Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

Separating Hope From Hype In Quantum Computing

Posted by timothy on from the semi-un-non-deterministic dept.

pgptag writes "This talk by Dr. Suzanne Gilbert (video) explains why quantum computers are useful, and also dispels some of the myths about what they can and cannot do. It addresses some of the practical ways in which we can build quantum computers and gives realistic timescales for how far away commercially useful systems might be."

6 of 109 comments (clear)

  1. Who is going to watch this? by Zontar_Thing_From_Ve · · Score: 4, Insightful

    We can't even get people to read the articles referenced in submissions. That's wildly optimistic to expect us to watch a video that is over 2 hours long.

    This is begging for an "executive summary" from anyone who has time to watch it, if there is such a person.

    1. Re:Who is going to watch this? by gandhi_2 · · Score: 4, Insightful

      I just want to know what exactly is added to this presentation by using an avatar on a virtual stage.

      People want to bash powerpoint but someone takes up half the video area with superfluous (and bad) VR and no one minds?

      --
      THL phish sticks
    2. Re:Who is going to watch this? by mcgrew · · Score: 3, Insightful

      Indeed; is there a printed transcript anywhere? I can read a lot faster than I can listen, with a lot better comprehension.

      --
      Free Martian Whores!
    3. Re:Who is going to watch this? by CarpetShark · · Score: 2, Insightful

      Yeah. A cute, fresh-faced, geeky female doctor with glasses, summarising quantum computers in about an hour. Nah, no one here wants to watch that ;)

  2. Re:question: by mcgrew · · Score: 3, Insightful

    It appears that the moderators don't know any history. You're obviously making a joke based on the observation in the early 1950s that "the worldwide market for computers is about ten." It's funny now, but then computers weren't very useful for anybody without huge number crunching and database needs and multi-million dollar budgets. At the time, a computer took an entire building to house, and a whole lot of personnel to operate. The most powerful computer in existance was less powerful than a singing Hallmark card.

    So the joke's on the mods, who actualy believe it. Of course, right now the worldwide market is zero, since they haven't actually constructed one yet. If and when they accomplish the feat, it's possible that in the future all compuers will be quantum computers. I doubt I'll live long enough to see it (I'm not young any more).

    That link will give the mods a little computer history if they're interested.

    --
    Free Martian Whores!
  3. Re:You mean like.. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Insightful

    I think that either English is not your first language, or you don't know what a Beowulf cluster is.