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The ability to entangle particles feels like a really amazing new capability. (New in the last 100 years anyway). Like it’s a brand new kind of substance that h
by jl6 3y ago
The ability to entangle particles feels like a really amazing new capability. (New in the last 100 years anyway). Like it’s a brand new kind of substance that has never been made before. Everything in all of history has been built out of boring old atoms, not these fancy new entangled things.
Even if quantum computers turn out not to be able to solve interesting problems, I wonder if computers are the only thing we can make out of it.
- DonHopkins 3y agoElectric space heaters? That's crypto's most practical application.
- oldgradstudent 3y agoCrypto makes extremely expensive space heaters. On the positive side, they are just as efficient as regular space heaters in producing heat from electricity.
- rvz 3y agoNope. That is now overtaken by AI (Especially LLMs), [0] which does not have any efficient methods of training, fine-tuning and inferencing. Crypto on the other hand has already has alternative consensus algorithms available today which can cut it emissions down significantly [1]. [0] https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-ai-water-185000-gallons-training-nuclear-1850324249 https://gizmodo.com/chatgpt-ai-water-185000-gallons-training... [1] https://consensys.net/blog/press-release/ethereum-blockchain-eliminates-99-99-of-its-carbon-footprint-overnight-after-a-successful-merge-according-to-new-report/ https://consensys.net/blog/press-release/ethereum-blockchain...
- klyrs 3y agoMeh. They're just quasiparticles made out of bog standard particles.