I think we will get some “break throughs” in Quantum Computing that Google execs will assure us makes their company worth five trillion dollars.

  • buckykat [none/use name]@hexbear.net
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    16
    ·
    2 days ago

    You can’t point at a qbit it just looks like a regular chip but in a fridge and everything it can even hypothetically do is boring behind the scenes nerd shit.

    With the “self driving” car you can point at a car with sensors and shit strapped to it, with the “AI” you can point to the slop it generated.

    With quantum, what do you point at? A little notification on your bank’s account website that says “your account is now Quantum Secure?”

    • Tabitha ☢️[she/her]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      3
      ·
      23 hours ago

      A little notification on your bank’s account website that says “your account is now Quantum Secure?”

      that’s still meaningless until somebody proves that Quantum computers actually can break pre-Quantum encryption in practical human time frames (like minutes/days/weeks) and non-state actors can purchase such hardware.

      Would be funny if we ended up in a future where the FBI smugly said “We don’t need your password, we’ll just Quantum in!” and the Quantum computer averages 1.5 years on most iPhones.

    • Runcible [none/use name]@hexbear.net
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      10
      ·
      edit-2
      2 days ago

      You can’t point at a qbit it just looks like a regular chip but in a fridge and everything it can even hypothetically do is boring behind the scenes nerd shit.

      yes, I frequently find that tech journalism is held back by its rigid adherence to truth