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First thing would be to figure what that special purpose could possibly be. We're not even there yet ...

• hailwren 4y ago
  For civilian applications, sure. But Shor’s seems like a good enough reason for defense and defense have deep enough pockets to get this somewhat rolling.
• return_to_monke 4y ago
  The special purpose is figuring out what the special purpose is :)
• er4hn 4y ago
  My friends in the industry tell me that predicting protein folding is a popular civilian use case.
  • kazinator 4y ago
    Seems like the easiest way to use quantum mechanics to predict how a protein will fold might be to actually build that protein and watch.
    • sivizius 4y ago
      yes, because watching molecules is easy…right?
• benreesman 4y ago
  Grover has some plausible applications as well as Shor. And Shor is based on quantum superior FFT if I recall correctly, which could have applications outside of discrete log. Disclaimer: I’m not an expert on this stuff, I’m sure someone will correct me if I’m wrong because there are real pros on here.