Google's Quantum Computing breakthrough

[Shaun @ Tru6]

Google unveils 'mind-boggling' quantum computing chip

[billybek]

Is the answer 42?

[GH85Carrera]

So now "they" (the bad guys) will be able to break any super complex password in seconds.

[LEAKYSEALS951]

Google wants me to change my password to a 17 million character minimum including every pet name of every animal that existed on the planet for all time, including caps/ non caps/ and a special character.

[Tobra]

What do you think ofthis Shaun, good or bad thing?

[Alan A]

anyone find a use case for these things other than cracking encryption?

[cockerpunk]

bit coin to zero if its true lol.

[David Inc.]

Originally Posted by Alan A

anyone find a use case for these things other than cracking encryption?

Apparently there are lots of uses, but it feels like you need a quantum computer just to understand what they're talking about.

Things like complicated simulations at the atomic level, turbulence, chemical reactions, etc. More than that, I'm sure, but that's wat I get so far.

[Arizona_928]

I bet it’s located in a cyrostat.

[mjohnson]

Originally Posted by Arizona_928

I bet it’s located in a cyrostat.

Likely.

I had a room in the basement of a building in Los Alamos just a few dozen feet from their early quantum thingy. This was 6 years ago but I remember that it was the noisiest computer I'd ever heard. To support the fancy bits, mostly fitting in a 5 gal bucket, hundreds of sq ft of cryo gear was required, popping, hissing and whirring like a steam engine.

What to do with it? I dunno. I only dumb engineer. I no make code. I break code...

[onewhippedpuppy]

Interesting stuff. It’s hard to separate the wheat from the chaff with regards to both quantum computing and AI, both have become so buzzword worthy that it’s hard to distinguish what is a real technological breakthrough vs hype. I do wonder with regards to quantum computing, would the military let such a breakthrough become available to the public? Assuming they don’t already have better technology at their disposal.

[Arizona_928]

Originally Posted by mjohnson

Likely.

I had a room in the basement of a building in Los Alamos just a few dozen feet from their early quantum thingy. This was 6 years ago but I remember that it was the noisiest computer I'd ever heard. To support the fancy bits, mostly fitting in a 5 gal bucket, hundreds of sq ft of cryo gear was required, popping, hissing and whirring like a steam engine.

What to do with it? I dunno. I only dumb engineer. I no make code. I break code...

I helped a few physicists with material design for little (quantum) cubes that could be ran in series. Essentially lowered the cost 10 fold over off the shelf units. I joked with the engineers, as i would call them a “doomsday device”. Quantum computing is cool science, but as you mentioned, we’re going to see one outside a NL or a giant research facility.