Quantum Computing

[The alchemist]

Quantum computing seems to be the new game in town. The potential for progress with quantum supremacy (the threshold in surpassing the current supercomputers in terms of performance) would give us progress in a wide range of different fields.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/moorin...able-world-of-quantum-computing/#751fd5807d9b

Pics of gate based quantum computers:

China is investing in it also:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...n-is-coming-chinese-scientists-are-forefront/

 

[riyaale]

If it didn't work out there are other alternatives

Nano biological computing


optical computing

 

[Sophisticate]

Quantum computing seems to be the new game in town. The potential for progress with quantum supremacy (the threshold in surpassing the current supercomputers in terms of performance) would give us progress in a wide range of different fields.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/moorin...able-world-of-quantum-computing/#751fd5807d9b

Pics of gate based quantum computers:

China is investing in it also:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/busi...n-is-coming-chinese-scientists-are-forefront/

It actually looks beautiful.

Anyway, here's a decent explanation on QC.

 

[Ras]

I'm usually someone that believes we'll create all sort of crazy stuff like space habitats, fusion and interstellar civilizations.

However for some reason I don't think quantum computing will ever work out.

Seems like too much of a bug like faster than light travel that fucks with causality.

If we ever do build one then whoever owns the simulation would get a huge AWS bill.

 

[The alchemist]

I'm usually someone that believes we'll create all sort of crazy stuff like space habitats, fusion and interstellar civilizations.

However for some reason I don't think quantum computing will ever work out.

Seems like too much of a bug like faster than light travel that fucks with causality.

If we ever do build one then whoever owns the simulation would get a huge AWS bill.

It's not an elusive idea, but only time will tell.

 

[Ras]

It's not an elusive idea, but only time will tell.

It's sounds like perpetual motion of the 21st century.

There are some obstacles put in place in nature that prevent us from measuring states and interact with small groups of particles simultaneously.

Even if we find a fix for it using some hack it'll end up creating noise which limits the system's scalability.

No doubt we'll build computers that make use of some QM trick but it's unlikely it'll achieve superiority over classical computing unless we come up with some new view on fundamental physics.