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Uuh no? Quantum computing relies on some aspects of quantum physics, that at this point, have been thoroughly and extensively experimentally verified. If there

Uuh no? Quantum computing relies on some aspects of quantum physics, that at this point, have been thoroughly and extensively experimentally verified. If there are objections to quantum computing, and I believe there are many, those are to be found in questioning the capability of current engineering to build a quantum computer, or the usefulness of one if it could be built.

m101 1y ago
As the old saying goes: the proof is in the pudding. And quantum computing has produced zero pudding. All hype, and zero pudding. When they actually do something useful (like the equivalent of general relativity and solving GPS), then we can see it as a useful theory.
- Hilift 1y ago
  From 12 Years Ago: August 26, 2013 "In early May, news reports gushed that a quantum computation device had for the first time outperformed classical computers, solving certain problems thousands of times faster. The media coverage sent ripples of excitement through the technology community. A full-on quantum computer, if ever built, would revolutionize large swathes of computer science, running many algorithms dramatically faster, including one that could crack most encryption protocols in use today. "Over the following weeks, however, a vigorous controversy surfaced among quantum computation researchers. Experts argued over whether the device, created by D-Wave Systems, in Burnaby, British Columbia, really offers the claimed speedups, whether it works the way the company thinks it does, and even whether it is really harnessing the counterintuitive weirdness of quantum physics, which governs the world of elementary particles such as electrons and photons." https://metanexus.net/proof-quantum-pudding/ https://metanexus.net/proof-quantum-pudding/ https://spectrum.ieee.org/d-wave-quantum https://spectrum.ieee.org/d-wave-quantum
  - m101 1y ago
    And 12 years from now we will be reading the same things. It's just shocking the amount of faith people have in this physics. Physics, to me, is a dying subject. The future is engineering and computing.
m101 1y ago
Also, how about thinking about it this way: either there's this magical property of the universe that promises to do these magical things which no one can even dream of achieving otherwise, or there's something wrong with physicists' interpretation of physics. Oh, and they haven't proved it yet but promise they will, very soon.

m101 1y ago

As the old saying goes: the proof is in the pudding. And quantum computing has produced zero pudding. All hype, and zero pudding. When they actually do something useful (like the equivalent of general relativity and solving GPS), then we can see it as a useful theory.

Hilift 1y ago
From 12 Years Ago: August 26, 2013 "In early May, news reports gushed that a quantum computation device had for the first time outperformed classical computers, solving certain problems thousands of times faster. The media coverage sent ripples of excitement through the technology community. A full-on quantum computer, if ever built, would revolutionize large swathes of computer science, running many algorithms dramatically faster, including one that could crack most encryption protocols in use today. "Over the following weeks, however, a vigorous controversy surfaced among quantum computation researchers. Experts argued over whether the device, created by D-Wave Systems, in Burnaby, British Columbia, really offers the claimed speedups, whether it works the way the company thinks it does, and even whether it is really harnessing the counterintuitive weirdness of quantum physics, which governs the world of elementary particles such as electrons and photons." https://metanexus.net/proof-quantum-pudding/ https://metanexus.net/proof-quantum-pudding/ https://spectrum.ieee.org/d-wave-quantum https://spectrum.ieee.org/d-wave-quantum
- m101 1y ago
  And 12 years from now we will be reading the same things. It's just shocking the amount of faith people have in this physics. Physics, to me, is a dying subject. The future is engineering and computing.

m101 1y ago

Also, how about thinking about it this way: either there's this magical property of the universe that promises to do these magical things which no one can even dream of achieving otherwise, or there's something wrong with physicists' interpretation of physics. Oh, and they haven't proved it yet but promise they will, very soon.