Post AyIn5GRrnAQ3eR78RU by telmii_poo@jorts.horse
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(DIR) Post #AyIkunZk5Q1HIbgCki by telmii_poo@jorts.horse
2025-09-17T15:32:08Z
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there is literally a 0% chance of quantum computing being used for good in this world.
(DIR) Post #AyIkuotHCHEtNTpJq4 by djsumdog@djsumdog.com
2025-09-17T15:39:13.698419Z
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Do you know how quantum computing works? Quantum computers don't have traditional gates (AND, OR, NOT). They work with numbers in a fundamentally different space. They can't run massive parallel computations either; it's a pretty big oversimplification of how quantum algorithms work. Also, they haven't broken RSA yet and ecliptic curve can't be broken using the current set of quantum gates.If you understand the math, there is quite a bit of good that could come from quantum computing, but it won't be the types of problems most people think of. Anything that you can run on a quantum computer, you can run on your desktop. It just takes a lot of RAM. When you get a couple of qbits simulated, the ram requirements grow exponetially (I think it's like 2TB for 16 bits or something like that).I think there's a good chance most quantum problems will likely gain traditional algorithms that can be solved in polynomial time, and that would be a net good as well.
(DIR) Post #AyImG2TTzGaXXjRa1Q by meowski@fluf.club
2025-09-17T15:54:16.771140Z
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@telmii_poo there are plenty of possible benefits to quantum computing. just think of it as a theoretical improvement over classical. anywhere you have problems that are intractible (eventually) quantum CPUs will be able to solve them. think, protein folding and binding simulations, molecular simulations, fluid dynamics, etc. they can't do this now due to having low numbers of qubits, and high noise, but when those issues are overcome, they should be able to solve some complex problems instantaneously
(DIR) Post #AyImkACNpiqMBdoIiG by hazlin@annihilation.social
2025-09-17T15:59:47.932092Z
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@djsumdog @telmii_poo The bit equivalent of 16 qbits is 16 bits. For there to be a benefit to quantum computing the amount of sequential operations between the the digital steps, have to be greater than one can be done in a single cycle of a traditional CPU.digital conversion -> quantum operation -> digital capture The interface with the digital is expensive, time wise.If you have two 8 bit numbers, and you turn them into two 8 qbits numbers, if your quantum processor supports it, you can add them and get an 8 qbits result. Which you convert back to bits.The issue is that, while the current machines have ever increasing amounts of qbits, the depth of their sequential operations in a single cycle is very shallow.Essentially what this means is that there is currently no benefit to using a quantum CPU over a traditional CPU.
(DIR) Post #AyIml1AmsO3gU2TH5E by telmii_poo@jorts.horse
2025-09-17T15:56:09Z
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@meowski the only improvement on classical computing would be to destroy all computers
(DIR) Post #AyIml2GqnKVDt8JdAm by telmii_poo@jorts.horse
2025-09-17T15:57:09Z
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@meowski i agree that there are *possible* benefits but that our world will not allow them
(DIR) Post #AyIml3IIzPGD3w0J4y by meowski@fluf.club
2025-09-17T15:59:53.900492Z
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@telmii_poo if the chip makers find some way to keep everything proprietary and only allow certain computations, or big tech companies like google hog the technology for their own nefarious purposes, then maybe, but eventually i think quantum CPUs will become ubiquitous and anyone can use them to perform whatever workloads you desirethe possibilities for quantum AI processors to run super-intelligent models are virtually limitless
(DIR) Post #AyIn0H9ljRLAOpGopk by telmii_poo@jorts.horse
2025-09-17T16:01:08Z
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@meowski i don't think it is reasonable to assume the chip makers can keep the the tech away fro bad actors if it goes to the highest bidder
(DIR) Post #AyIn5GRrnAQ3eR78RU by telmii_poo@jorts.horse
2025-09-17T16:02:10Z
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@meowski imagine the appeal of a limitless computer to the forces of evil
(DIR) Post #AyIn5HWVnNjGz8IMK0 by meowski@fluf.club
2025-09-17T16:03:32.892433Z
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@telmii_poo you have two choices- run and live in an underground bunker until the terminator robots find you, or make your own more powerful AI that isn't evil to defend against it
(DIR) Post #AyInIv8Jq33Vb5Tz4C by telmii_poo@jorts.horse
2025-09-17T16:05:51Z
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@meowski catch me posted up in the sewers during the quantum AI wars 😎
(DIR) Post #AyInPYWeI7j5VZ1iYC by meowski@fluf.club
2025-09-17T16:07:14.719186Z
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@telmii_poo my personal sense is there really is no choice, it's either resist now or you're simply waiting for the "gray goo" singularity. i'd rather see humanity face it on our own terms