To my (rudimentary) understanding, quantum computing is great because it can solve complex problems that classical computing cannot. But this doesn’t seem very relevant to a lot of people who use computers in their daily lives, like to surf the internet, play a video game, check email, etc. In that sense, would resources not be better spent developing classical computing? What are some benefits of quantum computers that you think will be relevant in our everyday lives?
Second, more technical, question: I’ve been told that quantum computing is inherently non-deterministic because of Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, and therefore it would offer some interesting possibilities for predicting stochastic phenomena, for example turbulence. What are your thoughts on this?
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To my (rudimentary) understanding, quantum computing is great because it can solve complex problems that classical computing cannot. But this doesn’t seem very relevant to a lot of people who use computers in their daily lives, like to surf the internet, play a video game, check email, etc. In that sense, would resources not be better spent developing classical computing? What are some benefits of quantum computers that you think will be relevant in our everyday lives?
Second, more technical, question: I’ve been told that quantum computing is inherently non-deterministic because of Heisenberg’s uncertainty principle, and therefore it would offer some interesting possibilities for predicting stochastic phenomena, for example turbulence. What are your thoughts on this?
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