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Title: Quantum computing explained in less than two minutes
Post by: Mackin USA on July 21, 2016, 11:18:06 AM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m3TOWanwuO8

in 2 parts

Part#2 gave me a Headache
Title: Re: Quantum computing explained in less than two minutes
Post by: littleman on July 21, 2016, 05:57:14 PM
Sometimes I wonder if humans are capable of writing software that could take advantage of quantum computing.
Title: Re: Quantum computing explained in less than two minutes
Post by: BoL on July 21, 2016, 06:09:19 PM
Seth Lloyd's "Programming the Universe" is a nice read.

QuoteProgramming the Universe: A Quantum Computer Scientist Takes On the Cosmos is a 2006 popular science book by Seth Lloyd, professor of mechanical engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. The book proposes that the universe is a quantum computer, and advances in the understanding of physics may come from viewing entropy as a phenomenon of information, rather than simply thermodynamics. Lloyd also postulates that the universe can be fully simulated using a quantum computer; however, in the absence of a theory of quantum gravity, such a simulation is not yet possible.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Programming_the_Universe

Also "Quantum Computing Since Democritus" by Scott Aaronson.

Neither are massively physics/maths heavy but provide a lot of insight. I like how some of these unsolved problems with maths/geometry/an accurate formulation of reality date all the way back to the Greeks.
Title: Re: Quantum computing explained in less than two minutes
Post by: JasonD on July 21, 2016, 06:15:01 PM
do you have the link for part 2 please?
Title: Re: Quantum computing explained in less than two minutes
Post by: ergophobe on July 22, 2016, 12:08:43 AM
It's not part II, but this came up next
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoT82NDpcvQ
Title: Re: Quantum computing explained in less than two minutes
Post by: JasonD on July 22, 2016, 10:42:50 AM
Thanks Ergophobe.

That was much more interesting. I kind of got it and was aware of most of the principles but then again I'm not so sure "I got it".

I guess my knowledge of QC is both ignorant and not at the same time!