "quantum annealing machine" which is not more powerful than a classical computer.
    - deftnerd 8y ago
      This free API seems like a smart idea then. Since they're a solution in search of a problem, letting the crowd figure out what problems might be suited for their architecture could help them determine what industries they can offer services to.

lallysingh 8y ago

The nice thing that the uncertainty of what they do can be resolved now.

johncolanduoni 8y ago
For some time DWave hasn't been making their claims about their systems from the perspective of a black box, the contest has been more about whether we're seeing real quantum behavior inside the machine even through it doesn't appear to have a speed advantage at the scale they can produce right now. To do those experiments you need access to a real machine, so I don't see this resolving anything unless a user of this service comes up with a new problem for which there appears to be an asymptotic advantage.
lovemenot 8y ago
The superposition of D-Wave's states has collapsed?
- mishurov 8y ago
  After benchmarks.

deepnotderp 8y ago

Im pretty sure d wave never claimed to be able to run Shor's algorithm either

core-questions 8y ago

There's some applications listed on their website, this one about Volkswagen doing some traffic pattern analysis was kinda interesting even if I can't follow the math: https://www.dwavesys.com/sites/default/files/VW.pdf https://www.dwavesys.com/sites/default/files/VW.pdf

microtherion 8y ago
It is an interesting paper, and I can see how the D-Wave architecture would be well suited to it, but, as slide 6 says: > The Question that drove us... Is there a real-world problem that could be addressed with a Quantum Computer? So it's a classical case of a solution in search of a problem.
- krastanov 8y ago
  I agree. Even more, their slide is a bit misleading as well. They do not have a quantum computer, they have a "quantum annealing machine" which is not more powerful than a classical computer.
  - deftnerd 8y ago
    This free API seems like a smart idea then. Since they're a solution in search of a problem, letting the crowd figure out what problems might be suited for their architecture could help them determine what industries they can offer services to.