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minus-squaredaniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up17·2 months agoQuantum computer do exist. And have existed for some time now. Breakthroughs have been achieved several times.
minus-squareOptional@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up12arrow-down1·2 months agoSure, sure and it’s interesting stuff. But not anywhere near useful in the sense people mean when they talk about computers.
minus-squaredaniskarma@lemmy.dbzer0.comcakelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoThey are as useful as the Large Hadron Collider, or the New Horizons probe. They are instruments of practical scientific research. They may have some return in useful technology or not, but science is always worth it.
Quantum computer do exist. And have existed for some time now. Breakthroughs have been achieved several times.
Sure, sure and it’s interesting stuff. But not anywhere near useful in the sense people mean when they talk about computers.
They are as useful as the Large Hadron Collider, or the New Horizons probe.
They are instruments of practical scientific research. They may have some return in useful technology or not, but science is always worth it.