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I've just skimmed the Wikipedia article about quantum computing... and am I wrong in thinking that it is not a big deal from a purely practical perspective? Som
by RivieraKid 7y ago
I've just skimmed the Wikipedia article about quantum computing... and am I wrong in thinking that it is not a big deal from a purely practical perspective? Some cryptography would have to be updated and a few specialized problems would become feasible.
To be honest, after the hype I was expecting there would be more applications.
- mirekrusin 7y agoOptimising neural networks has great potential for quantum computers.
- vamos_davai 7y agoWouldn't it make more sense to optimize memristive technologies?
- sanxiyn 7y agoFor practical purposes, it's even more than that. Current quantum computers are not useful for anything. Not even for breaking cryptography.
- chas 7y agoThis breakthrough is only a big deal from a practical perspective in that it very strongly suggests that further research on engineering large quantum computers will provide the exponential performance improvements predicted by quantum complexity theory. That is to say that this is a strong “go” signal in a go/no-go test. In terms of where I am personally excited about quantum computing, it has the potential to greatly speed up simulations of chemical and material science properties that are currently hard to simulate accurately at all. This will be great for, for example, semiconductor development and medicine. These applications are a ways off though, but if we weren’t hitting milestones like today, it would suggest they were not worth vigorously pursuing. Disclaimer: I work at Google, not on quantum computers. Not an expert in quantum computation.