Re:I'm Scott Aaronson, quantum computing/computational compl...
by opportune on Friday June 29, 2018 @02:56PM
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Well, never is a long time. I guess the more interesting question (to me) is whether engineering challenges will be easily overcome so as to make quantum computer components cheap and ubiquitous, or if there's some innate difficulty to their production that will make them uncommon for everyday personal use.
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Re:I'm Scott Aaronson, quantum computing/computational compl...
by 781 on Friday June 29, 2018 @03:33PM
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People struggled for 40 years to make a blue LED.
Even if quantum computers required near zero temperatures, superconductors and such stuff, there is no reason why you couldn't have all that in a no-serviceable-parts-inside box if the economic incentives were strong enough.
Re:I'm Scott Aaronson, quantum computing/computational compl...
by rsln-s on Friday June 29, 2018 @03:53PM
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Well the question really is economic incentives. If it is too hard to do (say, doesn't scale) or can be simulated efficiently-ish on a classical computer -- no one will do it.
Re:I'm Scott Aaronson, quantum computing/computational compl...
by martin1975 on Friday June 29, 2018 @03:50PM
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I love your optimism.