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EPISODE · May 10, 2020 · 2 MIN

Quantum Dream Computer

from Tiny Pictures · host Frankensound

The quantum computer is coming They're just trying to make those little qubit things immune to interference from the big world Because when the big world leaks in the qubits stop working and the solutions are all wrong Once they work out an answer to this problem they'll be able to calculate bigger numbers than we ever imagined The big world Is like the real world The one that you and I can see It's just a problem That it keeps leaking in to the little one It makes that little qubit sound a bit like a nice dream that you're fighting to stay inside on the verge of waking up and when you do wake up you may be sad because you can't fly you don't have 600 million dollars and the cat you tried putting in a box with some radioactive material is still dead But recently, they discovered something else Those little qubit things Don't need to be completely isolated from the big world Because they can correct for the errors later But even then, there's a problem The quantum computer can calculate so much information that there is no computer big enough to test if the answer Is correct So as you can see it's nice to dream but there's really no point in building a quantum computer thank you

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