• @Treczoks
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    431 year ago

    I’ll still hold back any enthusiasm for this stuff until a quantum computer can actually solve a real problem and not just a quantum computer benchmark.

    • @turbo_snail
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      101 year ago

      The only real problem I am aware of is breaking some types of public key encryption. Which is kinda bad because post quantum encryption is still in its infancy.

      • @echo64
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        231 year ago

        There’s a lot you aren’t aware of then. There’s a lot of uses in biology and pharmacy, as well as physics research, machine learning, and weather predictions, just to name a few. (I know weather predictions doesn’t sound sexy but it might be the most important one in the list)

        • @Chobbes
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          11 year ago

          And I’m sure there’s lots of stuff it could be useful for that we haven’t really thought of yet. I hope it ends up being a net positive technology if it does pan out. Part of me thinks it’d be funny if by the time we end up with quantum computers we’ve moved entirely to quantum resistant cryptography (and hopefully a little before that to mitigate store and decrypt later attacks), because I’m sure a bunch of investment in it is for breaking cryptography.

        • @topinambour_rex
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          -31 year ago

          I can predict you weather for the next decade. For make it shorts, we are fucked.