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I'm not necessarily asking for better metaphors of quantum phenomena. But the opportunities or affordances of quantum computers is extremely unclear, even to ex
by dr_dshiv 6y ago
I'm not necessarily asking for better metaphors of quantum phenomena. But the opportunities or affordances of quantum computers is extremely unclear, even to experts. It's like explaining the physics of a transistor to someone and waiting for them to come up with an app design.
Taking the analogy of a GPU, how would you describe what a quantum coprocessor could do for a specialist (in, say, neuroscience or material science)? What kind of datasets would be appropriate? How should they think about what can be done with quantum processing? That's where I think there is room for metaphor development.
- ahelwer 6y agoThe short answer is that all of this info is out there, but it doesn't live in pop science articles. For materials scientists the value proposition is clear: quantum computers will enable efficient quantum chemistry simulations. Here is an overview paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.10402 https://arxiv.org/abs/1808.10402