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Re:An Animation About Quantum Computers by libraryatnight on Friday August 23, 2013 @11:45AM (#6264287)
This was my question too, I don't understand how you can begin to make a computer out of something with - as they explained - intrinsic randomness. And I didn't quite understand, how, if we can't see or ask the computer how it did something, how we can be certain of its answer or know that we've built something that does what we want.
Re:An Animation About Quantum Computers by takeoutweight on Friday August 23, 2013 @01:57PM (#6265166)
You can know the probability that the algorithm will output the correct answer. If the probability of a correct response is > 50%, all you have to do is run the algorithm multiple times to get within, say, 99.99% certainty that the most-commonly reported answer is correct.
Re:An Animation About Quantum Computers by libraryatnight on Friday August 23, 2013 @02:22PM (#6265342)
Thank you, this makes sense