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t1_j9oky8z wrote

While quantum computers can tackle jobs that would take traditional computing much longer to solve, the main issue for me is that they can be prone to errors, and potentially lots of errors. Would you want your doctor to work with a quantum computing device while performing surgery on you? "We were expected to take out a kidney but instead the computer had us remove your penis. Sorry about that". How about putting a man or woman on the moon? "Gee, we almost got it right, but unfortunately since we were using a quantum computer the astronauts are floating off into the endless reaches of space since we didn't stick that landing trajectory".

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t1_j9ply54 wrote

The transition from analog to digital is a relevant historical event that perhaps can be used as an analog for the digital to quantum shift.

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t1_j9pnjx6 wrote

I don’t know. Analog to digital involved hard and fast rules, 1s and 0s being the biggest examples. Quantum computing is much more opaque meaning it will be more error prone. Hopefully you are right and they succeed, eventually.

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