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I have often wanted to know if quantum computing is near or one of those technologies always 'just around the corner'. Should I commit some time to learning the

by farmin 4y ago

I have often wanted to know if quantum computing is near or one of those technologies always 'just around the corner'. Should I commit some time to learning the basics so that I am one of the few with cross over knowledge of say quantum computing and agricultural data.

refulgentis 4y ago
It's the 1950s for it. It's real, people use it, but it's more a toy and has some breakthroughs ahead of it to be at scale. Fwiw after following it closely for about 3 years now, I wouldn't speculatively load up on it. Even the theory of problems that could benefit from it, if it existed as scale, only has a few
- farmin 4y ago
  Ok thanks. I appreciate that insight.
- jnwatson 4y ago
  I thought so too, until I waded into a post-quantum crypto algorithm paper. It turns out you need to understand how a quantum computer works in order to design an algorithm resistant to it.
DarmokJalad1701 4y ago
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/video/quantum-computing-computer-scientists/ https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/video/quantum-compu... ^ This is a good intro that doesn't do much hand-wavy pop-sci.